INTRODUCING THE IGNITOR: ALLY BACKPACK
Created as a response to our internal call to action to bring more diversity to the design community within Indianapolis.
Summer Essentials
Whatever your summer looks like, you can be sure to tote your stuff around in style with one of these products. Just don’t forget to pack your hand sanitizer and mask!
Fabric Face Coverings Available
Our Fabric Face Coverings are now available for purchase. By purchasing one, you are helping to support PUP and keep our stitchers busy.
IGNITOR COLLECTION
At PUP, we are citizen design champions, dedicated to advancing good design and civic sustainability by developing products and projects in connectivity, responsible reuse, and making. We believe that everyone, regardless of race, gender, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual preference, or other characteristics deserves a seat at the design table. We are singularly focused on creating an environment of equitable design by using our platform to meet the needs of our community and invite designers to the conversation who may not already have access. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of our new Ignitor product line will go to fund a recurring PUP fellowship. This fellow will be tasked with designing and implementing a project that impacts the Indianapolis community.
PUP x AMTRAK: BUCKLE UP. THIS IS AWESOME.
We're transforming 6,080 leather Amtrak seats into a new line of PUP products. See how we're doing it here.
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People for Urban Progress (PUP) is an Indianapolis-based 501c3 non-profit that advances good design and civic sustainability by developing products and projects in connectivity, responsible reuse, and making.
MISSION
PEOPLE FOR URBAN PROGRESS is a 501c3 non-profit that advances good design and civic sustainability by developing products and projects in connectivity, responsible reuse, and making.
PUP is creating a smarter, more sustainable, and more resilient city by combining good design with existing resources. We are stewards of our city's resources and curators of its public spaces.
COMMUNITY + COLLABORATION
PUP is a non-profit social enterprise that aims to utilize smart and lean business tactics to bring the change we want to see in our city. We don't have a one-for-one model, as all of our work - from salvage through design and fabrication - is philanthropic at heart. Each PUP product is built by hand, with several people working together to clean, cut, stitch, and tag each item.
INDIANAPOLIS HQ
160 Steeples Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46222
MASK MATERIAL DROP OFF/PICK UP
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10am - noon
SHOP & STUDIO
Currently closed due to COVID-19.
WE ARE ALL PEOPLE FOR URBAN PROGRESS
Made from the city by the city. PUP's products are designed and hand-built in Indianapolis using salvaged materials and local talent. For us, 'used' does not mean unusable. We're remaking waste, one product at a time.