AIGA Detroit’s Urban Forest Project Raises Awareness in Ann Arbor
by MiLife MiTimes
April 24th, 2008 in Ann Arbor, Art, Creative, Detroit
The Detroit chapter of AIGA is proud to announce The Urban Forest Project. This unique design exhibition will feature the work of over 30 designers and students from all over Michigan.
The project is an installation of specially designed banners that will be hung on Main Street in Ann Arbor to raise awareness about sustainability issues in urban areas. Each banner will be designed using the tree as a metaphor and will explore an issue that the designer finds pressing and relevant to today’s cities.
Once the installation is taken down, the banners will be converted into mail bags and auctioned off to raise money for a local Ann Arbor environmental charity.
AIGA Detroit is also in the process of planning future installation of the Urban Forest Project in Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids.
The original Urban Forest Project was conceived by World Studio in conjunction with AIGA NY and Times Square Alliance. The event brought together 185 designers from 21 countries to create an outdoor design exhibition throughout Times Square in New York City. The Urban Forest project has also been implemented in Denver and Portland by each city’s respective AIGA chapters and local partners.
Additional Information:
http://www.detroit.aiga.org
http://www.urbanforestproject.org
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/urban-forest-project
http://www.denverurbanforest.com
http://www.urbanforestpdx.org
Submission from Erich Friebel.
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