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The pop culture-bending firm, Family New York, has decided to part ways

2018-02-08T13:36:00-05:00

Since establishing the practice in 2010, Family New York has accrued an impressive array of projects to their name, as well as fans of their work. Over the course of only eight years, founders Oana Stanescu and Dong-Ping Wong have had the opportunity to collaborate with everyone from the New Museum to Virgil Abloh and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. During this time, the duo has engaged in fanciful projects like their proposal for a water-filtering, floating pool off the shores of New York City and their movable, 50-foot volcano for West's dazzling, Yeezus tour.

Despite this solid run, the two have decided to go their separate ways and disband the practice. According to their statement, Stanescu, who is a former top-notch Archinect School Blogger, is going on to pursue a multifaceted practice under her own name. She will also continue on with her teaching positions at Harvard GSD and Cooper Union. Wong has also decided to start his own firm, FOOD, with projects already in the works i...

+POOL installation to open at the Ace Hotel in NY next month

2015-01-28T19:38:00-05:00

Since Archinect first mentioned the Family and PlayLab's +POOL in 2011, the initiative has made significant progress toward realizing the world's first water-filtering, floating pool in New York.

After two wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns in 2011 and 2013 along with international acclaim, the non-profit support group Friends of +POOL teamed up with the Ace Hotel in New York to present a free public art installation,“Doing Something Big When No One Asks You To Do Something Big.”

Opening on February 5 at the Ace Hotel Gallery, the interactive installation will visually depict the four years of research and development that led to the creation of the +POOL. The installation will feature floor-to-ceiling wall drawings of the +POOL that explain its design process and reveal its latest discoveries and anecdotes.

All are welcome to the opening reception hosted by +POOL’s founders and board members on February 5 from 7-9 p.m. The exhibition will be open 24/7 until March 1.

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