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Apply Today! BioDesign Summer Lab NYC

BioDesign Summer Lab NYC Applications Due May 31! 

ONE LAB 2011 Summer Lab for students, architects, scientists, artists, and individuals of all backgrounds to explore design with various living matter including live tissues, bacteria, tree grafting, fungi growth control and parametric scripting. The top three applicants, selected by the admission committee, will receive full scholarships. Limited grants and work-study opportunities are also available. ONE Lab is designed for students who wish to engage with the crossover of design and science. The lab concentrates on recent advances in the biotechnology and computation, both in theory and practice.

ONE Lab offers a new means of design inquiry where students will actively use the tools and technologies of live sciences . The participants will learn the processes of biotechnology (including technologies such as genetic engineering, tissue culture, and cloning), growing materials, grafting trees and plants, scripting and computational modeling for controlled growth. Students will have access to bio laboratories, techniques and expertise.

This summer approximately 40 researchers will gather in New York City for 3 weeks of intense creative and scientific exploration. TerreLab provides a unique opportunity for students to learn from internationally recognized scientists: Dr. Oliver Medvedik; Dr. Ellen Jorgenson; Dr. Dickson D. Despommier and renown designers and artists: Vito Acconnci, Natalie Jeremijenko, Marc Forens and many more. The Lab consists of a Seminar Week (guest lectures from international scholars and designers) and Workshop Weeks where the participant will chose a series of day-long workshops. All classes are beginner level and no previous knowledge or experience is required.

Type:
Open

Registration Deadline
05/31/2011

Submission Deadline
05/31/2011

Open To
All

Entry Fee
None

Jury
Maria Aiolova, LEED AP, Director of ONE Lab,

Carlos Roberto Barrios

Alexander J. Felson

Nurhan Gokturk,

Mitchell Joachim

David Maestres,

Walter Meyer

Jason Vigneri-Beane

Contact
Maria Aiolova, LEED AP
Address
Terreform ONE + Planetary ONE, 33 Flatbush Avenue, 7th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217

Email
Competition E-Mail

Web Site
Competition Web Site

Phone
917.921.0446

 

 

ECBN: Win free tickets for the Creativity & Business Convention in Cologne

On 22-24 June, C'n'B – the 2nd Creativity & Business Convention 2011 (www.cnb-convention.com) is inviting over 1.000 business professionals, start-ups, creative freelancers and micro businesses to engage in a vital discourse on digital business models, content monetization and financing strategies in the creative industries. During C'n'B, the makers of the entertainment industries share their visions for the future of music, games, film, television, design and publishing (Watch the trailer on: www.bit.ly/CnBTrailer).

CITY OF (OPEN) DESIGN - A PRO

Sure, being a Grazer by birth or by learning, you somehow get used to being disappointed time and again. All the same, I am optimistic about the City of Design. Why?

City of Design is not a lot of the things you might expect. It is not a festival, it has no end, no gigantic budget, no City of Design boss, and, in truth, it isn't even a title.

City of Design is an invitation by UNESCO and an ensuing commitment. It is an obligation to reflect on one's own city and to develop projects suited to improving the lives of people living in the city with lasting effect. One of the basic conditions is to share this experience with other cities and perhaps even to develop other, joint projects.