National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?
Posted: December 10, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us, Inspiration, Resources Leave a commentInaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia Smith will present the experimental projects and emerging ideas for the period between 2006 and 2009.
http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Why-Design-Now/
Blue Ink artwork and writings due Dec 17th
Posted: December 7, 2010 Filed under: MU Life Leave a commentBeing published is a great resumé enhancer!
Being published in Blue Ink is a great way to contribute to Marymount’s creative student community!!!
Blueink staff is in the process of collecting both literary work and artwork for the 2011 Blueink magazine by December 17.
Please submit work via the web site http://muweb.marymount.edu/~blueink/pages/submit.html
Hard copies of the submittal forms are attached. Artwork can also be left at Professor Murphy’s office door – Galihac G104.
FINAL EXAM: Reflect on what you have learned
Posted: December 2, 2010 Filed under: Project Assignments, Weekly Assignments Leave a commentFINAL EXAM
Reflect on what you have learned
Due Thursday 12/16/2010 @ 3 p.m.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
PART 1: Individual Reflection
Working individually each student needs to typewrite 1-3 sentences (a paragraph at most) for each of the following questions:
1) Now that you have a better understanding of sustainability, what will you change about your own actions?
2) This semester you have learned about the design process, which emphasizes defining and solving problems. How will this help you become a more active participant in your learning?
3) Now that you have made it through your first semester, what advice would you offer to incoming students about a) academics and b) social life at Marymount and c) student activities?
PART 2: Group Reflection
As a group, reflect on what you have learned. Develop a 2-part; 5-10 minute presentation that every member of your group participates in:
1) You have now presented your concepts for making a better Marymount by design. What did you learn from the design process including selecting a topic, research, developing a solution, and presenting it to others with the hopes of inspiring change? What surprised you? What did you DISCOVER? What would you do different?
2) Develop a creative presentation (song, dance, skit, poem, interactive, mixed media, etc.) [no Powerpoint] promoting sustainability to your classmates. This can be about the importance of sustainability, encourage changing personal behavior and actions, or calling for change through design at Marymount.
Turning down the world’s temperature: A job for a fake tree? A boat?
Posted: November 30, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us Leave a commentSpecial to The Washington Post
Monday, November 29, 2010; 6:41 PM
In case you haven’t heard, the Earth is getting hotter, and most scientists blame mankind. The average global temperature has risen 1.3 degrees in the last century, and the future might be quite a bit warmer. As international climate negotiators convene in Cancun, Mexico, this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is projecting that the temperature could rise as many as 10 degrees more by the year 2100 if we do nothing to stop it.
eco-artware.com
Posted: November 17, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us Leave a commentEco-Artware.com is a web-based gallery of unique, well-made and environmentally friendly gifts. Our natural and recycled products are eco-friendly and sustainable.
Final Project Assignment Schedule
Posted: November 12, 2010 Filed under: Project Assignments, Weekly Assignments Leave a commentFinal Project Schedule
Monday Nov. 15:
- Final outlines for: the presentation of your design solution using one of the following means of communicating:
- Dramatic presentation and role-play/simulation
- Audio/Visual
- After presentations work on final Marketing/Guerilla Campaign
Thursday Nov. 18:
- 10 minute presentations (this will be the presentation to Adminstration; +/- edits; have solutions done/built)
- Finalize Marketing/Guerilla Campaign
- What are you doing, when will you make it, when will you implement (use MU audience = B-ball games, late night supper), make sure to document it
Monday Nov. 22: Movie @ Smithsonian 5pm (details to come)
Thursday Nov. 25: no class; Thanksgiving
Monday Nov. 29: Implement this week
- In class critique (have project comps, etc)
Thursday Dec 2: Implement this week
- In class critique (have project comps, etc)
Monday Dec 6: Administration presentations (TBD)
- Work on Design Effectiveness Group Report
Thursday Dec 9: Administration presentations (TBD)
- Design Effectiveness Group Reports due
Thursday Dec 16: 3-5:30 pm (note time change): Design Effectiveness Group Presentations due
“Global Sustainability: Central America”
Posted: November 8, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a commentPlease join Green Living Project for its newest multi-media event showcasing cutting-edge global sustainability stories! This exciting Event features projects across Central America including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama! Free beverages and food, free giveaways for the first 50 attendees, incredible travel packages raffled off, LIVE music, special guest speakers and more!
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Popular multi-media event on global sustainability
- Free beer and beverages
- Burritos and snacks compliments of Chipotle
- Delicious cupcakes from Pretty Please Cupcake
- Free Door Prizes for the first 50 attendees
- LIVE music
- Great raffle prizes — including Travel Packages from La Cusinga Ecolodge (Costa Rica), Rios Tropicales (Costa Rica), and Amazon Conservation Association
- A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a featured GLP project
- Special introduction by Jonathan B. Tourtellot, National Geographic Fellow and Geotourism Editor, National Geographic Traveler
DATE
Wednesday, November 10th
6:00pm – 9:00pm (films begin at 7:00pm)LOCATION
Eastern Market – North Hall
225 7th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003For a copy of the event flier, click here: JPG
Presented by – Amazon Conservation Group
http://www.amazonconservation.org/photos/bolivia.html
Assignment for Monday 11/8/10
Posted: November 3, 2010 Filed under: Project Assignments, Weekly Assignments Leave a commentBy Monday provide typewritten very specific and detailed answers to the following questions:
1. Identify and interview 3 decision makers that have to agree with and or approve of your design solution e.g.
end-users/students, administrators, athletic directors, director of recycling program at MU, maintenance, physical plant, etc
2. What specific attitudes and behaviors need to be changed and who specifically needs to change?
3. How are you going to gain student support for your design idea? e.g. and theme or tag line for your design solution etc.
4. What are 3 -5 multipurpose benefits for your design solution e.g. saving energy reuse of rain water, improvement to the community etc.? Be specific as to who will benefit form each multipurpose benefit of your design solution.
5. What are some specific suggested methods for paying for your design solution – covering the cost to implement your design solution e.g. fund raising – alumni, advertisers/sponsors, etc? And how will contributing to the cost of your design solution be beneficial?
6. Prepare photographs and video clips of the current design problem e.g. people using the incorrect trash/recycling bins, people posting flyers on campus, people passing by and not reading any of the flyers, dark unlit areas on the playing field, etc.
Quirky
Posted: October 25, 2010 Filed under: Inspiration Leave a commentWe make invention accessible.
For centuries, becoming an “inventor” has been a hard gig to crack. Complexities relating to financing, engineering, distribution, and legalities have stood in the way of brilliant people executing on their great ideas.
Since launching in 2009, Quirky has rapidly changed the way the world thinks about product development.
We bring two brand new consumer products to market each week, by enabling a fluid conversation between a global community and Quirky’s expert product design staff.
The world influences our business in real-time, and we share our revenue directly with the people who helped us make successful decisions.
Why Didn’t I Think Of That?
Posted: October 7, 2010 Filed under: Design Around Us, Inspiration Leave a comment14 Obvious Inventions You Could Have Easily Thought Of
You ever see a new product and immediately think “I could have thought of that?”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/why-didnt-i-think-of-that_n_643458.html#s113137
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