To be clear, we are going to open again table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 link XXXI column 2 Goodbye, 9th St. and other news out of table We thought there would be more Tecates... …and the chance to cheers them with all of you. But our move out this week was a pretty lonely affair. Over the winter, we joined forces with our friends and collaborators link Sanctuary Computer dot We spent the end of winter and beginning of spring touring new studio spaces together: Our plan was (and still is) to do the same thing we did on Ninth Street, but better. More resources for the design community, more ways to be involved, more desks to share, more books to browse. When the city went on lock down, it paused our real estate search. So this week, while we shutter the space on Ninth Street, we’ll be moving our goods into storage instead of into the gleaming new space we’d planned to invite you all over to. You’re still invited it just might take a little while til we can all safely be in a room together again. Here’s how all this pertains to the different factions of what we do: table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 Since we’re putting everything into storage, we won’t be able to fulfill new orders til we open up again. The store will be effectively closed. Any orders placed in April that are waiting to go out will be shipped this week. column 2 Store out of table table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 Workshops column 2 Our workshops have been such a great way to bring new people into our community, but since we can’t host in a physical space, we have paused the program for now. If there is interest, we might consider running a summer session of workshops like Intro to Coding online. Let us know if that’s something that you’d like us to look into. Otherwise, we have pivoted to… out of table table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 These Friday sessions typically last an hour, and are a great way to learn a new software skill. Rather than signing up through our store, we ask folks who attend to make a donation to the tutorial instructors, who are just people we know. In this way, we’ve been able to give a platform to independent designers and makers, students and friends so they can earn a bit of money for their skills. Would you like to lead a soft tut? Let us know and we’ll put you on the roster. column 2 Soft Tuts out of table This Friday: heading level 2 Intro to Maya link Register here right arrow Friday 5 slash 1 at 12p with Ashley Schmid In this tutorial, Ashley will explain the basics of Maya, including the interface, keyboard shortcuts, modeling basics, and animation basics. Suggested donation: $20 link Download a free Maya trial here. table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 Residency column 2 Of course, without a space to host, our residency program via link at telier is closed until further notice. out of table table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 We’ll use this space to plug our former studiomate Yeliz’s new project, Parallel Parallel. column 2 Exhibitions out of table link Parallel Parallel is a gallery of works by graphic designers that a) have been postponed indefinitely, b) will never be realized or published, c) were published for an event that will never take place because of this damn virus. Graphic design plays with potential realities, and with this current crisis we want to see what has been left, on pause, in your hands. If you are a graphic designer and have been working on a project that fits this description please reach out to them via: link email at parallel parallel dot com table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 link cbc 53f 2c c 5c 3 4e 12 8169 cdc 7e 7… column 2 out of table We will continue to send updates when we have them, via Instagram and emails, and may start proposing new digital alternatives to our typical programming when they seem cool and interesting. As always, XXXI exists to provide community resources to designers. How do you need community right now? Check in with us and tell us what’s up let’s find new ways of supporting each other under these very different circumstances. Above all, we’ll miss seeing you all on our stoop this summer. Please send us any photos or memories you have of being at XXXI over the last five years. Stay well, keep taking care of yourselves, keep taking care of each other. We’ll see you when we can! Love, Jacob, Jake and Elie XXXI table with 1 rows and 3 columns row 1 column 1 XXXI link 411 E 9th St. link New York, NY link www dot i dot nyc column 2 link Store link Twitter link Instagram column 3 link View in browser link Unsuscribe