May 2008
The Savannah College of Art and Design's award-winning work "Designed Conversation," which earned the Editors Award for Best Design School at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, will now be on display at Structured Green, 620 East 35th St., May 26-June 14. There will be a reception on Friday, May 30, 4-7 p.m.
"Designed Conversation" represents a dynamic dialogue between SCAD fibers and furniture design students and clients of Growing Hope of Union Mission in Savannah, Ga. The goal was to create sustainable bedding solutions for people in non-traditional living situations by addressing the needs of three specific demographics within Union Mission: those sleeping on the street, those sleeping in a shelter, and those living in transitional housing.
Students created a "safe bed" that gives people who are temporarily living on the streets a transitional bedding solution, and a "shelter screen" that provides directions for an easy and inexpensive storage and privacy solution for men and women living in homeless shelters.
Students proposed simple shelving units to hang from the bunks; sturdier rolling storage units to fit under the beds, serve as seating and roll for easy transport; a Web site to allow aid agencies to communicate with each other and the public their needs and resources; products to recycle excess clothing donations into a soft step for the bunk or a pad for the thin mattress; and many variations of all of these ideas that addressed the core need for storage, privacy and comfort.
A fundraiser was held in February, where a collaborative quilt made by students in the SCAD fibers department was auctioned off. It was on display at shopSCAD, 342 Bull St., until the event and tickets were sold for $1 or donated art supplies, which was given to Union Mission's Growing Hope Artisan's Cooperative.
The goal of the Growing Hope initiative is to support and enhance the transition from homelessness and poverty to self-sufficiency. Participants express themselves through arts and crafts with the potential to supplement their income.
SCAD offers Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in fibers. Fibers professionals combine historic textile processes and traditions with the newest concepts and technologies in art and design to create everything from carpet and wallpaper to apparel and home furnishings.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees are offered in furniture design. Furniture designers view furniture as tools for living and employ critical thinking through the exploration of design principles and processes.
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