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An Awe-Inspiring Branding Experience – Rainbow Warrior
I just read this great article from Creative Review about how nonprofits are re-imagining their branding – taking cues from their corporate counterparts. The article highlights an awesome campaign by Greenpeace to raise funds for their iconic ship, the Rainbow … Continue reading
Untangling data, untangling complexity
“The internet is the nervous system for an organism that is in the process of being born,” says John Perry Barlow, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in talking about “vibrant data.” I was introduced to Intel’s Vibrant Data project … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, Law, Technology
Tagged complexity, crowdmap, data, intel, policy, vibrant data
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Designing a better Brooklyn
I found this video this morning on a green collaboration between Mexican nonprofit VerdMX and Nissan Mexicana. The project is a series of “living” sculptures around Mexico city that are meant to improve air quality, bring art to the masses and just make … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Social Enterprise
Tagged brooklyn, community, Design, urban garden, urban spaces
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Big Data – A new human centric design tool?
I love the UN Global Pulse. In a recent report “Big Data for Development,” the organization chronicles how Big Data—call logs, mobile-banking transactions, online user-generated content such as blog posts and Tweets, online searches, satellite images, etc.— can be turned into actionable information. … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Infographics, Innovation, Policy, Technology
Tagged big data, global pulse, human centric design, policy design, visualizations
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How Africa Tweets
This is a really fascinating data visualization from the Guardian’s Data Blog. (Thanks to UN Global Pulse for tweeting this). I would love to know if there are correlations between twitter + social media usage and political activity.
Posted in Design, Innovation, Social Media, Technology
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Life Pimping and the Mixed n’ Matched Identity.
One of my teachers used to ask me, “Nicki, what do you want to be when you grow up?” (I was 28). I was in law school. I really had no answer to his question. Every once in a while … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Identity
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Recasting the artist as social capitalist
Imagine a New York City art installation called the Assassination of Hillary Clinton in 2008, election time. The installation plays with (rather outrageous) images and phrases touching on Clinton’s sexuality, gender, and fashion sense. They are displayed in a virtual … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Design, Policy
Tagged art, artists, civic engagement, local development, policy, robert putnam, social capital, yamany arboleda
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Life without lights is not life without light
My latest post at HuffPo It’s a warm early summer night in Brooklyn, and the walls of VII Agency are covered with Peter DiCampo’sLife without Lights exhibit — dark faces illuminated by the glow of candles, flashlights and fires. DiCampo has … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, Social Enterprise
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In the Groove – Gaming meets Social Entrepreneurship
Intro note: I had the pleasure of seeing Katherine Lucey, Solar Sister founder / CEO at a panel on energy poverty at VII Photo Agency Thursday. This post is reposted from her blog. When processes, procedures and motivations are properly … Continue reading
