GREEN FESTIVAL ! ! !

Washington D.C is Hosting a Green Festival on Oct 6 and 7 @ Washington D.C Convention Center

http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/625/280/

Social Design Project ! ! !

This Project started out simply as a project to bring awarness of recycling to people. It has transformed into much more. I was going to narrow my project to plastic shopping bags and ask people to stop using them and to use other things and I was going to crochet a bag (and still might). BUT ... This Project has evovled into bringing a change to the building and to the hospitals in Northern Virginia. Now it is a mission of mine to bring recycling into my work building and expand into the Northern Virginia hospitals.

Fitzsu

Check-out this site:

www.fitzsu.com

Spinning Jan's Head ! ! !

Yes this is the 4th week of school and for two of my classes I am changing my project. I know Jan's head is spinning. NO!!! I have not procrastinated. I have been thinkin, workin on my other ideas my thought process is weird. I can be in the middle of one project and a Super Great idea comes and I just gotta let one of projects go for my supper dupper idea.

Enameling ... As much as I love Sunflowers my heart just was not into it ... The image I am using now I just can see all the possibilities and am so excited in exploring all that it has to offer. The image is from the interior of the Wynn Hotel Las Vegas.

Droog Project:

Well ... as good of a project Idea 1 is, it just does not feel like Droog to me. Idea 2 speaks to me and feels like droog.

Jan your head should not spin too much I love my Social Design Idea about recycling so am stickin to that.

Droog Project --- Idea 2 ! ! !

BY this time I should have my idea down for my project... I think I just have too many ideas ... I have one that came to my thoughts on Sunday and I loved it. I think Droog will too. Well ... I love all my classes this semester but I can say with no doubt that by far Enameling has become number one ... I might become an Enamalist who knows ... my Idea was to make copper enamelled buttons of different shapes and sizes, make a kit and include a Sewing Kit, Stud Earings, Saftey Pins and Silver Chain . Put it all in a kit with an open ended instruction/idea pamphlet. The pamphlet / Letter would give the customers ideas like "Have an old Coat want to revive it? Change the buttons!" or "Want a Unique Pin? How about a DIY Pin?" the customer could go wild and create what they wanted with these unique one of a kind buttons.

PLEASE COMMENT, DO YOU LIKE IDEA 1 (Listed Below) or IDEA 2 ? ? ?

Torpedo Factory ! ! !

http://torpedofactory.org/

Droog Project --- Idea 1 ! ! !

I collect foreign coins, have been for years. I have always wanted a way to display them with -out altering them. Well ... The Droog site gave me an idea and so did the brainstorming with other peoples projects. I want to make a necklace to display the coins. I was thinking of getting two thin pieces of glass making a frame around it with the top having an opening latch, that would open it from the top and could slid/drop in 2-3 coins, depending on the size of the coin. I want the necklace to be silver. Maybe to have all three metals, copper, brass, and silver cause the coins have all three metals. I just have to figure out how to go about making the frame with the glass and the opening top.

Social Design Project Checklist ! ! !

1. Make a blog about recycling.
2. Collect Grocery / Shopping Bags
3. Make Newsletter regarding - Project - Recycling Pass-Out, Specifically shopping Bags
4. Crochet the bags together to make a new bag
5. Make a box or two for people to drop of bags and attach a letter explaining why we need to recycle bags
6. Encourage people to recycle shopping bags and other things and to check-out my blog (which will be titled : recycletheworld.blogspot.com)

For class I will Bring:

- Newsletters
- Show my blog
- Prototype of crochet bag
----Maybe a PowerPoint? or a poster?

BUG LIST ! ! !

K I am BUGGED ... Like Mandy over here. I was driving to school today and was listening to NPR and was about to crawl out of my skin mad. Here's the story. Christian Wilson a Canadian Citizen came to America when he was 13 with his family, his mother was offered a job in the states as a nurse. Since the moment he came to America he tried to become an American Citizen. Around 1992 he joined the United States Military, still not an American Citizen. The military excepted him he served proudly till last week when at the age of 30 he died, no let me say this, was killed in Iraq. Now the U.S is saying that they will make him a citizen. What good will it do him Dead?

I have a problem with the United States allowing Christian to serve, defend and die for this country, but when he was alive they would not give him the same right, an American Citizenship and all the rights and protections that come with that. K I am BUGGED...

Environmental Friendly Bags ! ! !

http://bhappybags.com

Social Design Project Ideas ! ! ! CHECK THIS OUT!!!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/diy_recycled_to.php

I love this idea ... Please click on it, it's so cool. I love to crochet and it works perfectly into my project... I need to start collecting bags. I LOVE this.

I decided to choose recycling after shopping at a bunch of places one day and had a number of plastic bags and remembered the Big Ideas for a Small Planet and got to thinking ... well ... these bags will be here forever... Longer than I am alive ... First my idea was to give an alternative to plastic bags ... but then what do we do about the bags that are already out there? Yes we can recycle them, But recycling is more then just putting something in the recycling bin for a a company to melt down to other products. Recycling is reusing. Using this method of recycling we can reuse what we have and stop using new bags.

Droog Project ! ! !

My idea is to make a piece of jewelry that holds coins. Will write more later.

More Social Design Ideas....

Love all the comments regarding my project ... please read them they are great and helpful.

More on Droog !!!

I love this.... sometimes you need a light ... and you need a light and don't know where to put a light now ... you can put it here there anywhere ...

DROOG ! ! !

http://www.droogdesign.nl/

From what I read droog seems to be an innovative design company that takes things, ideas, crafts and re-designs it into something new. They make simple designs, that make people think ... "I should have thought of that". The picture frame tape, what a simple idea, but creative idea.

Social Design Ideas

I have been thinkin hard about our Social Design Project and just wanted to throw some ideas out there. For our first project I have narrowed my topic to recycling. The awarness and the actual doing of recycling. I was thinking of starting a blog regarding recycling where people could go on and post things to do with recycling, like where to take you your recycling, or where to buy things that are recycled and more. Also was thinking... Getting and decorating Tote Bags and passing them out and asking people to use the Tote bags instead of plastic bags... This is a work in progress. I have more ideas to come.

Inspired Things

There are many things that inspire me. For our creative caffiene "Show -n- Tell" I brought in two things that inspire me. One was the "Complete Works of William Shakespeare", the other was a "Camel". Those things inspire my creativity. Shakespeare is romantic, and I think of Jewelry as romantic and inspirational and a symbol of love. The camel reminds me of my first piece of jewelry a gold Camel Charm, and it reminds me of my parents country IRAN. As I am writing this every piece of jewelry I am wearing is love. My left hand ring used to belong to my father who passed away 11 years ago, my right hand is a ring from my boyfriend, and my watch, bracelet, necklace and earings were gifts from my mom.

Who's Who at Target ! ! ! --- Sara Blakely

I never dreamed visible panty lines and uncomfortable thongs would inspire me to become an inventor. Like so many women, I bought clothes that looked amazing in a magazine or on the hanger, but in reality magnified every panty line and imperfection — clothes that eventually made their way to the "maybe one day I'll be flawless" section of my closet where they remained unworn. With $5,000 in savings out of the back of my apartment, a whole lot of internet research, patent writing, cold-calling, less-than-shy demonstrations for buyers, and a call from Oprah...Spanx was born

Who's Who at Target ! ! ! --- Dominque Cohen

Who's Who at Target ! ! ! --- Mossimo

Mossimo Giannulli was born and raised in southern California, a region of the country heavily influenced by a casual, beach lifestyle. In 1987, while still in his early twenties, Mossimo had an idea to capitalize on that lifestyle. With a loan from his father, he started a small beach lifestyle company out of a garage on Balboa Island in Newport Beach, California. By marketing solely to surf shops, Mossimo’s company grossed $1 million in its first year. In 1991, Mossimo expanded the line to include sweatshirts, knits and sweaters. By 1995, the collection included women’s apparel and men’s tailored suits. After only eight years in business, Mossimo, Inc. had grown into a multi-million dollar lifestyle sportswear and accessories company. At the time, Mossimo was reported to be the youngest CEO ever of a New York Stock Exchange company. In 1996, following expansion of the line, Mossimo realized a need to inject new energy into the brand. As Mossimo explained, “From 1987 to 1996, we were on an absolute roll. Tons of profit, tons of growth.but we needed a stronger infrastructure to keep up.” On March 28, 2000, Mossimo, Inc. announced a major, multi-product licensing agreement with Target stores. The Target agreement allowed Mossimo, Inc. to design a range of product categories broader than ever before, while taking advantage of the merchandising expertise and powerful distribution capabilities of Target. As one of its early design partners, Mossimo brought Target guests fun fashion at a fair price and the collection continues to deliver exciting, affordable options. Mossimo, Inc. and the Mossimo for Target designs reflect the person behind the brand – innovative, young, modern, fun and a bit rebellious. November 2005, was the beginning of Mossimo’s fifth year with Target. His upcoming spring collection will appear in stores in February 2007. Mossimo Giannulli married Lori Loughlin in 1998. He is a father to three children: a son Gianni, and two daughters, Isabella Rose and Olivia Jade. Mossimo lives in southern California with his family, calling Los Angeles home.

Who's Who at Target ! ! ! --- Isaac Mizrahi

"Color is Everything to Me"

Isaac Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, New York, and got kicked out of school for sketching dresses in his Bible. He studied acting at the High School of Performing Arts and fashion at Parsons School of Design.
In 1987 Mizrahi opened his first clothing business. In 2003 he partnered with Target to produce women’s sportswear and accessories; a home collection was added in 2005. In 2003 Mizrahi also embarked on a couture line for Bergdorf Goodman where this fall he launches a men’s sportswear line. Mizrahi has received three Designer of the Year awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Mizrahi has designed costumes for movies, theatre, dance, and opera, most recently for Scott Elliott’s productions of Barefoot in the Park and The Threepenny Opera. Mizrahi received a 2002 Drama Desk Award for his costume design in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of The Women.
The subject of the acclaimed 1995 documentary Unzipped, Mizrahi also starred in Les Mizrahi, a one-man off-Broadway show produced by the Drama Department in1999. Last year he wrote and directed four short films collectively titled Supermodelhero which debuted on the Web in April 2005.
From 2001 to 2003 Mizrahi hosted The Isaac Mizrahi Show on the Oxygen Network. Today you can watch him on Isaac, which airs on the Style Network and E!