friends making work

is a design collective and practice of material interests co-founded by Amelyn Ng, Gabriel Vergara, and Christine Giorgio. We make material interventions that span exhibitions, media, and transdisciplinary design, with cumulative backgrounds in architecture, digital media and illustration, urban design, and film. We often work with a broader network of collaborators (it’s more fun that way). We are based in New York City.

Past projects include D.E.P.O.T. / Gross Domestic Practices (USA), prácticas domésticas brutas (CL), and Planetary Home Improvement: From Just-in-time to Geological Time (CZ). Upcoming projects at Bangkok Design Week (TH) and the Center for Architecture Lab (USA).

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//// NEWS //// Friends Making Work won an award at the Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Chile 2025! We were 1 of 5 award winners in the Otras Prácticas category. //// NEWS //// Friends Making Work exhibited Depotscape at the Third Annual Poots Competition at Citygroup, NYC [September 19 — October 31, 2025] //// NEWS //// Snippets of our work is on exihbit in the The Atlas for Post-Disciplinary Design at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture [October 26 — November 04, 2025] + [May 15 — July 1, 26]