February 2012
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LowLine: An Underground Park on NYC’s Lower East Side on Kickstarter
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 20th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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“How do we define ‘knowledge’ in a postindustrial society equipped with new...”
– This is a book review/summary of Jean-François Lyotard’s 1979 book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge Brought to my attention by Sharon Dvora (PNCA Collaborative Design student)
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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“… if you want to start your own service, you should develop it with the future...”
– Collaborative Services / social innovation and design for sustainability
Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated... →
Design thinking, user-centered design, service design, transformation design. These practices are not identical but their origin is similar: a definition of design that extends the profession beyond products. The rise of service economies in the developed world contributed to this movement toward design experiences, services and interactions between users and products. The literature about design...
Feb 1st
January 2012
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Study Partner →
designforcommunity: ‘We’re Study Partner, a teaching alliance and idea lab co-founded in 2007 by Jen Thomas and Shawn Petersen. We believe that design is for everyone and that design education can play a critical role to benefit individuals and the communities we live in’.
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Barter For Instruction: TradeSchool Take a class with a range of specialized teachers in exchange for basic items and services. Secure a spot in a TradeSchool class by meeting one of the teacher’s barter needs.  Brought to my attention by Danielle Olson (PNCA Collaborative Design Student)
Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Superman will not save public education, but we can. Since Waiting for “Superman” was first released in theaters in the fall of 2010, our community of parents, teachers, administrators and activists has risen to the challenge and turned a movie into a movement.
Jan 20th
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The GOOD KART →
The Good Kart is a proposal from the MFA students in Collaborative Design at PNCA. It is a vehicle of support for Portland teens. It offers fresh food, engaging activities, and supportive advocates.  Collaborative Design Team: Santigie Fofana-Dura, Sharon Dvora, Danielle Olson, and Mayank Sharma (Mentor)
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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“A premium value is placed on original thought, and of course it is immensely...”
– The value of thinking unoriginal thoughts. - Marcus Baumgart
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Effective Story Telling  Presented by AIGA San Francisco, Compostmodern is an interdisciplinary design conference dedicated to transforming products, industries and lives through sustainable design choices.
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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I’ll give you five stars if you can make it through the whole thing! Portlandia, here is the inspiration for your next paired! vellum: Portland/CreativeMornings - Bill DeRouchey (by CreativeMornings/Portland)
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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