Nebometer: A Fundraiser for Kharkiv School of Architecture
Outpost Office x NYRA Editions
We’re thrilled to announce the release of “NEBOMETER,” a new limited edition work by Outpost Office (Ashley Bigham and Erik Herrmann). It is the first project to be published by our new imprint, NYRA Editions, which develops experimental works in collaboration with architects, artists, and designers.
Attributed to Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt, the cyanometer is an instrument for measuring sky intensity. This nebometer (from nebo, the Ukrainian word for sky) includes a spectrum of hues sampled from depictions of Ukrainian skies as painted, rendered, or photographed by 22 Ukrainian artists.
All sales proceeds benefit the Kharkiv School of Architecture, a university establishing new standards for architectural education in Ukraine.
The nebometer is waterproof, printed on styrene in an edition of 100. Each print includes one nebometer and numbered protective sleeve. Nebometers are available exclusively from NYRA Editions. $50 + shipping.
To make an additional donation to the Kharkiv School of Architecture, please visit their support page.
Outpost Office is a design practice based in Columbus, Ohio where principals and co-founders Ashley Bigham and Erik Herrmann teach at the Knowlton School at The Ohio State University. Outpost Office seeks new public audiences through experimental creative production ranging from the serious to the absurd, often simultaneously. Inventive applications of off-the-shelf tools and industrial-grade materials often characterize the practice's work. Their designs propose that architecture can be projective and impactful while at the same time inexpensive, temporal, and open-ended. Particular focuses of Outpost Office include experimental platforms for gathering and speculations in and about the American suburbs.
NYRA is a team effort. Our editor is Samuel Medina, our deputy editor is Marianela D'Aprile, our editors-at-large are Carolyn Bailey, Phillip Denny and Alex Klimoski, and our publisher is Nicolas Kemper. NYRA Editions is directed by Phillip Denny.
Along with this substack, we are on twitter and instagram at @nyreviewofarch, but NYRA is best served in print, which you can find at nyra.nyc.