 Blaine MerkerBlaine combines a passion for the craft of making things with a design activist’s zeal for championing the culture of the commons. He has worked for more than a dozen years in the urban context as a landscape architect, maker, and advocate while bridging the disciplines of design, engineering and the social sciences to make space for experimentation and play. Blaine has managed the design and construction of a range of projects from temporary urban interventions (as an artist) to complex development plans (as an architect). Currently, Blaine leads Rebar’s Walklet urban design projects, and has spearheaded the design and creation of the Parkcycle and Bushwaffle along with several artist-led public engagement processes, such Commonspace. He holds a Masters Degree in landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Reed College. His writing was recently published by Routledge in Insurgent Public Space. email: blaine [at] rebargroup.org
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