Design A Doodad: Tuft Stuff – Medium

Join us for Design A Doodad on November 21 (Pt 1) and 22 (Pt 2), 4:00-6:00pm with guest designer Crimson Thread Workshop Registration: one (1) designer What to expect: Part 1 focuses on the design process and practice of using tools. Designers will utilize the design (thinking) process to produce a product with in-studio guidance

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Design Your Own Disguise

Join us for this week’s activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that

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Open Gym

FALL HOURS ARE HERE! If you’ve been curious about OPEN GYM, we’ll be open Wednesdays through Fridays, 2:00PM-6:00PM at our community design studio and third space in Norris Square/Olde Kensington. OPEN GYM is free, drop-in hours to explore design and exercise your creativity. Some ways to enjoy OPEN GYM: ✍🏽 Bring a project 💻 Co-work

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Decompress by Design

Join us during the DesignPhiladelphia 2025 Festival! ​Be curious, agile, and open to meeting new people + opportunities by taking a breather by decompressing with us through design play social hour. We’ve got games, toys, and activities! ​Age Requirement: All ages, any youth 14 and under should be accompanied by a grown up ​Design Level:

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STORYTIME + DESIGN

Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey. Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.

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Animation Studio for Youth

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring different manual and digital animation techniques: stop motion using cut paper, drawings, and mixed media, as well as digital animation applications for computer and iPad. Instructor: Lowell Boston

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North Philadelphia History Festival

The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) is a cultural celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican communities in North Philadelphia. Across four days, historic sites along Ridge Avenue, North Broad Street, and other locales will be transformed into living exhibits created by artists, historians, curators and other cultural workers. These multimedia projects and events

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School Age Studio: Trees, Buildings + Bodies

Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and

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From the Ground Up

Philadelphia Urban Creators enact their bold plan to educate, energize, empower and unite

Along 11th Street in North Philadelphia, a short drive from City Hall, are blocks of crumbling rowhomes and crowded public housing apartments, interrupted by the conspicuously new townhomes and condos of Temple University students. Vacant lots abound, edged by rickety fences and rife with

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