www.studiocouturedetroit.org

facebook.com/Studio.Couture.Detroit

ABOUT STUDIO COUTURE:
Started in 2011 by Blake Almstead and Peter Beaugard, Studio Couture is a multi-purpose arts incubator space with a gallery, student-directed design studio and community arts space. It is located in Detroit’s central business district. Its mission is to use art and design methodologies to promote community building and urban renewal. The space will also create entrepreneurial opportunities and demonstrate the theory and practice of art and design through lectures, panel discussions and workshops.

Funding is provided by Lawrence Tech and Compuware.

MAKE/DO

Announcing DesignInquiry 2011

Topic: MAKE/DO : June 19-24, 2011 : Vinalhaven, Maine

Join 24 participants for one week to investigate the idea that all design in some sense requires improvisation, and that no design is really the work of a single author, even if it seems that way. Celebrate designs that produce something out of nothing, and design as setting the rules of a game in which time-budget-material-context-user are partners and playmates.

GO TO: http://designinquiry.net/content/TopicsM.php?topic=tp3.php FOR MORE INFORMATION

contact info@designinquiry.net for an application-questionnaire.

DesignInquiry is a non-profit educational organization devoted to researching design issues in theme-based gatherings. It brings together practitioners from disparate fields to generate new work and ideas around a single topic.

http://www.designinquiry.net/

Detroit vs. the 2011 Blizzard

Apartment Therapy highlights my neighborhood!

Blakes's Guide to Downtown Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Coming soon to Detroit!

I have been working on a secret project...

More news to follow soon!

Typography in Kerala

Going through my photographs from India, I'm looking for color patterns and type treatments for a new poster series... So far everything is neon... and that is a good thing.