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Design Thinking at the U of M: Organizing Collaborations Around Social Issues
Jennifer Gilhoi
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
How groups at the University of Minnesota are using design thinking as the creative approach to explore new ways of working and collaborating.
Coordination/Collaboration
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Design
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diversity
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Higher Education
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Strong Local Economy
University
The Creative City Challenge: Public Art with Lasting Influence?
Brian Martucci
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Finalists have been selected for the second annual Creative City Challenge. The winning, interdisciplinary, public-art installation--selected by popular vote this winter--will be open all summer on the Minneapolis Convention Center plaza.
Arts and Culture
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Regionalism
Downtown
The Endangered Osage Language Gets a Unicode-Friendly Alphabet
Brian Martucci
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Jessica Harjo, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Design MA program and a current PhD candidate, has sketched out a novel orthography for the Osage language.
Arts and Culture
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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diversity
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Entrepreneurship
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Higher Education
University
Getting in Gear: Local Innovations--From Knobbies to Pogies to Rims--for Winter Biking
Brian Martucci
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
The burgeoning winter-biking scene wouldn’t be possible without the bike designers, entrepreneurs, co-ops, fests, expos, zines, and coffee shops that give the community its innovative edge and vitality.
Creative Economy
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Design
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Entrepreneurship
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Strong Local Economy
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Sustainability
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Transportation
Cedar - Riverside/West Bank
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Downtown
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Lake Street
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Uptown/Lyn Lake
Boutique Guitar Gear: Local Inventors Help Musicians Achieve the Holy Grail of Sound
Dan Heilman
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
In the world of handmade guitar gear, Twin Cities inventors are known by guitarists the world over for bringing a range of experience and creativity to products that for decades were mass-produced.
Arts and Culture
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Creative Economy
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Design
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Entrepreneurship
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High Technology
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Nightlife
Bogobrush: A Bamboo Objet d'Art for Social Good
Anna Pratt
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Heather and John McDougall, who are siblings, have designed the bamboo Bogobrush, a "buy one, give one" product that provides toothbrushes to people in need.
Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Economy
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Entrepreneurship
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Green Jobs
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Healthcare
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Philanthropy
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Regionalism
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Reuse / Rebuild
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Strong Local Economy
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Sustainability
Downtown/Lowertown
Barking Up New Businesses: Four Women Unleash Their Creativity for Canines
Anne Jin Soo Preston
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Creative Economy
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Design
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Entrepreneurship
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Green Jobs
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Philanthropy
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Reuse / Rebuild
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Strong Local Economy
Northeast
Galtier Community School Embraces Design Thinking for Greater Flexibility in Learning
Camille LeFevre
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Galtier Community School in Saint Paul decided to revolutionize education through design thinking after the American Architectural Foundation’s (AAF) Design for Learning program.
Central Corridor
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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diversity
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Philanthropy
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Talent Dividend
Greater East Side
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University
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Midway
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Payne - Phalen
Hank and His Bus: Catalysts for Changing Architectural Education?
Camille LeFevre
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Arts and Culture
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Economy
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Emerging Technology
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Entrepreneurship
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Green Jobs
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Higher Education
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Reuse / Rebuild
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Talent Dividend
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Transportation
University
,
Northeast
Made in Minnesota: The Makers Coalition and the Renewal of Our Industrial Sewing Heritage
Anna Pratt
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Makers Coalition is supporting a new generation of industrial sewers and the local makers movement. The coalition brings together 60 businesses, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and service providers to fulfill its mission: To bring back industrial sewing skills, which largely disappeared in America decades ago.
Arts and Culture
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Economy
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Strong Local Economy
Downtown
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Uptown/Lyn Lake
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West Seventh
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Downtown/Lowertown
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Northeast
Q+A: David Graham, the city building architect, and his ecosystem approach to density
Camille LeFevre
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Affordable Housing
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Economy
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Reuse / Rebuild
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Strong Local Economy
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Sustainability
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Transit Oriented Development
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Transportation
Riverfront/Mill District
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Downtown
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Uptown/Lyn Lake
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Northeast
City Art: New thinking about public art in Saint Paul is transforming the public sphere
Christine Podas-Larson
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Arts and Culture
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Central Corridor
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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diversity
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Sustainability
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Transit Oriented Development
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Transportation
Saint Anthony Park
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Downtown/Lowertown
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Thomas - Dale/Frogtown
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Payne - Phalen
Throughout the U.S., Public Art Engages Communities and Transforms Neighborhoods
Elaine Labalme
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Public art has evolved into an essential element of urban placemaking and social engagement. From murals on vacant buidlings to art in laundormats to temporary art installations that invite public participation, we take a look at public art and how it's changing cities.
Arts and Culture
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Central Corridor
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Coordination/Collaboration
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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diversity
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Regionalism
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Strong Local Economy
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Transit Oriented Development
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Transportation
Downtown/Lowertown
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Thomas - Dale/Frogtown
In a Multi-Year Project, Our Native Flowers Sit for Their Portraits
Meleah Maynard
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Arts and Culture
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Creative Economy
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Design
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Green Jobs
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Life Sciences
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Sustainability
North Side
The New Thrift Store: from Old and Dusty to Green and Creative
Anna Pratt
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Three shops that are helping to redefine thrift shopping--turning it into an environmentally conscious, art-and-design focused way of celebrating and honoring the past while meeting today's economic challenges.
Arts and Culture
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Creative Economy
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Creative Leadership
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Design
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Strong Local Economy
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