Advocacy, education and outreach in support of Vancouver's public spaces

NordicPlacemaking_3 Featured Event: Elements of a Nordic Winter (Rain)

VPSN founder Andrew Pask will be part of a discussion on winter placemaking in rainy cities. For the night-owls out there, the event takes place at 11:30pm-1:00am on November 10. Join in and share your thoughts on wet weather public space!... Continue reading »

November 5, 2021   |   0 comments
LBU_sistemalupo-11 Feature Event: Human Easel / Art Cart – Saturday, Feb 22, 2020

One of the Life Between Umbrellas Stream 3 winning entries – Art Cart Human Easel – will be holding a rain-friendly public space activation event. Join in the fun and help to bring a splash of colour to Helena Gutteridge... Continue reading »

February 16, 2020   |   0 comments
life between umbrellas facebook banner extension Good News! Life Between Umbrellas Competition Deadline Extension

We’ve gotten lots of individuals and teams registering in the Life Between Umbrellas design competition – all of them working on some creative ideas for making Vancouver’s public spaces more rain-friendly. This is exciting stuff! More recently, we’ve received some... Continue reading »

April 13, 2019   |   0 comments
Bubble_DesignNerds Feature Event: Bubble Design Jams for Rain-friendly Public Space

Our friends at the Vancouver Design Nerds are hosting a a fun-filled day of activities at 800 Robson, including design jam workshops for the Life Between Umbrellas Design Ideas and Activation Contest. The activities take place inside the Nerds’ giant inflated... Continue reading »

April 2, 2019   |   0 comments
Umbrella_Image Featured Activity: Life Between Umbrellas Launch Event

Join us tonight for the launch of Life Between Umbrellas – a design ideas competition that is looking for new and creative ways to improve public space and public life during Vancouver’s wet weather months. If you have an idea... Continue reading »

February 27, 2019   |   0 comments