The mezzanine level at the Met, techno parties and the neighborhood of Greenpoint are just a few of the things that Varpu Rapeli, Associate Knitwear Designer at 3.1 Phillip Lim, loves about New York. Rapeli shared her thoughts about what is going on in the New York fashion world at the moment.

The collaborative event series P2P Review features works by artists from different residency programs in New York. The next screening will be held on Friday, 5 October at Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn, and will include works by our residency alumna Rita Jokiranta, as well as two other media artists.

Eva Geitel, our architect-in-residency from October to December, and Vice-Chairman of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, calls for the greater participation of architects in all layers of society. She believes that architects could become key players in tackling global issues, such as climate change.