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This October, How We Develop’s debut event, CONTENT, will premier at the Ace Hotel in Portland, OR. This event is designed, in its curation of talent and selection of venue, to harness and highlight the individuality stemming from the independent fashion community.

For this inaugural CONTENT event, 38 of Portland’s finest independent clothing and accessory designers will inhabit 28 rooms on the 2nd floor of the Ace Hotel. Attendees will explore at their leisure while enjoying live music, libations, art installations and more, extending into the adjacent Cleaners event space.

Learn more about it HERE.

***UPDATE***
Watch the promo video HERE.

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Graphical Musical Compositions

Caleb Deupree of Néojapanisme's staff blog files a lovely report on Takemitsu Tōru, an experimental musician and composer who created his own graphical system of musical notation, beautiful designs rather than the traditional 10-bar staff familiar to traditional Western players. In one score, "Each sheet is printed in different colors and is cut from the middle of one edge to the center of the circle, so that the sheets can be overlaid to create unique configurations for each performance." Toru worked in collaboration with designer Sugiura Kōhei collaborated with Tōru as well. More at Néojapanisme.

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Design Habits for the Future: Act, Collaborate, Do Meaningful Things

That's the title of my talk this week at the UCDA conference in Seattle. Come on over if you are in town.

Every day, each of us makes thousands of choices to make our businesses more competitive and our design work more effective. But do they sustain us as designers, as a culture, and as a planet? How can we develop proficient and relevant design habits that make meaning, make money, and make a difference?

UCDA Design Conference, Seattle
Tuesday, Otober 6, 3:15 pm
More info: http://ucda.com/conference.lasso

Photo above, getting kicked out of Times Square during an art action in March '09.

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Flash Choir meets William Stafford

The Flash Choir will perform new work at their upcoming show, on October 11th, at Missisippi Studios, in a special Wordstock collaboration, honoring Oregon’s first poet laureate, William Stafford. "Strangers Together" is a setting of 10 poems by Stafford's book, Passwords. The songs are composed by Sarah Dougher, best known for her work as a solo folk-rock artist and music label owner, and are performed by the Flash Choir.

The Flash Choir was founded in July 2007 in the service of the PICA’s TBA Festival, and it's on-going manifestation is led by Sarah Dougher and Pat Janowski. The choir is free, open to all, and specializes in collaborative pieces and singing for public events. The choir has shared the stage with PInk Martini, the Portland Cello Project, and more. They have performed in chapels, in public squares, at rock festivals, concert halls, and dive bars.

This project engages the work of Stafford, exploring in particular themes of human connection to animals and the divine, as well as human connection with other humans. Most experience poetry sitting, silently, reading. The choral rendition of these words in a public space will create an opportunity for communal listening, and most certainly a new way of hearing and understanding the work of Oregon's first Poet Laureate.

Sunday, Oct 11 3:00pm

Visit Mississippi Studios for more information on tickets
Online sales end at 12pm on show day. Limited tickets available at the door.

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