Design Archives

Jeff Speck Op-ed in The Hill

11 February 2023 — Design

In an op-ed published in The Hill today, Walkable City author Jeff reviews Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s new Safer Streets program.

Roto founder profiled in Attractions Management

16 May 2022 — Design

Check out this in-depth interview with Roto founder Joseph Wisne in Attractions Management Magazine.

DJDS in Shondaland

10 February 2022 — Design

Deanna Van Buren, the founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, is profiled today in Shondaland as part of their Black History Now series.

DJDS in Bloomberg CityLab

9 November 2021 — Design

Bloomberg CityLab’s Zach Mortice talked to DJDS’s Deanna Van Buren about the challenges of transforming closed jails into spaces that benefit communities.

Moleskine Foundation in Reuters, Inside Philanthropy, Global Citizen

5 April 2021 — Design, Mission Driven

Wikipedia is the 10th-most-visited website on earth, but when it comes to Africa, there is a scarcity of information for an entire continent of one billion people.

DJDS co-founder profiled in Financial Times, NBC News

7 March 2021 — Design

Check out the latest profiles of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces co-founder Deanna Van Buren in NBC News and the Financial Times.

Deanna Van Buren on WNYC

15 October 2020 — Design

Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces discusses how architects are taking the lead in building alternatives to prisons.

DJDS on Monocle Radio + Scratching the Surface

4 August 2020 — Design

DJDS founder Deanna Van Buren how design can on Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design and Scratching the Surface.

Designing Justice in Ms., Fast Company, AD

10 July 2020 — Design

As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is working toward a world without prisons.

DJDS in Fast Company

15 June 2020 — Design

Check out the story in Fast Company today: This Atlanta jail will transform into a center for justice and equity.

ESI Design in Next City

7 May 2020 — Design

Next City takes a close look at how PNC Bank tapped ESI Design to transform a former dry cleaners in Cleveland into a thriving community hub.

Designing Justice profiled by the New York Times

9 March 2020 — Design

Check out today’s print issue of The New York Times for a full-page profile of architect Deanna Van Buren in the Arts & Leisure section.

DJDS is Designing an End to Mass Incarceration

30 October 2019 — Design

PKPR has secured a series of profiles looking at how Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is using design to end mass incarceration.

Restore Oakland in CityLab, Architectural Digest

5 September 2019 — Design

In 2017, PKPR client Deanna Van Buren delivered a TED Talk – What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like— that has been viewed more than one million times.

ESI Design on The Weather Channel

15 August 2019 — Design

PKPR secured an appearance on The Weather Channel for ESI Design founder Ed Schlossberg to discuss a new massive light-art installation.

Raves for new Statue of Liberty Museum

31 May 2019 — Art, Design

The new Statue of Liberty Museum, with exhibits created by experience design studio ESI Design, officially opened on May 16th.

ESI Design and the new Statue of Liberty Museum

19 November 2018 — Art, Design

ESI Design is designing the exhibits for the new Statue of Liberty Museum, opening in May 2019.

Schlossberg on Buckminster Fuller in Metropolis

17 July 2018 — Design

Metropolis Magazine published an article by ESI Design founder Edwin Schlossberg on how his collaboration with Buckminster Fuller.

Designing Justice’s TED Talk

28 March 2018 — Design

Stop what you are doing and watch Deanna Van Buren’s TED Talk: What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like.

ESI’s Schlossberg on Design Matters

5 March 2018 — Art, Design

Put on your earphones and listen to this fascinating interview with ESI Design founder Edwin Schlossberg on Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

ESI in Engadget, Designboom

31 January 2018 — Art, Design

Take a look at how ESI Design reimagines the traditional office lobby by using algorithms to create trippy art that is wowing workers.

Using art for urban planning

22 December 2017 — Art, Design

PKPR secured coverage for this innovative program in a range of outlets including Governing Magazine, CityLab, and PSFK.

ESI Design in Rolling Stone

30 August 2017 — Design

Ed Schlossberg of ESI Design has been obsessed with developing games that large groups of people can play together in the same space.

ESI on NY1

1 August 2017 — Design

New York City streets and parks served as a giant testing ground for ESI Design as it tried out its newest games at this past weekend’s outdoor extravaganza.

Springboard highlights NEA’s rural impact

2 June 2017 — Art, Design

PKPR placed in depth stories on Springboard’s powerful NEA case study in outlets including ThinkProgress, Vice’s Creators, and The Art Newspaper.

ESI Design transforms eBay Campus

13 April 2017 — Architecture, Design

eBay engaged ESI Design to create a 20,000-square-foot central building called Main Street on its Silicon Valley campus: the company’s new front door.