December 2010
16 posts
January!
The fall semester for school came to a great conclusion and just in time to get a much needed break. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and holiday season as I did being at home with family and friends!
I am super excited for the upcoming month of January, lots of things going on.
Next week, for three days I will be out in Columbus, Ohio with Christian Long and David Bill working on Be...
I am super excited and honored to be attending The Do Lectures in Wales next September. I recently applied to be one of eighty people who will for four days camp out in the woods and hills of Wales to be together and connect and listen to talks from some extrodinary people.
Craig Mod explains it in this post better than I can cause he was there last year as a speaker. An excerpt from his...
The Amsterdam School for Creative Leadership also known as THNK looks like a fascinating model for what a school can be and a program that I will be keeping an eye on for sure. Bas Verhart who is the founder, wrote this amazing piece on their blog and it’s just perfect.
I think, feel, and naturally prototype ideas to see how they work out in practice. Over the years this has allowed me to...
AIGA Connecticut and the Hartford Art School were honored to host Debbie Millman for a lecture and workshop. Debbie gave a wonderful talk on a Friday night in November open to everyone and lots of people came out. The next day was a full day of visual storytelling with 20 students from the Hartford Art School which was a remarkable experience for everyone.
In case you aren’t familiar...
We had our Annual Meeting for AIGA Connecticut and there are so many exciting things going on! I am honored to be able to be on the board as the Student Groups Director for the past couple years and to work with some of the best creatives in the state. This is what our goals are for this year.
Share the transformative power of design-thinking with the public-at-large
Engage with all...
Design Global Change is a group and class that I was part of during this past semester. We use design to have a positive impact on the world. One of our projects was a mural in a troubled part in Hartford. The mural elaborates on The Kingian Principles of Non Violence promoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is focused on principle number two – The beloved community is the frame work of the...
“Everything in life begins with love. In all relationships, in our work, in our...”
– Amber Rae
“Focus on ideas instead of tools (technology). Anyone can learn to use the tools,...”
– Secrets Shared by Keri Smith
