Cities x Design Featured in
Design For Change Publication
We are happy to announce a portion of our trip will be featured in Design for Change.
The publication “brings together thinkers, researchers, sociologists, philosophers, architects, designers,” with the aim “ to focus on new methods and experiments which help to conceive of the future by the yardstick of sustainable development.”
We couldn’t be more honored and pleased that our work is being featured. We will be attending the launch part at the Salon de Livre in Paris and keep you updated with photos and news.
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Innovate or die: designphiladelphia pumps up creatives
“During four months in 2009, self-described cultural nomad Jay Corless and his partner in design, Sali Sasaki, set off on a “Cities x Design” tour. They visited 30 cities around America to gauge design cred and interview the players in each emerging creative economy. The duo skipped established urban centers like New York and Los Angeles in favor of underdogs like Omaha, Detroit, and Philadelphia. These are cities where brush fires of creativity have grown large enough to attract the notice of passersby. Corless and Sasaki set out to deconstruct that phenomenon and to discover how these cities go about kindling their creative capital.”
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Cities x Design explores the role creativity plays in Detroit’s future
“Earlier this week while researching notable Detroit documentaries we happened upon Cities x Design, an interesting project that aims to “promote local creativity” and “design practices that add value to cities”. Detroit is amongst the 30 cities featured on the site that includes video explorations of design innovations birthed right in our very own backyards.”
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Rethinking Design
“Jay Corless, a creative social entrepreneur who traveled coast to coast looking at design culture in 30 cities for an upcoming documentary called Cities x Design, ranked Philadelphia in the top 10 cities that recognize design as a cultural, economic, and social asset. “It was one of the only cities that had a celebration of design,” he says of DesignPhiladelphia, “and that was huge for us.”
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Museum of Contemporary Craft Featured in Cities x Design
“Nationwide design tour hits PDX w/ video camera. Recently Cities x Design stopped off in Portland as part of their 35-city online documentary trip across the United States. They visited Vanilla Bicycles and the Museum of Contemporary Craft where they did an interview with curator Namita Gupta Wiggers about and amidst the current Call + Response exhibition.”
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Living in a Box – How Design Philadelphia will reinvent the city
“(…) Jay Corless, who has spent the last two months traveling among 35 American cities in search of best practices and innovation in design and the creative economy, found in Philadelphia a city well-immersed in transformation. ….”In the American context, Philadelphia is unique,” Corless says. Among the most advanced 10 to 15 cities, with a well-established design and arts community, strong institutions and a major annual event, in UNESCO-speak the city also has a high cultural heritage index. That means its history of innovation and production is alive in the minds of creative people, today.”
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Cities x Design x Gramzinski
“Jay Corless and Sali Sasaki, the brains and brawn (both are both) behind Cities x Design, stopped by the shop last week to talk and shoot a bit for their in-progress documentary and cross-country trek. In their words the documentary project “highlights how investing in design can change perceptions, boost economies and create unique places.” They brought infectious enthusiasm and great good humor; we were sorry to see them go. While we had them, we asked our friend Maura Gramzinski to document the documentary with stills and a bit of video. “
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SPN interviews Sali Sasaki and Jay Corless of Cities x Design
“Here’s an interview I’m really excited to release into the public! About a month ago, I got an email from Sali Sasaki of Design Explorers / Cities x Design stating that she and partner Jay Corless would be in Omaha in two days and wanted to know if Dusty and I would have time to connect with them to discuss Big Omaha as well as the emerging creative class in Omaha.”
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Cities x Design made quick stop to Phoenix this weekend
“Their fifth stop was Phoenix. Visit their website to learn more about their trip, express your opinion on your favorite metro Phoenix sites, and view pictures of places they visited here and along the way to their next stop, San Diego.”
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Cities x Design on the Renaissance
Charlie Cannon talks with Cities x Design about the renaissance of Providence and how the city strives to balance economic growth with social and cultural priorities.
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Cities x Design – Deux Frontieres
“Conceived by a couple of young journalists/designers/sociologists, the website documents their travels across America, conducting interviews and taking video footage about how the financial crisis has affected certain areas. But the site really focuses on what the future holds and how innovative design thinking can help build up towns and cities that may be on hard times.”
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Cities x Design Visits Wall-to-Wall Studios
“Cities x Design visited Wall-to-Wall Studios’ Pittsburgh office to learn more about the company’s approach to neighborhood branding and development, in particular, the successful campaign for the community of Lawrenceville, the 16:62 Design Zone.”
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Cities x Design stops by Newton Running
“A film crew from Cities x Design stopped by our offices a couple weeks ago to talk with Danny and Ian about Newton’s design philosophy and shoe technology. (…) The mission is to connect cities, cultures and creative people in order to demonstrate how investing in design can change perceptions, boost economies and create unique places. Very cool! “
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Cities x Design – Omaha Forums
“…It’s a wonderful, creative initiative which considers the role of design and creativity in the future of American cities. Omaha is one of 30 cities profiled. …It speaks VOLUMES of Omaha’s creative-minded and entrepreneurial citizens that we are a featured city. I especially loved the “Keywords” – High-tech, Historic, Reinvented, Artistic, Corporate.”
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Spot the Tiger
“Cities X Design is a design road trip through 35 cities in the USA. Through visits, observations and interviews Cities X Design will examine, during this time of economic instability and questioning about Americas future, the connections between cities, local culture and people in the United States.’ Nice job if you can get it.”
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Cities x Design – Men and Women of Industry
“The folks at cities x design have an interesting idea, travel around the country looking for innovative design and related business locally. Document it and provide a forum for showcasing America’s ability to make things in these economic times.”
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