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PlusUs Supports Race 2 Achieve in Atlanta
This last weekend the PlusUs partners supported Race 2 Achieve by traveling to Atlanta Motor Speedway to cheer on Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his No. 88 Race 2 Achieve car. We were very fortunate to be able to spend some time behind the scenes, checking out the team garage and pit, viewing the car…
Department of Making + Doing Opens to Hundreds of Visitors
From 2pm-6pm on Saturday May 11th, the Department of Making + Doing opened it’s doors to the public for the first time. With new branding inside and out developed by PlusUs, DM+D welcomed roughly 200 visitors to meet the members of Public Workshop, Breadboard, The Hacktory, and NextFab Studio, and take part in fun activities…
Visiting Critic at University of the Arts
This week, Phil Holcombe was a visiting critique for the Industrial Design Senior Capstone presentations at the University of the Arts here in Philadelphia. Student projects included redesigning laundry bags, cochlear implants, and modular shelving units. Below is Xue Shang’s HUAY system, a modular shelving system inspired by Chinese ancient shelving design. The next image is a…
Exhibition Design at the Franklin
Some of the Franklin Institute’s more senior (more experienced? wiser?) exhibits are ten years old or more. With such dramatic shifts in pedagogy and technology during this time, there are plenty of opportunities to for our students to rethink the way information in these exhibits is communicated and taught. Our student designers will be…
NYC Payphone Design Challenge
For the past three weeks our students at the Franklin Institute have been designing prototypes for the Reinvent Payphones challenge in NYC. As the city’s agreement with payphone vendor is set to expire in 2014, the city is currently gathering feedback on the future of the payphones. They have invited students, urban planners, designers,…
