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Seven designers/design studios connected with seven youth in a speed-dating session to getting to know each other, fast. Five (or so) minutes per person. It went fast and we were able to make the pairings of Designer/Student soon after. The event was held at p:ear in downtown.
I’d have to say that, both groups were a little tentative at first but everyone loosened up and had a good time finding out about each other’s work. Maybe…
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re:active billboard project with Design Ignites Change
re:activekicked off our billboard design project with Design Ignites Change here in Portland, OR on Saturday.
We are very excited to use the space typically available to corporations (the billboard) and use it for the purpose of getting youth voices out in the world. These are important voices and the chosen theme for the project is “Tolerance”. We feel that it touches everyone in some way and that it is open enough to allow for many approaches…
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The GOOD 100: The Great Electric Vehicle Race
Portland vs. San Francisco
Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco seem locked in an ongoing battle to become the left coast’s left-most city. To stoke the competition, the blog Gas2.0 has launched a website to track each city’s progress toward building an infrastructure for electric cars. We asked the mayors of both cities to explain what they’re doing to win:
Mayor Gavin Newsom on why the Bay Area will win:
Bay Area consumers have been the early adopters of green…
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Transparency: Biking to Work
The battle over which North American city is the best for biking is fierce and— most likely—unresolvable. Our latest Transparency will tell you which cities’ residents make the largest percentage of their commutes by bike. Portland, Oregon, you can keep on gloating.
A collaboration between GOOD and Chris Korbey.
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The GOOD 100: The People of Portland
Trailblazers
We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because:
1) They live in the only city in America where the phrase “urban-growth boundary” can be used to kick off cocktail-party conversation or, in certain company, as the anchor to a pickup line. (And because they adopted the nation’s first such boundary, which contains suburban sprawl and preserves farm land, all the way back in 1978.)
2) They built America’s…
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The Best Commuter Bike Ever
Portland is holding an event called Oregon Manifest at the moment. It’s a six-week series of events celebrating “the art, craft and community of bicycling.” Last weekend’s design challenge asked bike makers from around the country to present the perfect commuter bike. Their innovations include lots of sturdy racks, saddlebags, and integrated locks (see photo). Check out pictures of the contenders at Core 77, BikePortland.org, and in this Flickr set.
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Show Opening: You Are What You Eat
Our friend Mark Menjivar, creator of one of our most popular Picture Shows, “You Are What You Eat,” continues to take his work on the road.
On Wednesday evening, an installation of his work (an example of which can be seen at left) will open—with much fanfare—at Ampersand in Portland, Oregon. At 7:30 p.m., Mr. Menjivar will engage in a discussion with Amanda Peden from Slow Food Portland, an event partner, and visitors can participate in an optional…
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Child Sex-trade in Portland? A citywide effort to put an end to a growing problem
Portland is often placed on a pedestal as the environmentally-conscious, socially-aware modern American city. In many ways, the city lives up to this reputation with its well-planned public transportation system, biker-friendly streets, and culture of social advocacy. Yet, in the midst of Portland’s clean air, green hills, and social engagement, a growing problem has been brought to the attention of both city officials and city-dwellers.
According to a 2008 F.B.I. investigation, Portland has the second largest…
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Portland Creatives Find New Ways to Work Together
Portland, Oregon—the misty evergreen Shangri-La for the young, the creative, and the progressive—has an interesting problem. Its miles of bike lanes, its rock-bottom rents, its deep vats of craft brews are all far too good. Yes, Portland has actually made itself too attractive. According to one study that compared May of 2009 with May of 2008, Oregon’s unemployment has grown faster than any other state in the country, 3 percent. For large metropolitan areas in…
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Adult Soap Box Derby
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First meeting for the “Create, Don’t Hate” billboard project
Seven designers/design studios connected with seven youth in a speed-dating session to getting to know each other, fast. Five (or so) minutes per person. It went fast and we were able to make the pairings of Designer/Student soon after. The event was held at p:ear in downtown.
I’d have to say that, both groups were a little tentative at first but everyone loosened up and had a good time finding out about each other’s work. Maybe…
Read & Discuss
re:active billboard project with Design Ignites Change
re:activekicked off our billboard design project with Design Ignites Change here in Portland, OR on Saturday.
We are very excited to use the space typically available to corporations (the billboard) and use it for the purpose of getting youth voices out in the world. These are important voices and the chosen theme for the project is “Tolerance”. We feel that it touches everyone in some way and that it is open enough to allow for many approaches…
Read & Discuss
The Best Commuter Bike Ever
Portland is holding an event called Oregon Manifest at the moment. It’s a six-week series of events celebrating “the art, craft and community of bicycling.” Last weekend’s design challenge asked bike makers from around the country to present the perfect commuter bike. Their innovations include lots of sturdy racks, saddlebags, and integrated locks (see photo). Check out pictures of the contenders at Core 77, BikePortland.org, and in this Flickr set.
Read & Discuss
Show Opening: You Are What You Eat
Our friend Mark Menjivar, creator of one of our most popular Picture Shows, “You Are What You Eat,” continues to take his work on the road.
On Wednesday evening, an installation of his work (an example of which can be seen at left) will open—with much fanfare—at Ampersand in Portland, Oregon. At 7:30 p.m., Mr. Menjivar will engage in a discussion with Amanda Peden from Slow Food Portland, an event partner, and visitors can participate in an optional…
Read & Discuss
Child Sex-trade in Portland? A citywide effort to put an end to a growing problem
Portland is often placed on a pedestal as the environmentally-conscious, socially-aware modern American city. In many ways, the city lives up to this reputation with its well-planned public transportation system, biker-friendly streets, and culture of social advocacy. Yet, in the midst of Portland’s clean air, green hills, and social engagement, a growing problem has been brought to the attention of both city officials and city-dwellers.
According to a 2008 F.B.I. investigation, Portland has the second largest…
Read & Discuss
Portland Creatives Find New Ways to Work Together
Portland, Oregon—the misty evergreen Shangri-La for the young, the creative, and the progressive—has an interesting problem. Its miles of bike lanes, its rock-bottom rents, its deep vats of craft brews are all far too good. Yes, Portland has actually made itself too attractive. According to one study that compared May of 2009 with May of 2008, Oregon’s unemployment has grown faster than any other state in the country, 3 percent. For large metropolitan areas in…
Read & Discuss
The GOOD 100: The Great Electric Vehicle Race
Portland vs. San Francisco
Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco seem locked in an ongoing battle to become the left coast’s left-most city. To stoke the competition, the blog Gas2.0 has launched a website to track each city’s progress toward building an infrastructure for electric cars. We asked the mayors of both cities to explain what they’re doing to win:
Mayor Gavin Newsom on why the Bay Area will win:
Bay Area consumers have been the early adopters of green…
Read & Discuss
Transparency: Biking to Work
The battle over which North American city is the best for biking is fierce and— most likely—unresolvable. Our latest Transparency will tell you which cities’ residents make the largest percentage of their commutes by bike. Portland, Oregon, you can keep on gloating.
A collaboration between GOOD and Chris Korbey.
Read & Discuss
The GOOD 100: The People of Portland
Trailblazers
We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because:
1) They live in the only city in America where the phrase “urban-growth boundary” can be used to kick off cocktail-party conversation or, in certain company, as the anchor to a pickup line. (And because they adopted the nation’s first such boundary, which contains suburban sprawl and preserves farm land, all the way back in 1978.)
2) They built America’s…
Read & Discuss
Adult Soap Box Derby
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