Dear Friends of Public Architecture:

Our year-end appeal is now underway, and we hope you will consider a gift to Public Architecture this holiday season. Click here to make a 100% tax-deductible donation.

For those last-minute shoppers and New Years resolution riders, we would like to tempt you with a special offer made by one of our board members, Rob Forbes. Rob has donated a small fleet of Dahon folding bikes for the Public Architecture staff to zip around town as well as committed to donate 10% of sales on the bikes to Public Architecture. Details follow, below.

There are a great many other people and organizations to thank for their support of Public Architecture this year. Chief among them are major funders, including the Nathan Cummings Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation. We would also like to recognize a growing number of major manufacturers who share our belief that good causes deserve good spaces. They include Shaw Contract Group, Teknion, Herman Miller, and Humanscale. A few of their holiday cards recognizing Public Architecture follow, below.

Finally, special thanks to our clients, partners, program participants, board, staff, and volunteer corps. We could not do it without you.

Public Architecture

Contents:

1. Dahon Folding Bike Offer
2. Teknion Holiday Card
3. Herman Miller Holiday Video
4. Humanscale Seasons Greetings

1. Dahon Folding Bike Offer

Studio Forbes is generously donating 10% of sales on the Dahon Mu Uno folding bike to Public Architecture. Simply click "Friend of Public Architecture" on the checkout payment page.

If you're not already, you'll be sold after reading this prose from the Studio Forbes website listing:

"It is so pretty, so simple, and so refreshingly free of loud logos and superficial branding. it functions really well as something foldable and equally well as a bike, and it looks good enough to ride to your next fashion shoot…It is small enough to fit in a closet and light and compact enough to carry up stairs or onto trains. It's so inconspicuous that you can often take it into a store or business rather than locking it up on the street. It's more like an umbrella than a bike that way. It is allowed on subways during rush hour when many full sized bikes are not. It is unisex and adjustable for anyone between 4'8" and 6'4" with a simple hand latch. It folds and unfolds in seconds (see video). There are no gears, and simple back pedal brakes are all you need to stop…It's almost embarrassing how good you look riding around on a Mu Uno. It's easy to use, easy on the eyes, and easy on the butt. It can reacquaint you with the simple pleasure of riding a bike, or provide you with an expedient escape from a claustrophobic holiday. Its best quality may be that it makes everyday tasks and errands simple and fun. We'll ship it direct to your home or office for free, and when it arrives it will take only about fifteen minutes to assemble (anybody can do it; tools are included). There's even a clever pump concealed in the seat post so you can put it together and ride away without any other equipment."

Click here for more information and to buy your own.

2. Teknion Holiday Card

3. Herman Miller Holiday Video

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4. Humanscale Seasons Greetings

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Established in 2002, Public Architecture identifies and solves practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and acts as a catalyst for public discourse through education, advocacy, and the design of public spaces and amenities. Visit www.publicarchitecture.org for more information.