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Call to Action Workshop

Bud — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Moving Design’s Call to Action: A Design Intervention on Water is now underway! Participants were welcomed with a Chicago must “see and do” – a cruise of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Martin Felsen, Director of Archeworks was onboard to share facts and figures about the city’s water system and its (ab)use of Lake Michigan. On June 3, participants attended the Infrastructures for Change Conference which focused on the design and planning of the next 100 years of Chicago, Lake Michigan, and the built urban environment within the Great Lakes Basin.

Tuesday, June 15th the Call to Action Speaker Series begins. Four guest speakers will share their experiences. The evening with be filled with information and inspiration as we experience the beginnings of our collective energy.

June 15, 2010 Guest Speakers:
Martin Felsen / Director Archeworks
Phil Enquist / Head of Urban Planning, SOM
Sarah Herda / Director Graham Foundation
John Bielenberg / Founder, Project M (virtual)

We will broadcast the Call to Action Speaker Series live online.
To watch visit the event on Vokle at 6:10 pm (CST) tomorrow evening!

Mark you calendars for Moving Design’s Call to Action Speaker Series
Monday, July 5
Monday, July 12
Monday, July 19
Monday, July 26
Monday, Aug 2

2,000,000,000 gallons of fresh water go down the river every day.

Participants capturing the sights.

Call to Action / A Moving Design Workshop

Bud — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:32:48 +0000

Announcing a new summer workshop with Rick Valicenti of Moving Design and Archeworks.

Call to Action

Rick Valicenti, of Moving Design invites passionate, fearless, and brilliant designers to join forces inside the Archeworks Studio. Come together to advance powerful ideas in response to the glocal issues underscored in Archeworks’ Infrastructures for Change Conference. During 11 summer-evening sessions over 6 weeks you will convert design into a tangible and real social currency.

Visit calltoaction.movingdesign.com to sign up for more information as it is available.
Details and application form to follow.

Rick is lecturing at Pratt

Bud — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Rick Valicenti will be lecturing at Pratt Institute on Wednesday 21 October. Rick will be presenting some of Thirst’s most recent work and discuss his latest collaboration with John Pobojewski, Moving Design.

One Drop wins Sappi Grant

Bud — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:00:58 +0000

Thirst is proud to announce that Moving Design’s One Drop initiative has been chosen to receive a grant from Sappi’s Ideas that Matter.

Moving Design is thrilled to expand this program further and thanks Sappi for their generous contribution to this incredibly important cause.

For more information on this program, please visit onedrop.movingdesign.com
Go here to read our original announcement on this project.
See the other Sappi grant recipients on Sappi.com.