IxDASF other organizations and Design Thinking

Last year, IxDA SF, AIGA SF(Graphic Design Association), and IDSA SF (Industrial Design Association) came together for a program/competition focused on sustainable design called Digging Deeper.

This was a follow up an event IDSA did a couple of years ago and a pilot for what we hope to be many more design thinking workshops and opportunities for folks to work in multi-disciplinary teams to come up with meaningful, tangible and implementable solutions on the local level.  The theme was urban farming.

We invite you to  vote in the Digging Deeper people's choice award (and spread the word) here:  http://diggingdeepersf.ning.com/

Footage from yesterday when the Mayor thanks the design community for bringing creative solutions to the city and breaks ground on a new uban farm plot near civic center:
http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=9693

Below is more on yesterdays Mayoral announcement - A big splash for non-traditional partnerships and creative thinking about City health. 
http://www.sfmayor.org/press-room/press-releases/press-release-newsom-breaks-ground-on-civic-center-community-garden/

and more press related to this endeavor:
http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&etMailToID=1617752050

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2010/03/23/city_wants_gardens_on_every_dirt_patch_rooftop_and_windowsill.php

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7346894

http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2010/03/23/americas-premier-urban-farmer-is-san-franciscos-mayor-gavin-newsom/

 We are all pretty excited about this as you can imagine and look forward to more collaborations in the future.

Aynne Valencia
www.avalen.com