D:center Baltimore

Design Revolution: Join the Debate

February 8, 2010 in Design Conversations by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Emily Pilloton hit the road this weekend for her Design Revolution Roadshow. She is coming to Baltimore on March 11 and D:center Baltimore is co-hosting a landmark public lecture on the future of design at the Maryland Institute College of Art…

Slides from ‘Sustainability’ Design Conversation

February 7, 2010 in Design Conversations by Geoff Stack

Thank you (!) to all who were able to make it to Wednesday’s Design Conversation – “Sustainability: Diversity, Interdependence, Self-organization.” The dialogue was spirited and inquisitive, as usual…

The Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s Groundhog Day Party

January 25, 2010 in Uncategorized by ldulski

Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8pm – midnight
This year’s fundraiser will be at The Maryland Club, continuing our tradition of featuring an architecturally significant space that few have the opportunity to see. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to spend the evening in one of Baltimore’s historic private clubs while enjoying the best Groundhog Day party in the [...]

Design Convo Ideas

January 21, 2010 in Design Conversations by Ben Stone

Here’s a list of ideas floating around for future Design Convos:

Invention
Baltimore Development Cooperative/Baltimore Development Corporation
Public Art
Streets
Parking
Water

Are there other topics you’d like to see covered? Other topics you’d like to curate?

Call for Proposals: Toward a Just Metropolis

January 21, 2010 in RFPs, Uncategorized by Ben Stone

http://justmetropolis.doodlekit.com/home/call_for_papers_and_presentations
Call for Proposals – Deadline March 1, 2010
Presentations, Posters and Workshops
As cities and towns around the world grapple with the impacts of multiple and concurrent crises, progressive planners, urbanists, activists, and citizens face the challenge of transforming crises into opportunities to advance profound changes in the way we plan, build, design, live in, and govern [...]

Letterpress Design Competition

January 15, 2010 in Design Competition by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson

Get your artwork letterpressed by Gilah Press + Design.

Love & Heartbreak | new works by katy keefe and samuel payne OPENS 14 jan 2010

January 14, 2010 in Shows by marian.

“Love & Heartbreak: new works by Katy Keefe and Samuel Payne” opens at The Metro Gallery on 14 January 2010 and runs though 27 February 2010. Intensely personal and layered with texture, Keefe’s paintings, drawings and photographs are inspired by the romantic, Payne’s violent installations and works-on-paper by heartbreak and scorn. Despite the immediate contradictory [...]

Design presentations available for viewing pleasure.

January 6, 2010 in Presentation by ambershriver

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The Role of Design Centers: Part 1
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The Role of Design Centers: Part 2
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Nashville Design Center
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It’s official

January 5, 2010 in Administrative, Meetings by Fred Scharmen

There will be a more formal press release to follow, but for now we are very pleased to announce that the D:center Baltimore has officially approved bylaws and articles of incorporation, elected a Board of Directors with officers, and filed for 501(c)(3) status. We’re extremely excited!