November 2011 Blog Posts (6)

Community involvement is core to our philosophy here at Design Museum Boston, and we're not alone! As I dig and dive deeper into the design scene in Hong Kong, I'm learning that this idea and importance of community is becoming increasingly vital to the artists and designers in this financially driven city. Allow me to share with you, a new and exciting designer space coming in 2014. …

Wow what a week….

It started off last Tuesday night when I had to choose between Pecha-Kucha at Oberon in Harvard Square and the end of start up weekend at Harvard Business School. I opted for the more entrepreneurial venue at HSB. Within one hour we saw seven remarkable start-ups of which our two favorites were …

Last Thursday Night 25 representatives from many of Boston’s top design firms and design-minded corporations gathered at Manta’s New office in Kendall Square to begin the process of designing the 2012 IDSA National Design Conference and offsite. The collaboration and energy in the room that night was epic as we worked together in a series of creative team brainstorming sessions focused on speakers, events and themes.

Over the next month we plan to continue to collect…

Check out the video of our third Designing A Difference workshop with Smallbean and their partner, NTC. In this episode the design team visits Samsonite and their concepts start becoming reality. Be sure to read all about this workshop and see pictures of the day's activities …

Today, we kicked off an exciting project in partnership with Boston.com to help revitalize a well-known, local brand! Friendly's, who recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, opened its first ice cream shop in 1935 in our very own Springfield, Massachusetts. Our challenge: how would you…