work we like: adx.
ADX – art design portland is a “collaborative makerspace and fabrication house where individuals and organizations make and learn.” The shop allows members to share tools, space, and experience to grow a community of makers. And it’s paying off. The space has done fabrication pro
ADX – art design portland is a “collaborative makerspace and fabrication house where individuals and organizations make and learn.” The shop allows members to share tools, space, and experience to grow a community of makers. And it’s paying off. The space has done fabrication projects for major brands like red bull, air b&b, and tofurkey. On top of that, they’ve incubated over 100 businesses, and offer events, classes, and work trade opportunities for small businesses in their area.
One super cool component of their online presence is the virtual tour, which lets you navigate your own experience around their space. You get a first-hand (thanks, Google!) look at their workspaces and factory floor, complete with a “Please-Play-Me” piano. Needless to say, we’ve got a little friend-crush on these guys – Portland, doin’ big thangs!
new work: pineapple dc
if you’ve been following our newsletter (if you haven’t, it’s awesome. sign up here), you know that we love food. like, a lot. we also love supporting the people who make it and finding other cool creative women who share our interests. that’s why it’s been so fun for us to work
Always Improving
Here we are, over two years into our practice and our site still didn’t reflect the work we’ve been working our asses off doing. We thought we’d let ya’ll in on our studio community.
lunchtime.
we’ve got a tradition at decent workshop of doing monday breakfasts. you know, to start the week off right. lately, though, we’ve been getting into some quality lunch action. our current go-to favorites: Glens garden market. the sammies look almost as good as they taste. almost.
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Work We Need: Design Thinking & Disaster Relief
To call the flooding in Houston a catastrophe, at this point, would almost be an understatement— all reports regard Hurricane Harvey as the worst storm event to ever occur in this country. It’s not just Texas that’s affected; any states lying on the gulf are going to have their h
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Spotlight: DC Design Week 2017.
AIGA DC is gearing up for another annual Design Week! If you aren’t familiar with AIGA and its DC chapter, we recommend reading up! Workhorse partner Tj Cichecki has long been active in the AIGA community and now serves as a member of the DC chapter board. So what is Design Week?
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