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meet franny and zoe.

it's brooklyn style. it's once a month. it's f.ing rad.

it's the rub at southpaw.

so good, i'm in pain today.

.m

p.s. there's a photobooth.

my beautiful brklyn ladies.

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there is a symposium preceding the SFI7....

Christopher and William Sharples from the award-winning firm SHoP Architects will serve as the Guest Jury Chairs and Lecturers.....

check it out....

so i might go a day early to sit in.

.m

as it turns out, bryan bell of good deeds, good design has his own firm called design corps.

every year design corps works together with a local non-profit or school to host its structures for inclusion conference. this will be its seventh year.

SFI puts forth the dual mission:

1.) to showcase design efforts that reach out to and serve a diverse clientele,

2.) to provide information on alternative career paths available to students and young designers.

here's the info for this year:

high impact: positive change through design/build.
april 13th-15th
charlotte, north carolina

i think i'm gonna go! anyone else in?

.m

so, to all providence ppl and beyond, my friend mr. leo beletsky has been working hard to put together a summit at brown university......y'all should check it out :)

here's the info:

advancing social justice through the law.
march 10th-11th (this is next weekend, ppl!)
providence, rhode island

it should be a pretty exciting and inspiring scene :) get there!

.m

ok ok, i know i haven't finished my habitat post yet, but i was reading the wall street journal (very atypical for me) over the weekend and i came across one of those "special advertising sections" on voluntourism. it gave a list of organizations (HFH among them) that ppl can take a look at when considering their next "vacation". i feel like it's great that ppl are getting more and more involved in lending help to those in need, but there's something about that word, voluntourism, that just gets to me.....

anyway, here are some of those organizations.....

earthwatch institute.

globeAware.

global volunteers.

volunteers for prosperity.

cross-cultural solutions.

international volunteer programs association.

also, i really like idealist.org, it's an amazing resource for meeting ppl locally and globally. check it out!

.m

so, i'm going to work on this post over the next few days, but i wanted to get down some thoughts right off the bat.....

the aforementioned book, good deeds, good design, describes two different projects with Habitat For Humanity. in one of the projects, HFH works with Gensler, a very large internationally-established architecture firm, to work with a family to design their new home in houston, texas. the result >> while it was the first 2-story dwelling built by HFH houston, there is nothing particularly innovative in its design.

i am disappointed (but not surprised) to learn that HFH is, in general, against the whole concept of "design" and working with architects. they are strict in their mission to provide simple, affordable housing to families in need.

....ok, so more soon......but in the meantime, take a look at this book. it's really good so far.

here's an article from the nytimes regarding habitat's progress (or lack thereof) in new orleans:

{thank you, leo.}

Volunteer group lags in replacing gulf houses.

.m

links to some inspiring organizations......

{thank you, jenni.}

solving the homelessness issue:
common ground.

an open competition held in 2003. interesting projects:
first step housing.