While moss isn’t explicitly a public interest design firm, we all definitely try to keep a finger on the pulse of that community. We helped spearhead the People Spot project here in Chicago, designing the first parklet which is re-installed every spring here in Andersonville. Team member, Lety Murray, has served on the board of […]
Opinion
Five Reasons To Live in a Walkable Neighborhood
Where you live affects how you live. Choosing to live in a walkable neighborhood is linked to happiness, health, efficiency, and finances.
Food Truck to Restaurant Part III: Making the Move to Brick and Mortar and Restaurant Design
(This is the third installment of a series we’re writing on the ins and outs of restaurant and food design, where we’ll be exploring topics like food trucks, building conversions and energy efficient kitchens. In this installment, two of Chicago’s finest food trucks weigh in on what you need to know before you start a restaurant […]
Food Truck to Restaurant Part II: Keep your New Food Truck Running Hot; Developing Your Concept
(This is the second installment of a column we’re writing on the ins and outs of restaurant and food design, where we’ll be exploring topics like food trucks, building conversions and energy efficient kitchens. In this installment, two of Chicago’s finest food trucks weigh in on what you need to know before you start a […]
How We Operate: Communication Tools Make a moss Project Happen
Every designer has a suite of tools they use daily, both to generate designs and for communication with their clients and collaborators. Here are ours.
Winter Can Show: How Well is your Roof Insulation Working?
Keep your eyes open for useful data now and start making plans for improving the your roof insulation come spring in order to nail down some major savings in energy costs to you and to the planet.
Moss Revitalizes Classic Edgewater Four Plus One
Our redesign of the 5411 Winthrop for Flats Chicago breathes new life into a classic example of Chicago’s Four Plus One apartment blocks.
Christmas at moss
Our Christmas set-ups: Matt & Laura’s (penguins and owls)
Flats Chicago: 5718 N. Winthrop property in progress
Our Flats Chicago apartments are well underway, with this Edgewater property at 5718 North Winthrop Avenue next up to bat. When we’re done, we’ll reveal 75 units over eight floors. 5718 Winthrop also includes ground level townhouse duplex units with private patios, new elevators, refreshed lobby and common areas, and two penthouse units with private […]
Moss Renews New Orleans flair for Southport Corridor Restaurant
Our latest restaurant venture is a refresh of Blue Bayou, a Cajun themed eatery with live music and a menu based on regional favorites on Southport.
The Advantage of Parklets and David Owen's Green Metropolis
In David Owen’s Green Metropolis, he makes a good argument for cities as system of choice for a sustainable future. Using Manhattan as a case in point, Owen explains that the closeness of businesses and homes, coupled with gridlocked traffic makes NYC an attractive place for cycling and walking. The book has a lot of […]
(PARK)ing Day 2012 roundup
This past Friday, September 21, 2012, was National PARK(ing) Day. For the past three years, moss has hosted a PARK(ing) Day installation, reclaiming a metered parking space by turning it into a temporary public park. With the help of a steady stream of quarters, live music and delicious goods from Southport Grocery, we joined in […]
How To Work Outside
The past few weeks have been evenly divided between time spent in the lovely moss studio and time spent on the lovely moss patio. As the weather has warmed, I’ve found the latter more difficult to resist. Outdoor offices are kind of an oxymoron, right? Computers, buzzing phones and suits don’t belong on a grassy […]
Tyus and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Court
Despite this year’s lack of buzzer beaters, I’m a sucker for the NCAA basketball tournament. Cinderellas, upsets, March Madness, Capital One, all that. I don’t think my Mom ever realized I would always have to stay home sick from school around the third Thursday of March (sorry, Mom). During the three weeks of the tournament […]
Friday Favorites: Changers, Carbonrally, Econofy Inspire Sustainable Living via Social Media
The web may not be climate change-combat’s poster child, but it may be its knight in shining armor. On the one hand we know that outlet usage has increased a lot since the internet and its buddies (smartphones, bluetooth keyboards, ipods) burst onto the scene; on the other, it has saved trees, and more to […]