Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 03:54PM 
Hope to see you at #MPPP! Many thanks to our partner artists--Cedric Douglas and Philippe Lejeune, guest speakers and tour guides--Ines Soto-Palmarin and DSNI, and generous hosts--Upham's Corner Main Street and The Strand, and funders--The Boston Foundation and ArtPlace. And to fabulous volunteers too numerous to list out--we couldn't do it without all of you.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 03:03PM 
As part of our work with Upham's Corner ArtPlace, the Design Studio is putting on another pop-up exhibit in Upham's Corner. This one, entitled "Making Planning Processes Public" aims to do just that, as Upham's is slated for multiple types of investment and redevelopment. The exhbit is another chance to put "creative placemaking" in the hands of community residents and to use the skills and creativity of local artists to invite residents deeper into the planning processes.
We are excited that Upham's Corner Main Street is hosting us again and thriled to be working with local arists Cedric Dougles and Philippe Lejeune. (They're going to blow your mind!) We are grateful to funding from The Boston Foundation and ArtPlace, and partnerships with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and MIT's Center for Civic Media's awesome Co-Design class. Finally, our MPPP interns, Corina McCarthy-Fadel and Diego Perez Lacera have been tireless and invaluable!
Please contact us if you would like to volunteer! We would love to have you.
volunteer [at] ds4si.org
The exhibit will run from April 29th--May 5th, from 3-7pm each day. More event details coming soon.
Friday, March 29, 2013 at 10:42AM 
More info on presenters, dancers and registration coming soon! If you have something you'd like to bring/present/dance, contact us via email: art [at] ds4si.org
And many thanks to our allies at Future Boston.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 09:46AM
Photo from NBCnewyork.com
On March 9th, 2013, 16-year old Kimani Gray was shot and killed by two plainclothes NYPD police officers. The East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn responded with protests, vigils and public outrage. Since Gray’s shooting death falls on the heels of a series of such acts nationally, we at DS4SI want to share how we are thinking about this problem, with the humble hope that it will be a useful tool for activists around the country.
Click here for a short PDF on using our "Five S" methodology to think through the structures, systems, sensations, scale and symbols that can help us set the problem within the larger national context of Afrophobia, as well as helping us think about new ways to address the shooting and connect it to other complex problems facing our communities.
