Design Conversations

Wobbly Designs Posted by Monica Harriss, on Friday December 16, 2011 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, and Smart Design teamed up this past summer to take Jell-O on a whirlwind tour through New York City, with a Jell-O Mold Workshop for high-school students interested in food, design, and technology. jell-o, mold, Workshop, high school students, collaborate, collaboration, eyebeam, SmartDesign, New York City, NYC
Nominate Now for the 2012 National Design Awards! Posted by Vassiliki Giannopoulos, on Tuesday December 13, 2011 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is pleased to announce an open call for nominations for the thirteenth annual National Design Awards [http://www.cooperhewitt.org/nda] program honoring lasting achievement in American design. Each year, the Awards recognize excellence, innovation, and enhancement of the quality of life across a range of disciplines. National Design Awards, nda, 2012, nominations
Teens Upcycle Innovative Garments Posted by Monica Harriss, on Wednesday December 07, 2011 Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, currently on view at the United Nations Visitors Center in New York, features projects, proposals, and solutions that address complex issues arising in emerging and developing economies. DesignPrep teens participated in a multi-session workshop led by designer Trudy Miller. Inspired by the CITIES exhibition designprep, Teens, youth, Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition, Workshop, Trudy Miller, upcycle, garments, innovative, techniques, traditional, modern
Pitch Posted by Hannah le Roux, on Tuesday December 06, 2011 In March 2011, a soccer tournament was staged in KwaThema, a township 45km east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The players, in the weeks running up to it, had practiced in “keep-fit” games and cleaned up piles of rubbish in the park. Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition, South Africa, soccer, football, space, field, pitch, grassroots, top down, informal settlement, township, infrastructure
Ascendant Public Architecture Posted by David Mohney, on Monday November 28, 2011 Public architecture in South America put North America to shame. There’s something about the emerging Latin American countries that promotes viable, scalable, building projects that can transform a neighborhood, even a city – for everyone. Design for the Other 90% Cities, Exhibition, Architecture, public, South America, Latin America, resources, Medellin, Colombia, instititutional, building, Santiago, Chile, housing, social, Elemental
Attention all NYC teachers! Posted by Kimberly Cisneros, on Monday November 28, 2011 We're proud to announce an innovative new program, Target® Design K-12: Design in the Classroom. This FREE design-based workshop comes to your classroom, and all K-12 teachers in New York City are eligible. The 45-minute session focuses on teamwork, brainstorming, and problem-solving. Design K-12, classroom, target, Workshop, free, education, students, teachers, teamwork, problem solving, brainstorm, activity, New York City, NYC
Thailand’s Transport Solution Posted by Claudio Sopranzetti, on Wednesday November 16, 2011 In my own research, “The Owners of the Map: Motorcycle taxi drivers, mobility, and politics in Bangkok”, I explore the emergence and internal functioning of the motorcycle-taxi industry, as well as the drivers’ personal histories, and their attempts to be recognized as stake holders and service providers in the city. Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition, transport, transportation, Thailand, Bangkok, traffic, drivers, passengers, motorcycle, taxi, navigate, mobility
A Tale of Three Peripheries Posted by David Evan Harris, on Thursday November 10, 2011 Rael Feliciano, Kai Liu and Jamila Jad have quite a few things in common. They each live at the rough edges of formal urban settlements. Global Lives Project, Rael Feliciano, Kai Liu, Jamila Jad, cities, urban, formal settlements, edge, peripheries, neglect, São Paulo, Brazil, Chengdu, China, Shatila, Beirut, Lebanon, video, film, interviews, Design with the Other 90%: Cities, Exhibition
High Performance Museums and Galleries Posted by Jocelyn Groom, on Monday November 07, 2011 At a recent salon sponsored by Urban Green, industry pros discussed new strategies and the changing landscape for achieving energy efficiency in buildings that have long been exempt from such standards – museums and galleries. Energy efficiency, museums, galleries, lighting, heating, cooling, high-performance, LED, environment, environmental, loads, control, conditions, humidity, temperature, climate
India’s Elastic Cities Posted by Superflux, on Friday November 04, 2011 By 2030, 40% of India's population will be urban-dwellers. That's 590 million people, up from 350 million in 2011, with the combination of internal migration and population growth placing serious stress on urban infrastructure. cities, India, urban, local, vernacular, informal, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, service, provider, wallah, community, elastic, adapt, adaptable, change