Tuesday, December 16, 2008


Subways are awesome to begin with… evoking a certain feeling, but their lifespan is not forever, and what happens to them once they are worn out? Well, designer Auro Foxcroft, has found one possible solution. I recently read a blog post about his use of subway cars. He took the old subway cars, put them on rooftops in the city, and turned them into office space for young designers. An installment of his concept is in Shoreditch, London. They rent out the studio space to young designers for a reasonably small amount of money. There are plans in the work to continue the “underground” prject in other cities as well, such as Berlin and Toronto. What a neat idea!... Not to mention a great way to provide extra studios and use something that is just sitting around being wasted otherwise.

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