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April 29th, 2012

Hometown hero, Harlem Globetrotter Larry “Gator” Rivers, returned to Savannah three years ago and teamed up with an old friend, Dr. Mildred McClain, a leader in environmental justice and executive director of Harambee House. Together they are launching Harambee Farms a series of community gardens throughout Savannah to provide neighborhoods with fresh, organic produce and much needed jobs for young people.
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February 17th, 2012
In February, East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania showcased an exhibit of student work and videos from Worldstudio’s Design Ignites Change program. In conjunction with the exhibition, Mark Randall lead a social design workshop for advance communication design students and gave a lecture to the school.
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January 30th, 2012
There has been an unprecedented surge of interest in the field of design for social impact, or as it has become known – social design. Designers are looking for ways in which to incorporate more meaningful social change work into their practices. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 9th, 2011

The banners were turned into totebags by Urban Samaritan
Every year the Union Square Partnership installs new banners for the winter/holiday season to promote the district surrounding Union Square Park. Worldstudio works with the USP throughout the year on a wide variety of materials from event collateral for Summer in the Square and Harvest in the Square to promotional coupon books to email campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: banners, Union Square Partnership, Urban Samaritan, Worldstudio
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November 1st, 2011
This spring, Worldstudio embarked on a project with Notre Dame’s Office of Public Affairs and Center for Social Concerns to assess the University’s community engagement efforts and how those efforts are being understood and perceived by key audiences. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Andrea Pellegrino, Carnegie Foundation, Center for Social Concerns, community engagement, ND, Notre Dame, Office of Public Affairs, Worldstudio
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October 6th, 2011

On Thursday, September 22nd, over 1,200 foodies attended the 16th annual Harvest in the Square. Featuring more than 50 restaurants and 40 wineries, Union Square Partnership raised $326,000 to benefit Union Square Park.
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Tags: Harvest in the Square, Jon Lund, Union Square, Union Square Partnership, Worldstudio
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August 11th, 2011
Worldstudio is excited to be working with Enterprise Community Partners on a series of robust workshop and training materials which educate developers, property managers and residents on operating and living in green affordable housing.

The identity is built from a suite of icons that form the four main areas the program addresses: Healthy Homes, Water, Energy and Recycling.
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Tags: Enterprise Community Partners, Enterprise Green Communities, Worldstudio
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July 11th, 2011

The Urban Forest Project banners hanging in Washington, DC and Tacoma, WA.
A series of 100 banners were recently installed in the heart of Washington, DC, the latest city to collaborate with Worldstudio on The Urban Forest Project. This innovative environmental, public arts initiative is being presented by District Department of Transportation (DDOT), in collaboration with AIGA DC, the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and the Downtown DC Business Improvement District.
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Tags: AIGA DC, Alchemy Goods, community engagement, Corcoran College of Art + Design, DC, District Department of Transportation, Downtown DC Business Improvement District, EverGreen Tacoma, sustainability, UFP DC, Urban Forest Project, Urban Forest Project DC, Urban Forest Project Tacoma, urban forestry, Washington, Washington DC
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March 16th, 2011
Worldstudio consulted on the mission, strategy and messaging for the Young Photographer’s Alliance, a new non-profit organization which supports emerging photographers. For the Alliance’s inaugural mentoring initiative, Answering Adversity, Worldstudio developed the concept and structure of the program along with the theme and supporting materials, such as outreach collateral and mentoring guides. Worldstudio then worked with the Alliance over the life of the project to ensure success. What follows is a story about the program and the impact it has had on the participants.

The team from San Francisco gathers to review images
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Tags: AAU, Academy of Art University, Answering Adversity, Art Center College of Design, Calumet Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, community engagement, Corbis, Deborah Free, Food Not Bombs, Jerry Tavin, mentoring, photography, RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Westminster, Worldstudio, Young Photographer's Alliance, YPA
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January 18th, 2011

Worldstudio has been working with the Steinway Astoria Partnership on a new branding and messaging program including naming, logotype, stationery system, lightpole banners, bus shelter poster and most recently a custom website with robust content-management system. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: banners, brand, branding, business papers, design, identity, illustration, Laurie Rosenwald, logo, logotype, poster, stationery, Steinway Astoria Partnership, Steinway Street, website, Worldstudio
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