Hello from Seattle!
ID and Microsoft have generously stepped forward to show their support for our third largest ID community and the many talented people that emerge from our program. If you will be in Seattle, stop in for some eating, drinking and design thinking. We welcome your design friends in the Seattle area as well, we just ask that they RSVP to get an accurate head count.
Who: Approximately 60 alumni, local companies/organizations
When: Friday, April 30th 6-9pm Where: Vessel - a lounge in downtown Seattle
RSVP: ABatchu@gmail.com or ABuhayar@gmail.com
Cheers! Amy & Andrew
To accompany this week’s scores, here’s a highlight video with some of the participants crushing their cans:) Watch till the end to see danimal’s beast-like can-crushing prowess!
What does Michael Beirut think of us?
Read his recent post on Design Observer where he talks about The Institute of Design and Innovation:
Michael Bierut
Innovation is the New Black
Last month I was invited by Patrick Whitney, director of the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, to participate in a symposium on the “‘creative corporation’ and the adoption of design by business leaders.” Naturally, I said yes, quoting Lance, the drug dealer in Pulp Fiction, who, when asked by Vincent Vega what will happen after he gives Marcellus Wallace’s wife an adrenalin injection to the heart, answers “I’m curious about that myself.”
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read on: http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=3857
the serviceID silk screening workshop was thursday! five frames were provided with a bunch of graphics to choose from on each. all the shirts provided by serviceID are being donated to a local shelter next week, and a few were brought in by students to be personalized and then taken home. thanks to everyone who came out to print a shirt or two!
more photos @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/skurfee/tags/silkscreen/
Hello ID Community,
We are on a sustainability binge! Paper recycling, a sustainability workshop and now…
RECYCLE-CAN: a competition to see who recycles the most cans and bottles.
How it Works:
Although we don’t have a bottle recycling system in place at ID, we want to encourage sustainability and let people know the impact of their actions
With every can and bottle you recycle, you are removing waste from landfills and decreasing the impact you make on the Earth’s resources…that’s significant!
So, instead of throwing out your drink bottle and soda cans, make good use of them!
Take them the Recycle-Can Game Board:
Step 1. Crush your aluminum can with The Can Crusher (it’s fun and a stress-reliever)
Step 2. Place the crushed can into one of the slots at the top of the board and watch it fall into the box (plinko-style)
Step 3. Enter your name and add your points you earned on the score board (super easy!) Note - this is an honor system!:)
Repeat! At the end of April, we will tally up the points and award amazing prizes (it’s worth doing, trust us)!
If you don’t drink soda or use water bottles, good for you! You can still participate by recycling other people’s cans and earn 10 points for recycling plastic bottles or other drink containers in the box.
We will keep track during the weeks on The New Idiom and see who is in the lead.
The Game Board will be on the 3rd Floor Hallway for 2 weeks and switch the last two weeks on the 5th floor.
Please let us know if you can help us take the cans to the recycling (it’s just Annie and Sally).
Good Luck!
