Bruce Mau on Design

“Now that we can do anything, what will we do?”

Choices: A Romeo & Juliet Story

Savannah group, A.W.O.L. (All Walks of Life) is the city’s only nonprofit Arts and Technology based youth development program that uses hip-hop culture to change the lives of Savannah youth. On February 5-6, the youth are putting on a modern adaption of Romeo & Juliet at the Lucas Theatre read more http://caltweet.com/34b

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Augmented (hyper)Reality:

Domestic Robocop

by Kiichi Matsuda

“The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it.

A film produced for my final year Masters in Architecture, part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality.”

Keeping the Brain Healthy

I’m sure I’m not the only student out there looking for ways to make sure to keep my brain as healthy and as active as I positively can (especially these days as I’m constantly crunching thesis data). With this post I’m somewhat stepping away from the typical design related content of the blog, because I felt we (and the blog ;) could benefit from the tips…

50 Things that will Kill Brain Cells

Listed here are 50 things to avoid to keep your brain healthy and strong.

In contrast, here are 50 things that will boost your brain power

Making Urban Farming Scalable With Fish

GOOD Blog > Adam Starr on January 12, 2010 at 1:30 pm PST

Why aquaponics may be the future of urban farming, and one solution to our local food problem.

SCAD Sustainability Council presents “[Un]disciplined,” a series of lectures, discussions and workshops that take a multi-disciplinary approach to sustainability, Jan. 26-29. All events take place at River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Savannah. All events are free and open to the public.

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Wattz On

Brilliant Data Visualization

another quarter has commenced at SCAD. group projects emerge, and design thinking takes center stage. this winter, a group of fellow design management grad students and I, have developed a concept we believe has a lot of potential. playUP savannah is the result of creative brainstorming with endless opportunities for success within the savannah community.


our mission statement: to foster community interaction and raise awareness for a local issue through a site-specific installation and promotional campaign. our project aims to facilitate creativity amongst the savannah community. we will be designing an “installation” to communicate a social (welfare) message, urging for a better, quality driven community/society. 


we are currently working to identify the issues/topics that are close to the hearts of native savannahians. we hope the playUP philosophy will resonate in cities around the country. local becomes global, think: playUP austin, or playUP cincinnati. making a difference, one city at a time…

please visit our website as the project continues to evolve:

www.playupsavannah.com

Youth Delegate Blogs about

U.N. Climate Talks in Copenhagen

Carly Queen, field coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology program and youth delegate for SustainUS, attended U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen a few weeks ago. Here you can read her blog where she shares her experiences. This is one of the videos from the blog.

Carly and WWF panda at the U.N. COP15 climate talks (Right)

The Bio-Sand Filter Project

heads to Uganda!

So, it’s official, my friend Amit finally made it to Uganda (thanks to all of those who helped fund this project) to continue his research for The Bio-Sand Filter Project.  All of those who have been interested in his work can now follow his Uganda experience here: Uganda Trip Blog.

Best of luck Amit!