In an effort to demystify the laundry list of rules and regulations associated with obtaining and keeping a street vendor’s license in New York City, designer Candy Chang has partnered with The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) and Sean Basinski of the Street Vendor Project to create a simple, informative guide with illustrations reminiscent of an airline safety brochure. The pamphlet was developed as part of CUP’s ongoing Making Public Policy series, a program aimed at making public policy meaningful and accessible through the use of graphic design.
Along with the nuts and bolts presentation of navigating the law – everything from renewing a license to correctly positioning a table is covered – the fold-out poster provides an abbreviated history of street vending in NYC that includes statistics, demographics and even the names of noteworthy former vendors – Jay-Z and Jerry Seinfeld among them.
Candy Chang takes an insightful look back at the design process on Urban Omnibus, offering this assessment of the completed job:
After working on this project I have a new appreciation for NYC’s vendors (and my $5 watch) and I learned a lot by working with CUP and the Street Vendor Project. Cross-disciplinary collaboration is critical for combining approaches, looking at things differently and developing new solutions. As an innovative non-profit, CUP devotes energy to facilitating all kinds of creative collaborations in urban education, from high school curricula to educational exhibitions. As an advocate, Sean devotes energy to spreading the word, organizing action and helping others understand their rights. And as a graphic designer, I devote energy to organizing content and making information more accessible and engaging. Thanks to CUP, we were all able to work together and combine our strengths to help develop tools towards citizen empowerment.
A PDF of the pamphlet is available for download here.
[via NY Mag]
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