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Eye On Design: Celebrating the Standout Structures of CANstruction 2025

canstruction main image photo by gail worley
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During my first decade living in New York City, I worked in a boutique architectural office that carried forward the legacy of the late, great Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. After leaving that firm, I spent another ten years in the contract furnishings industry — an experience that sparked my passion for furniture and interior space design. Together, those years shaped a deep appreciation for architecture and interior design that ultimately inspired the creative direction of this website.
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CANstruction 2023: Feeding Those in Need

canstruction installation view photo by gail worley
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CANstruction is an annual design and construction competition where teams create sculptures using canned food as their primary building material. The goal is to raise awareness about hunger and collect non-perishable food items to be donated to local food banks, such as City Harvest. The competition involves architectural and engineering firms, design professionals, and students.
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Eye On Design: CANstruction Returns to Brookfield Place

pikachu canstruction photo by gail worley
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In a previous life, I spent ten or so years in the world of architecture and interior design, which is where I first became acquainted with the Canstruction competition. Canstruction involves  teams of design industry professionals who conceive and build amazingly creative structures made entirely from cans of food. Sponsored by an eponymous international hunger relief charity, Canstruction sources donations of millions of pounds of food for local food banks through annual events across the country.  At the end of each competition, all the food is donated to a local food bank, such as NYC’s City Harvest.  In 2020, the event was canceled due to Covid, but his year, the completed structures were back on public display from November 4th to 15th at the Brookfield Place mall in Battery Park City. I’m happy to report I was able to check them out in person. Let’s take a look at the inspired competition from the 2021 Canstruction NYC!

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Jean Shin’s Floating Maize at Brookfield Place

jean shin installation photo by gail worley
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Fans of this blog will know that I am way into repurposing and recycling items that would otherwise end up in a landfill into both functional items and aesthetically pleasing works of art, so when I read about Floating Maize, artist Jean Shin’s new public art installation at the Brookfield Place mall, I braved the subway to get down there to check it out.
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Disco Ball Christmas Tree

Mirror Ball Christmas Tree
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Geoffrey and I went all the way down town on a mission to investigate the Museum of Feelings, which turned out to be a bust, because the line was (realistic estimate) 90 minutes to 2 hours long. And we are about waiting in lines no. So, while we were down there (because Battery Park City is a fucking haul from our respective residences), we decided to just see what kinds of cool snaps we could take. Because Geoffrey is obsessed with the Instagram, and I know that I can always score a few blog hits with a fun photo.

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