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YOUR PRESENCE NEEDED FOR AN IN-PERSON SHOW OF SUPPORT THURSDAY AT THE VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The proposed House budget actions would eliminate critical support for arts and cultural institutions, small and large, urban and rural, at a time when arts organizations are under unprecedented financial pressures and endanger receipt of federal arts funds by Virginia.  Only [...]

Project H Starts Studio H
Project H Starts Studio H Project H Design is a nonprofit team of designers and builders working locally to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Their long-term initiatives focus on using design to improve public education experiences, spaces, and curricula in the US.
In doing so Project H is [...]

Fabio Sergio: Design Thinking and The Future
Fabio Sergio, creative director at frog design beautifully communicates how design thinking is at the heart of the design profession. During his presentation at LIFT09 in Geneva. Sergio describes that it is this kind of thinking that shapes cultures and goes beyond usage or consumption.

Fabio Sergio “Design Thinking and [...]

Thinkhaus and Zuula Consulting Hosting A Job Workshop For VCU Graphic Design Students
With the current state of the job market jobs are very hard to find these days. Many experienced professionals are finding it hard to find employment, but what about the college graduates of 2009 and 2010? In a attempt to strengthen the local [...]

Inform Archtectiture and Design Publication Interviews John O’Neill
In the Fall Edition of Inform: Architecture and Design Publication of the Mid-Atlantic interviewed John O’Neill along with two other nationally recognized graphic designers as part of the interview series titled “Design Dialogue.”
O’Neill of Thinkhaus, David Gibson, principle of New York based TwoTwelve Design,and Andy Cruz, co-founder of [...]

All during the downward spiral in the economy that we are experiencing, businesses and non-profits are conducting business in many different ways. Most businesses and non-profits are seeing less funds as a result of the decreased number of services and products being purchased. Many non-profits are also experiencing a decrease in donations which has an [...]

Human-Centered Design is Socially Conscious
At Thinkhaus our passion for socially conscious design is multi-layered and goes beyond designing for social causes and making our design solutions sustainable. For us it also is making our design solutions human-centered as often as possible by way of in-depth design thinking using a strategic process. With our design thinking [...]

Texting While Driving Video: Will Graphic Imagery Change People’s Behavior?
Texting while driving is a major problem internationally as many countries are experiencing more deaths as a result of the issue, especially abuses by young drivers.
Gwent Police department in Wales released a PSA film to help prevent teenagers from making this deadly mistake. As a [...]

Design Really Matters at Art Center of Design
The Designmatters is an initiative from the Art Center of Design that explores social and humanitarian applications of design, and responsible practices. The initiative conducts projects that are closely tied to the undergraduate and graduate curricula in all design disciplines.
Students apply their talents and newly developed skills to [...]