March 2011 Blog Posts (16)

The 2011 Solar Decathlon is on! For those of you who don’t know, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are…

Design Museum Boston’s own Jenna Casey recently did a guest piece for advertising agency Small Army’s blog, Through the Ears of an Entrepreneur. As the title suggests the blog’s content focuses on entrepreneurship, not just in advertising…

Join us for the fourth annual AD 20/21 show at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama April 7-10.  Presenting 50 galleries and design exhibitors offering fine art, furniture, photography, jewelry, fine prints and more.  All of the details are on our website at http://www.ad2021.com.  Or call 617-363-0405.

The show starts with a Gala Preview on…

Why, it's IDEO Co-Founder and Director of the Cooper-Hewitt, Bill Moggridge... and Sam and I got to meet him! For those of you who don't know who Bill Moggridge is you can read more about him…

Talk about combining high quality art and design brought to the public's door-step! Last week I witnessed Qi Xinghua in the middle of painting his installation at Pacific Place Mall in Hong Kong. Qi Xinghua is the first Chinese 3D painting artist and his "MINI x Qi Xinghua - The Gateway 3D Art Exhibition"…

Check out the submissions to the City of Boston's call for public art to be installed in the Innovation District. The call:

Mayor…

Design Museum Boston's spanking new logo (designed by the always wonderful Continuum) is already up for an award.

Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communication, has been highlighting the best of the best in design, illustration,…

Join the community in Hong Kong for an ArtWalk tonight, Wednesday March 16, at 5pm. 

This year, 65 galleries will open their doors between 5 pm to 12 midnight on Wednesday, 16 March 2011 and you - after buying an ArtWalk ticket…

MIT Media Lab's new logomark is as dynamic as the lab itself and a great example in visually capturing the essence of an organization. Via Fast Company Design…

Become a youth design mentor and change lives. Each summer, Youth Design introduces high school students from less advantaged backgrounds to careers in the design profession by providing high quality, paying internships in Boston area design firms, agencies, and in-house design departments. The mission is to opens doors for talented, inner-city kids so they can gain meaningful work experiences and access to adult…

If there's one thing designers love to do when they're not creating graphics and drawing up plans, it's expressing themselves in written form. It stands to reason that your favorite architects and graphic designers might have something to say about the written works of others.…

As education is one of DMB’s missions, I had the chance to speak to Robin Giang, who brings art to the forefront of developing education. Ms. Giang’s organization, CosmoKids, is using arts, creativity, and expression to make an impact on education. At its…