Steve Wiman, Uncommon Objects

Steve Wiman walks Cities x Design through the inspiration, history and curatorial ethos of his super funky story.

Savannah City Profile

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Keywords – Restoration, Lovely, Inspired, Plantation, Hospitality, Traditional

100px-savannah_official_seal Population: 334,35
Settled: 1733
Nicknames: The Hostess City

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

Telfair Museum of Art
Mercer House
Hearse Ghost Tours
Bonaventure Cemetery
Forsyth Park
Savannah State University

Design businesses

ShopSCAD

Creative initiatives

Working Class Studio by SCAD*

Local businesses

Institutions / Organizations

AIA Savannah

Art and Design Schools

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Providence City Profile

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Keywords – Research, Education, Innovation, Revolution, Change

100px-flag_of_bostonsvg Population: 4,522,858
Settled: 1630
Nicknames: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), The Cradle of Liberty, The Cradle of Modern America, The Athens of America

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

Freedom Trail
Paul Revere’s House
South End
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

New architectural developments

Boston Redevelopment Authority
ICA Boston – Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Museum of Fine Arts – Foster and partners

Design businesses

IDEO
Chroma Lab (products)
Creative initiatives
DIGMA – Design Industry Group of Massachusetts
Youth Design Boston

Local businesses

Dunkin Donuts

Institutions / Organizations

ICA Boston
Harvard University
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
AIGA Boston
Design Management Institute

Art and Design Schools

MIT School of Architecture and Urban PLanning
Harvard School of Design
RISD
Senseable City Lab MIT
MIT Media Lab
Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Articles / Blogs / Other

ICA Boston
Culture Fest – Providence

Portland City Profile

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Keywords – Sustainable, Environmental, Micro-cultures, Independent, Avant-garde

100px-flag_of_portland_oregonsvg Population: 575,930
Incorporated: 1851
Nicknames: City of Roses, Bridgetown, Little Beirut, P-Town, Rip City, Stumptown, Razorblade City, PDX

Developments

Handcrafted cottages
Parks
Rehabilitation of neighborhoods (Boise Eliot, Humboldt, Overlook)

Tourism / Place branding

Travel Portland – Agency: Sockeye Creative
Ace Hotel

Design businesses

Sockeye Creative (Travel Portland campaign)*

Institutions

Museum of Contemporary Craft

Design initiatives

AIGA x Portland Office of Sustainable Development / Urban Forest Project*

Local businesses

Grand Central Bakery (industrial space turned bakery)
Chapterfour (clothing)
Lark Press (letterpress + paper products)
Flutter (epitomizes Portland’s love of the eccentric)
Tita Pista’s (pop up restaurant)
Saraveza (micro brewed beers)
Nike (Eugene)
Wieden + Kennedy

Links

http://portland.aiga.org
Portland Creative Conference
Creative staffing for the Portland region
Public Commision
http://www.iamoregonian.com/content
http://www.travelportland.com

Schools

Oregon College of Art and Craft
Art Institute of Portland

Articles

Inner North Portland / Monocle Feb 09 pp148
Print Magazine Regional Survey 2008
Rethinking the mall | NY Times

“The Ainsworth Collective, a group of some 50 households in Portland, Oregon’s Cully neighborhood that came together out of a mutual interest in sustainability and community, have created a micro-economy within their few square blocks. They’ve published a directory of services provided by neighbors (from tax preparation to massage services to cat-sitting), encouraging local transactions. They’ve instituted tool-sharing, car-sharing, bulk food-purchasing and even own a farmer’s market that sells produce, baked goods and other items made by its members. There may always be mega-malls, but developers and architects would be remiss in not exploring grassroots solutions like this.”