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Recently, we collaborated with Rebecca Gardner to design a birthday party in an empty penthouse. The space was completely bare, but by the time we were done with it it was full of color! We built these wooden frames and wrapped them with lots of string. We all definitely have a new-found appreciation for the time and effort that goes into making a spider web! The installation ran throughout the apartment, with string draped from screen to screen. Overall it was a ton of fun! Untangling all that string after the event, however, was a little less fun...

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What have we been up to for the past 3 months? WORKING! Domestic Construction has been busy with pop-up shops, designing cabs, and occasionally having our heads in the clouds...

Stay turned, we have a lot we're excited to share with you.

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Happy Groundhogs day amigos! We are pretty happy about how mild this winter has been so far and we hope Phil's shadow is mistaken. We have been contemplating why he was named Phil for the past few minutes. A groundhog named Phil.

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We are super excited to announce the launch of our new line of collaborative mats, grounded +! Check out our store to learn more about all the amazing people involved!!

shop: http://domesticconstruction.bigcartel.com/

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We started on the lounging hill on Wednesday and we are sooooo excited!!! Our friend TJ, a seasoned landscaper who works for the parks department, is helping us with the planning and building. We're so excited to have him around! He's been an invaluable resource. He also brought us back to earth by re-teaching us about slopes. We wanted more like a mountain but he kindly explained that we would no longer have a garden because "the mountain" would take up the entire lot. Oh orology. The tires from upstate came in handy though! We're super interested in this type of building.

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We were going a little nuts inside today... the sunshine was calling us, so we moved our office out to the lot! We feel so lucky and grateful to have the opportunity to work on design.plot and we're trying to take full advantage of the outdoors before the weather really turns. There are so many beautiful things popping up every day. It's amazing to watch the grounds simply transform over night. I made a little wildflower bouquet to keep us inspired. I want to make about 100 more but gotta make the paper for now. We hope to be growing lots of flowers next spring...

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Slowly but surely we're moving along. Every free chance we get a little more gets added to the fence. Keep checking back... you will only be able to peek in soon! Tiny peepholes.

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We trekked upstate on Friday to pick up over 100 free tires! It was quite the adventure-- driving a 14 foot box truck an hour and a half in the rain. We kept getting hollered at on the way out of the city... I guess people aren't used to lady truck drivers.

Hill construction on design.plot begins next weekend! We're going to use to tires for the foundation of our mini mountain! Stay tuned for more process photos and possibly a stop motion!

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Dracula made friends with a caterpillar!! We told him that he too will become a butterfly some day. He was pleased.

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Check out these photos from quilt stories by Eliza Fernand... she is an amazing artist and person and we were thrilled to host her event at our space.
See more of her work here: http://elizafernand.com/home.html

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