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Design Territory
Come visit the first pop-up Design Territory at Combine Studios in downtown Phoenix. Beta phase inside the Combining the Cloud show June 5–July 5. Full show...
community
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phoenix
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exhibition
Pre-Feast BikeFest
Co-organized by Lindsay Kinkade, Nicole Underwood, and Jeremy Stapleton, this morning workshop and bike party featured the bike basket garden magic of Beth...
Let's Make Phoenix Awesome
This zine introduces 39 verbs for collective creative action in designing our future in Phoenix. It introduces open source methods, new ways of sharing, and...
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Welcome to Phoenix Zine
WELCOME TO PHOENIX is a culture-building project by Jim McPherson and Lindsay Kinkade. This list, first presented at the April 9, 2013 The Downtown We Want...
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Welcome to Phoenix
In this PHX awesomeness aggregator, Jim McPherson and I are rolling out the red carpet to Phoenicians–natives and transplants. In the spirit of constant...
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Collaboratory at ASU
Cynthia Melde, Patricia Tompkins, and Kathryn Terzano collaborated in the presentation of this workshop. This fall 2012 Collaboratory on Health & Community...
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Design in the HERE&NOW in PHX
Our collaboratively-made poster for Phoenix Design Week 2012, this is the first iteration in what will be a year-long project until PHXDW 2013. Little Giant Studio...
community
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phoenix
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Park(ing) Day
Our first pop-up studio in Phoenix was at Park(ing) Day 2012. Now that we've popped, we might not stop! Look for the studio to set up in more public spaces in the...
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Phoenix Design Summit
The Phoenix Design Summit is an extension of AIGA’s Design For Good initiative, which aims to ignite, accelerate and amplify design-driven social change. As part...
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phoenix
We Are the Center of ______
The Phoenix Center of the Arts is a vibrant place full of making, performing, teaching, and exhibiting of art in Phoenix. It plays a role in the life of...
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Pedal Craft 1 Poster
25 designers were invited to submit posters for the First Pedal Craft poster show here in Phoenix. After seven months of riding in Phoenix and making friends on...
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bikes
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bicycle
I Bike Phoenix
There are many bikes for many kinds of riders. This portrait project aims to capture riders and their rides as they are out and about in Phoenix. See more made in...
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bicycle
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phoenix
RGB11: RISD Grad Book
RGB11 was a new graduate publication at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2011, it was both a catalog of graduate thesis work and a box set of zines to show the...
exhibition
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catalog
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40 Action Verbs Zine
How do we successfully cultivate a community-based design process? How do we bridge divides, involve new collaborators, and create solutions with our community...
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community
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education
Chicago: Connectivity Challenge
This look book for CEOs for Cities' US Initiative was an introduction to Connectivity projects underway in Chicago. CEOs convened local leaders, national and...
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city
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cities
Making it Understandable
In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962), yet few Americans grasp how this legislation affects their healthcare options and...
teaching
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RISD
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graphicdesign
Front Porch
The moveable Front Porch Dialogue System, as used by pedestrians at the public art show at Williamsburg Walks in Brooklyn in June 2010. People sitting on the stoops...
graphicdesign
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city
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dialogue
Community Land Trust Toolkit
Read the case study in AIGA's Design for Good archive. We were approached to create a 30th anniversary logo, a project we worked to turn into a system design...
casestudy
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graphicdesign
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community
Read Like You Give a Damn
Read Like You Give a Damn is a series of magazine-style collections for the designer who wants to work for social change. It is a curated selection of design...
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socialchange
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socialentrepreneur
The Loop
The Loop is a user-centered design proposal to the pressing social problem of limited access to healthy food. The system creates a new transportation solution to...
Design + Science
The new web platform we designed for collaboration in Rhode Island: EXPspace at RISD, (pron. E-X-P-space) is an experimental space for artists+designers+scientists...
exchange
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thesis
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community
Neighborhood Green Swap
Green Swap is a stencil-based design system that neighbors can use to reinvent a piece of furniture. The resulting barter hot spot is a place to meet neighbors,...
community
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exchange
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trade
Inspiration Library
These books inspire our practice. Have suggestions? We would love to hear about them. Send a note to lindsay [at] littlegiantdesign.com Thank you!
thesis
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library
A Kind Word
This project started a wide conversation of support and positive feedback. A Kind Word asked members of the studio community from all graduating years to share...
typography
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exchange
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gift
Collective Inventive Alphabet
Collaborative project with Andrea D’Amato, Yong Seok Hong, Yoonji Kim, Stacey Lee, Joo Young Lim, Celia Olsen, Melissa Seldon, Hyun Seong, Erin Wilkey, Boram Yi,...
teaching
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collective
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exchange
Design in Real Life
Collaborative project with generous participants on the street in Providence. This poster assignment was intended to help me connect with faculty members who...
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typography
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street
Class Portrait: MFA 2010
Collaborative project by Lindsay Kinkade, Cameron Neat, Megan Feehan, and Tom Wedell. MFA GRAPHIC DESIGN CLASS OF 2010: (from top left) Cameron Neat, Lindsay...
portrait
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gallery
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exhibition
Bonjour My Name Is
For sale online in our shop. These name tags allow users to make some small distinction when identifying themselves. Choosing ‘Bonjour’ instead of ‘Ni...
exchange
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graphicdesign
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system
Invite.Adapt.Exchange.Exhibit.
graphicdesign
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thesis
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The Creative Feed
Collaborative project with Kate Quinby.
exchange
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collaboration
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aggregation
Studio Portrait 08–09
At the beginning of each year, the graphic design department usually has a map made of desks to help studiomates find one another. In addition to the map, I...
participatory
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documentation
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graphicdesign
This is My Providence
Collaborative project started with Mike Eng. *If you are interested in initiating a postcard-based arts promotion project, please get in touch by emailing us...
local
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exchange
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providence
The Living Catalog
Collaborative project with Kate Quinby, Ben Shaykin, Mat Stevens, Sara Raffo, Salem Al-Qassimi, and Jae Jeon. We had assembled a collection of precious and...
book
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collective
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collection
Graduate Show 2009
A collaborative project with all 2009–2010 members of the graduate graphic design studio. Lindsay worked with a leadership team to develop the conceptual...
graphicdesign
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risd
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poster