Original writing, visuals, and design work exploring the ideas behind romantic urbanism.

NYC Love Note Exchange
Daphne Lundi Daphne Lundi

NYC Love Note Exchange

Designers and friends Emma Brigaud, Erica Fink, and Harsha Pillai, explore the art of love notes.


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Mending Place
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Mending Place

Elizabeth Kostina explores repair as a form of resistance—an insistence on restoring connections, both to materials and to each other.

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Lover’s Rock
Daphne Lundi Daphne Lundi

Lover’s Rock

Jamaica-based urban planners and designers Dorraine Duncan and Jhordan Channer, co-founders of Island City Lab, explore how space and infrastructure across Jamaica influence romantic relationships as depicted in film, music, and television.

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Finding Love in a Hopeless Place
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Finding Love in a Hopeless Place

Essay series guest-edited by Daphne Lundi and Louise Yeung in partnership with Urban Omnibus, The Architectural League's online publication dedicated to observing, understanding, and shaping the city.

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