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1% for art is good.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Blue Star Corner birdhouseThe city of Emeryville has extended the 1% for art program to residential buildings, which means that now everything built in the city has dedicated funds for public art.

The most recent installation to be dedicated is a set of modern birdhouses by artist Walter Craven. There are seven of them, all different, and they run along a greenway between two residential buildings.

Mighty fine dwellings for birds. Hopefully songster residents will move in soon.

It’s amazing what 1% for art can do for a community.

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Emeryville General Plan Workshop

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Emeryville General Plan Workshop

Last night I attended a workshop for the City of Emeryville, and we did a participatory design activity. It was interesting to see the different mindsets that come with living in different parts of a town, for different durations of time.

It also brought home how key it is to design an activity that is clear, simple to understand and yet delivers rich interactions and lots of ideas. More on that later.

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