Recently Commonstudio had the pleasure of facilitating a final workshop at our partner school, C:/dags in South LA, which concluded a two year intensive on-site partnership. Teachers were introduced to a new D3 resource we call the “Reverse Engineering Game.” The purpose of this game is to build competency with the design process by starting […]
This week, we supported an exciting triad of teacher-led projects at C:/dags. First we stopped by Mr. Garcias Physics class, where he’s facilitating a balloon-powered-car project with the help of the D3 process. His students have developed stong problem statements for their designs, and have a limited pallette of materials to use. They are currently […]
Teens eagerly attended D3 @ PSP – both days full with a waiting list. Teens continued their Movin’ On Up redesign project and went on a field trip to be presenters and give critiques to a college graphic design class! On Wednesday, teens arranged floor plans to adapt the lounge space to a […]
Check out Mrs. Lamar’s 9th grade Geometry class doing some more Math-integrated hallway transformation! We stopped in to offer some feedback on the class’s final designs. As we visited with each team, we were impressed by their grasp on the project as well as their role in the development of the design. This understanding was […]
C:/dags students continue to make progress on several math-based D3 projects. Mr. Orozco’s 10th Grade Geometry class have been working in teams on visual designs that incorporate geometry concepts and school identity. D3 facilitators stopped in to offer feedback and demonstrate visual principles in preparation for the final versions of their designs which will be […]
This week marked D3’s first week back on campus at C:/dags. With a growing student population, the school has hired several new teachers to join the C:/dags team. We appreciated their enthusiasm to dive right into the project planning process using our new planning tools. Another exciting development this week was the installation of the […]
Students at C:/dags have been using the D3 process to help them generate content for a new community-based project in collaboration with Inner City Arts. The goal of the project will be to transform an abandoned and dilapidated local church into a canvas for teen-created murals. Students from C:/dags will be in charge of transforming […]
This week at we helped C/:dags English teacher Mr. Miller plan a small design project to be completed in preparation for mock trials happening in his class next week. Students will use the D3 process to design and make wearable accessories that help identify their role during the mock trial. The prosecution, the defense, […]
What do you make using straws, aluminum foil, PVC pipes, string, and duct tape? This was the Braincooker challenge faced by students in Mrs. Golakova’s seventh and eighth grade classes this month at Nightingale. Each class split into groups and competed to invent the best model of a given object, such as a fashion accessory […]
Freshly back from spring break, this week at C:/dags saw students and teachers diving back into the thick of things. D3 facilitators stopped in to check out the Gaming and Design class as they began a new ARIS based project and continued working to transform their space with simple paint swatch partition walls. We then […]
The D3 Lab 