Design Revolution Road Show

February 15th, 2010

Recap: University of Texas, Austin, Feb. 15th

On a brisk but sunny day in Austin, we somehow slithered our way through the skinny campus streets of the University of Texas, and set up shop on Speedway Plaza, one of the most trafficked thoroughfares for students.

After a lecture in the architecture department’s Goldsmith Hall, we brought a pack of students, teachers, and passersby out to the trailer. As usual, the big hits were the Hippo Roller, Whirlwind Wheelchair and Adpative Eyecare glasses, though a few in particular took a liking to some of the water filtration devices and asked about the difference between the pricey Lifesaver bottle and the Lifestraw.

We were also visited by members of our amazing Project H Austin team, spearheaded by Chris Lovin, Julie Heard and Rob Moser of Mixer and Kate Canales of frogdesign. The team is currently working on a re-design of the “quiet rooms” at a local foster care home. Also in attendance was a 12-year old student named Jessica, who came by just as we were closing up shop to do some on-site “research” for a class project.

We are also in the process of setting up our solar rig (below), provided by RayTracker, by which we’ll be able to charge our battery that then powers our lights at night.

Because of our central location, we got a lot of “what the hell”s? and “what’s going on here?”s from students in between classes, and were happy to get non-design students excited about the working on projects that matter.

Thanks to Charlton Lewis and Marcy Shaw for helping with the organization of a great day at UT!

February 14th, 2010

Daily Postcard: February 14th

Our new favorite restaurant Frank, home of jackalope sausage and bloody marys with bacon

December 9th, 2009

School Updates and Details: December 9

As of today, December 9th, we some newly updated information regarding a few of our school stops! As we schedule the parking spot and lecture times at each of the colleges and high schools, we will continually make this information available. Additionally, please check the individual school pages for the most up-to-date information. Here are the latest updates:

• February 15: University of Texas (Austin): Parking spot for Airstream trailer exhibition confirmed on Speedway Plaza from 10am-5pm, Lecture in Goldsmith Hall, 3.120 Lecture Hall at 12pm noon.
• February 22-23: Auburn University: Parking spot for Airstream trailer exhibition confirmed for the parallel spots by the South entrance to the Wallace Center, off of South Donahue Drive. Lecture confirmed for Dudley Commons, Parker Auditorium (B6), 12:30pm.
• February 27: Savannah College of Art and Design (new stop!): Lecture confirmed at Trustees Theatre, 216 East Broughton Street, 2pm. Parking spot for Airstream trailer exhibition to be announced.
• March 15: Virginia Tech: Parking spot for Airstream trailer exhibition confirmed at spot between Burruss and Burchard Halls, at the end of Old Turner St. Lecture confirmed for Cowgill Hall, Room 300, at 2pm.
• March 25: Syracuse University: Parking spot for Airstream trailer exhibition confirmed next to the design department’s Warehouse building at 350 West Fayette Street. Lecture confirmed for the Warehouse building’s auditorium at 12pm noon.
November 8th, 2009

Individual School Pages: Check for Updates

We’ve confirmed 25 different high schools and colleges as official stops on our tour! Each school has its own informational page, which can be accessed from the list on the Itinerary page here. Please check back regularly for updates on each school page- we will be adding specific schedule and location info for where the Airstream will be parked at each stop, along with when and where the lecture will be held as soon as we have confirmed details with each school.

November 1st, 2009

List of Confirmed Schools

As of November 1, 2009, the following schools have been confirmed (see the Itinerary page for the full route and more information):

• February 1: Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA
• February 2: Kick-Off Event with Adobe, San Francisco, CA
• February 3: California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
• February 4: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
• February 5: San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
• February 8: Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
• February 9: The Design High School, Los Angeles, CA
• February 15: University of Texas, Austin, TX
• February 18: University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
• February 22-23: Auburn University, Auburn, AL
• February 24-26: Hale County Workshop (Learning Landscape build), Greensboro, AL
• March 1-2: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• March 4-5: Bertie County School District, Windsor, NC
• March 11: Maryland Institute College of Arts, Baltimore, MD
• March 12: The Park School, Baltimore, MD
• March 15: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• March 22: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
• March 23: Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM), Brooklyn, NY
• March 25: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• March 29: Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
• March 30: Design Lab High School, Cleveland, OH
• April 1: College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
• April 2: Cranbrook Academy of Art and High School, Detroit, MI
• April 5-9: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• April 12-13: University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
• April 15: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• April 16: Wilmington High School, Wilmington, OH