Nicholas Tobier – Sustainable Food Systems Initiative

Nicholas Tobier

Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design

Department Profile

Nick Tobier is a New Yorker who has transferred much of his affection and sense of street level exploration to Detroit. Nick studied sculpture and landscape architecture, worked as project manager at Storefront for Art & Architecture in NYC for 5 years on projects and later as a designer first with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation/ Bronx Division, and LandWorks Studio, Boston.

Nick’s focus as an artist and designer is with the social lives of public places, both in built structures and events. He has designed and/or activated bus stops, farms, kitchens, boulevards, and has worked within and without municipal structures in Detroit, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco.

Nick’s focus on food centers in and around Detroit neighborhoods with projects and research on mobile food distribution and small community based businesses and projects including F.O.O.D. (Field of Our Dreams) and Mango-on-a-Stick, a collaboration with Cesar Chavez Academy.

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