D:center Baltimore is a broad cross-section of disciplines and individuals invested in improving and encouraging design-in all its iterations-in the Baltimore region. We believe design thinking has the capacity to change the world and that banding together in creative collaboration will greatly improve the quality of urban life.

 

While this website is under development, you can still visit us on: flickr, facebook, or our tumblr blog
Contact us at dcenterbaltimore [at] gmail [dot] com

 

What we've been up to lately ...

 

D center @ MAP

Starting in June, D center Baltimore will occupy its first physical space after three years of nomadic existence. Through early 2012, D center will activate a 2,000-square-foot storefront gallery at 218 West Saratoga Street, Maryland Art Place (MAP)’s building. Dubbed D center @ MAP, the gallery is supported by one of Downtown Partnership’s Operation: Storefront grants, which were designed to fund creative uses of vacant commercial space in the city center. D center’s mission to create a nexus for interdisciplinary design, collaboration, and creative conversations in Baltimore is evidenced in its inaugural exhibition at D center @ MAP, the Open City Challenge Exhibition. For more information, see our press release here.

 

Urbanite Project: Open City Challenge

The Open City Challenge is a joint project of D center Baltimore, Urbanite, the year-long Exhibition Design Seminar at Maryland Institute College of Art, the Maryland Transit Administration, and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation. Self-organized teams are invited to compete for $10,000 in prize money (provided by the MTA) and the chance to implement their solution to a pressing city issue: the quality-of-life issues brought about by the construction of the Red Line. For more information, or to apply, visit www.urbaniteproject.com

 

Design Conversations

The Design Conversations are a monthly series of events organized by a group of rotating curators, focusing on topics that are timely and engaging. Since its inception more than two years ago, the Design Conversations have tackled food policy, public art, master planning, issues of sustainability, graphic design, architecture, and social activism. The Design Conversations are usually held on first tuesdays at The Windup Space, 12 W. North Ave., Baltimore, MD.

 

... and Other Projects in the Works.

More soon ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

D center Baltimore Board Members

Klaus Philipsen, President
Sarah Doherty, Vice President
Ben Stone, Secretary
Marian Glebes, Treasurer
Marianne Amoss
Doreen Bolger
Sidney Brower
Frank Lucas
Jaimes Mayhew
Kenneth Morgan
Brian Oster
Fred Scharmen
Howard Stevens
Khosrow Vaghari
Jessica Young