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Designing For Behavior And Culture In Local Food Systems, Christiana Lackner, J. P. Pellicciaro

Food Systems Summit 2014

Although food systems and design may seem like they do not have much in common, design is as essential to the human experience as food. Herbert Simon is quoted as saying, "Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones."

This view positions design to help address current issues around behavior and culture in local food systems. In this paper, we analyze the approaches of various common and emerging models in the local food movement through several design lenses. We highlight opportunities for innovation in local food initiatives by using design-based thinking tools that …

Risd Pod 2014 Alumni Research Report, Project Open Door

Publications + Documents

Research and report by Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D., Dreeszen & Associates with Dr. Paul Sproll, Head, Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD) and TLAD MA research assistants, Karina Esperanza Yanez, En-Ling Lu, and Lauren Allen, Rhode Island School of Design Funding for the research provided by the Surdna Foundation. Dreeszen & Associates was commissioned to work with the Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design faculty and graduate research assistants. The research objective was to identify, find, and collect data and stories about the paths taken by Rhode Island teens (RI POD alumni) who …

Risd Pod 2011 Evaluation & 2012 - 2015 Strategic Plan, Project Open Door

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This evaluation report and strategic plan documents key findings of an external review of Project Open Door and agreement and the 2012-2017 Project Open Door Strategic Plan. The plan represents consensus among Project Open Door faculty, staff, and Dean of Graduate Studies, Research and Engagement, and Advisory Committee members to strengthen and institutionalize the program. Dean Phillips asked that the review “...evaluate the current condition of the program, confirm its scope, scale, and feasible and fruitful staffing scenarios, explore ways to successfully institutionalize it both within and outside of RISD, and identify pathways for the future, including greater visibility for …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 33, No. 4, Mark R. Eaby Jr., Barbara Strawser, Eleanor Dudrear, Albert Dudrear Jr., Edward Eirikis, Gerri Sproesser, Carol Nagel, Vivian Aron, Marie George, Ann S. Burrows, Richard F. Kurr, James K. Beard, Jeanne Reifel, Tom Kloss, Jeffrey M. Fiant, Ivan E. Hoyt

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• I Remember Well: Thirty-Five Years of the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Furniture Graining
• Old Fashioned Clear Toy Candy
• Metal Etching
• Stenciling
• Baskets and Basket Weavers
• Apple Butter: Then and Now
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• 20th Annual Quilting Contest
• Quilts and Quilt Marking
• The Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• Music on the Main Stage
• Scratchboard
• Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art in Wood
• The Windsor Chair
• Hex Signs