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March 2, 2019Save A Sample! Expands to Deliver Materials to Local Artisans Year-round
Save A Sample! has launched Save A Sample! for Art with the goal of helping design firms donate unneeded materials to artisan programs—365 days a year!
“We’ve always dreamed of saving great samples all year long. 2019 is the year we make it happen!,” says Suzanne Swift, Save A Sample!’s founder and president of SpecSimple.com. Save A Sample! for Art partners with top design firms throughout the country to help local artisans achieve their dreams to support themselves through their art.”
It’s easy to participate. Design firms request a pre-paid mailing label, fill a box with great materials, and are matched with a local artisans program in their area. “Save A Sample makes it easy to avoid filling up our landfills and instead re-purposes materials to give them a new life,” says Helle Hodjat, Resource Director/Designer at Gensler. Artisans use the samples to create unique artwork.
Sign up today at to be notified for the Save A Sample! for Art launch!
Committee on the Environment
The AIANY Committee on the Environment (COTE) mission is to support the AIA in advancing and advocating for great and thoughtful regenerative design that creates sustainable, resilient and equitable buildings and communities. The COTE serves as the community and voice of AIANY regarding sustainable design through spearheading workshops and lectures with design professionals; advocacy with government and civic organizations; and broadening outreach to the general public.• Supporting AIA COTE National and the 2030 Committment towards a carbon-free built environment. • Furthering knowledge and uptake of the AIA Framework for Design Excellence, a deep green framework for creating better buildings. • Supporting the newly integrated environmental emphasis of the AIA Code of Ethics Creating synergies between AIANY committees towards a fully integrated approach to sustainability. • Advocating for a progressive and sustainable NYC through OneNYC and associated local programs. • Educating architects and other built environment professionals, as well as the public, on sustainability, resiliency and equity.