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Waller Creek Is For Beasts And Diorama Making? Some pictures from last weekend.

October 24, 2009

Our Work

Waller Creek Is For Beasts And Diorama Making that challenges people’s perceptions of what happens in Waller Creek, AND gets them to look a bit closer at all of the fantastic things found in the Creek. Here are some more pictures from last weekend’s endeavors. You can also check out the group’s flickr stream and […]

Project:Intuitive Building: Creating A Better System For Design,Participation And Innovation..

October 23, 2009

Our Work

Project: Intuitive Building System Location:Austin, TX Project Director: Alex Gilliam and Everett Hollander Year: 2009 Not to worry, more information is on the way. Stay tuned! In the meantime have a look at the related projects that grew out of our work by clicking (here). There are few others in the mix that are related […]

Event:Waller Creek Is For Dominoes And Talking Smack Without Rain: This Sunday at 4.00 pm.

October 23, 2009

Events

Changing a place by talking about someone’s mom and playing games? Dominoes and Talking Smack? What could be better on a Sunday afternoon at a brand spanking new time (4 pm) in a shiny new (as in we haven’t tried it) domino-themed place? Dust off your best momma jokes, bone up on your dot counting […]

Project: The Roo Table-A Stackable Bedside Table And Then Some.

October 20, 2009

Our Work

Project: The Roo Table Location:Austin, TX Project Director: Alex Gilliam Year: 2008 Not to worry, more information is on the way. Stay tuned!

Event:Public Workshop To Present At Building A Healthier Austin Symposium:Oct. 20th at 7.00 pm.

October 18, 2009

Events

On Tuesday October 20th at 7.00 pm , Public Workshop will be presenting at the Building A Healthier Austin symposium. The organizers have done a great job of assembling a diverse cast of characters involved in health care, transportation, housing, planning, etc. for what will be a great and inspiring conversation. The focus will be […]

Project:Creating The Architecture Program At The Pennsylvania Governor’s School For The Arts.

October 18, 2009

Our Work

Project: Creating The Architecture Program At The Pennsylvania Governor’s School For The Arts Location:Erie, PA Project Director: Alex Gilliam Year: 2001-2001 Not to worry, more information is on the way. Stay tuned!

Writing: How far were you allowed to travel on your own at age eight?

October 18, 2009

News

Want to see the original article and comments? Click (here) —— How far were you allowed to travel alone when you were a kid? Are you per chance Vicky Thomas, from Sheffield? If by some very unusual fluke you are from Sheffield, England and your name is Vicky, you are now in your late thirties, […]

Project:Redesigning The Course ‘Creative Problem Solving’ For The University Of Texas.

October 14, 2009

Our Work

Project: Redesigning ‘Creative Problem Solving’ For Growth And Greater Student Engagement Location:Austin, TX Project Director: Alex Gilliam for Larry Speck at the University of Texas Year: 2008-2010 Not to worry, more information is on the way. Stay tuned!

Things We Like:What Happens If We Remove Our Stop Signs?A CBS Sunday Morning Exclusive.

October 11, 2009

Things We Like

Low and behold, if you were watching CBS Sunday Morning today you may have notice that Mo Rocca did a piece on Tom Vanderbilt’s excellent book, Traffic and even spent a good deal of time hanging out in Hans Mondermans traffic circle in Drachten. It’s a pretty fluffy piece but cool all the same and […]

Waller Creek Is For Making And Eating Domino Shaped Cookies Even If The Event Gets Cancelled.

October 11, 2009

Our Work

I don’t know what you were planning on bringing today but this submission by Kelley makes me think the Waller Creek Is For Lovers Action And Adventure Society might need to get it together and make another trophy. Kelley was quite apologetic about the lack of the requisite two sides to the domino cookies but […]

Project:Working With Teens To Redesign A Public Plaza At The University Of Pennsylvania.

October 8, 2009

People

Project: Project:Teens Redesigning A Public Plaza At The University Of Pennsylvania- Teaching At The University Of Pennsylvania Location:Philadelphia, PA Project Director: Alex Gilliam and Alexandra Schmidt Ulrich Year: 2007 Not to worry, more information is on the way. Stay tuned!

Waller Creek Is For Dominoes And Talking Smack? This coming Sunday morn’?

October 7, 2009

Events

Dominoes and Talking Smack? What could be better on a Sunday morning? Head on down to the north end of the UT Tennis Courts on Trinity Street (between the creek and the courts, by the bridge) for fabulous company, and good food.  Get ready to do your best grumpy old man, Oscar Madison impersonation as […]

This Blog Is Still Under Construction But We’re Almost There- Great Things Coming Very Soon.

October 7, 2009

News

We’re almost there ladies and gents. The front page still has a few tweaks and the individual blog post pages need some serious reprogramming but the Public Workshop redesign is almost complete. A little re-framing here, a couple of pieces of sheet rock there, a liberal dabbling of caulk and we’ll be ready to go. […]

Writing: What if we transformed our street-use culture by Making Austin Weirder?

October 6, 2009

Writing

What if you and your neighbors decided one day to turn your street into grassed- over park, replete with pony rides, an oompah band and vegetable gardens? When presented with such a possibility, most would laugh derisively or mention something along the lines of, ‘Have you lost your ever-loving mind?!’. In many respects, this is […]