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July 29-30, 2013: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Executive Education

June 24, 2013

Public Interest Design Training Program: A two-day course for design professionals interested in pursuing community-centered issue-based practice. The Public Interest Design Training Program is formed around the SEED (Social Economic Environmental Design) metric.

“Designing for the Public and You” Article

June 24, 2013

MSU Denver Communication Design student Rachael Stamps featured in Architect Magazine.

Denver Public Interest Design Institute

February 8, 2013

April 11 + 12, 2013: The Public Interest Design Institute comes to Denver and will be hosted on Auraria Campus by Metropolitan State University of Denver. Keynote address by Michael Murphy of MASS Design Group on Thursday, April 11 (sponsored by University of Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning).

2013 SEED Awards for Excellence in Public Interest Design

November 13, 2012

The 2013 SEED Awards for Excellence in Public Interest Design have been announced.

Call for Projects: SEED Field Guide

August 16, 2012

The Social Economic Environmental Design® (SEED) Network has issued a request for projects for possible inclusion in the new SEED Field Manual.

July 24-25, 2012: Harvard School of Design, Public Interest Design Institute

July 26, 2012

A two-day workshop for architects and designers interested in pursuing public interest design or for those wanting to enhance their understanding of this area of practice.

September 29-October 2, 2011: Cumulus Denver Conference

October 8, 2011

From Understanding to Design and Back Again—this international design conference featured some of the best thinkers and doers in the field today. A global perspective brought all the more relevance to the event. Read more about my own paper presentation…

July 7, 2011: Reclaiming: An Art Making Workshop

June 29, 2011

The first in the series, Reclaiming: An Art Making Workshop will be led by Professor Yuko Yagisawa and myself on July 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Metro State’s Center for Visual Art.

May 26, 2011: AIGA Colorado SHIFT Sustainability Event

May 17, 2011

Watch the video highlighting Colorado sustainability initiatives including my own SEED research presentation!

Antigua Inn website design

October 13, 2010

December 2010, visit the newly released Antigua Inn website

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“SEED is more than simply a “stamp of approval,” Lisa Abendroth, one of the SEED project leaders and teacher of design says, ‘it’s a tool for developing design projects, evaluating them as they progress, and assessing them when completed. So it will be of critical value to designers and architects who want to ensure they are developing socially responsible projects.’”
-- Contract 03/2010
about

Lisa M. Abendroth is a Professor in the Communication Design program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Seeking a balance between design research and classroom pedagogy, Lisa works across disciplines in order to embrace a public interest design practice focused on issues of social equity towards marginalized audiences and communities. Lisa promotes projects for culture and collaboration through her design firm culture language dialogue.

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