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David Veldkamp
9/19/2008
9/19/2008
Project H Design
I am interested in hearing everyones thoughts on a Project H Design chapter in West Michigan. If you are not familiar with Project H, I have included a couple of paragraphs from their website (www.projecthdesign.com) which briefly explain their mission.
"Project H Design is a charitable organization that supports, inspires, and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design solutions. We champion industrial design as a tool to address social issues, a vehicle for global life improvement, and a catalyst for individual and community empowerment.
Project H Design encourages the reorientation of the design industry towards a more socially-impactful and humanitarian entity through a variety of Initiatives that include design thinking, production and distribution, funding, design academics, and local chapter projects."
Project H has local chapters in San Fransisco, LA, New York, Chicago, London and others. It would be great if west Michigan had a chapter too. So my question is...what do you think? Is anyone interested? Is there already a similar group around? Can we organize ourselves as designers and give back to our communities? I look forward to hearing many comments, opinions and ideas.
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I am interested in hearing everyones thoughts on a Project H Design chapter in West Michigan. If you are not familiar with Project H, I have included a couple of paragraphs from their website (www.projecthdesign.com) which briefly explain their mission.
"Project H Design is a charitable organization that supports, inspires, and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design solutions. We champion industrial design as a tool to address social issues, a vehicle for global life improvement, and a catalyst for individual and community empowerment.
Project H Design encourages the reorientation of the design industry towards a more socially-impactful and humanitarian entity through a variety of Initiatives that include design thinking, production and distribution, funding, design academics, and local chapter projects."
Project H has local chapters in San Fransisco, LA, New York, Chicago, London and others. It would be great if west Michigan had a chapter too. So my question is...what do you think? Is anyone interested? Is there already a similar group around? Can we organize ourselves as designers and give back to our communities? I look forward to hearing many comments, opinions and ideas.
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David Veldkamp
9/5/2008
9/5/2008
Trend research
What websites, periodicals and other tools are you using for trend research? Do you find your customers are asking for information on current and future trends?
Here is one website I find useful:
http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/
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What websites, periodicals and other tools are you using for trend research? Do you find your customers are asking for information on current and future trends?
Here is one website I find useful:
http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/
Comments (2)
John Berry
6/23/2008
6/23/2008
Question to the community
Is there value in different design disciplines interacting, socializing, and/or developing a common voice?
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Is there value in different design disciplines interacting, socializing, and/or developing a common voice?
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