The first weekend of November, our fall design team was stuck inside because of the snow. We were “unpacking” the Youth Public Space Plan, a list of “next steps” for making the city less hostile toward teens. The fifteen teens, […]
This January and February a team of twelve teens, four each from Territory, Austin Coming Together, and Build Inc. are re-imagining public spaces in the Austin neighborhood. These youth leaders are addressing a goal in the Austin Quality of Life […]
Territory is thrilled to announce the premiere of “Design Thinking Territory Style,” a short video by Black Spectacles featuring Territory team members describing the design thinking process we use in our studio practice. Check it out: Behind the scenes To […]
Beach. Basketball court. My mama’s room. Navy Pier. Douglas Park. My bed. What’s your secret favorite place in Chicago? And what does that say about designing a safe space for you? We recently spent an afternoon with a fresh cohort […]
In September youth leaders from Territory presented at Public X Design, an international conference on inclusion and equity in urban design and planning hosted by the Gehl Institute. Their presentation, “Sitting at the kid’s table: Inverting the power structure with […]
Mia and Clancy took the stage together. As they sashayed across, they paused at the imaginary microphone to say… “Airplane food, don’t you know?” These two high school sophomores – let me rephrase that – these two artists, were practicing […]