TOPIC: CREATIVITY (74)
Dreaming Tree Foundation
http://www.dreamingtreefoundation.orgDreaming Tree Foundation's mission is to transform the lives of young people through encouraging, fostering, and actively involving them in the field of creative arts. Dreaming Tree Foundation (DTF) provides teens with hands-on experience in the creative field of filmmaking. Through various programs geared towards teens, DTF gives youth the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of the filmmaking industry, while gaining skills they will need in the workforce, such as decision making, time management, critical thinking, and teamwork.
Love is Art
http://www.loveisartkit.comSimply put, LOVE IS ART is a kit that comes with everything a couple needs to safely make a tangible piece of abstract expressionistic art while being intimate with each other. What is left is a one-of-a-kind abstract painting that represents that special moment, that can then be stretched, framed and hung on the wall -- a reminder of the love that was shared. The kit also provides a unique bonding experience for the couples involved, as they work together as a team to craft their own unique masterpeice.
Watershed
http://www.watershed.co.ukWatershed is a cross-artform venue and producer, sharing, developing and showcasing exemplary cultural ideas and talent. We are based in Bristol, but place no boundaries on our desire to connect with artists and audiences in the wider world.
We curate ideas, spaces and talent to enable artistic visions and creative collaborations to flourish. We produce work that cuts across film, music, theatre, design, visual art, and the creative and technology sectors.
Design Thinking for Educators
http://www.designthinkingforeducators.comDesign Thinking for Educators is a creative process that helps you design meaningful solutions in the classroom, at your school, and in your community. The toolkit provides you with instructions to explore Design Thinking.
Makeably
http://makeably.comMakeably is the marketplace for making custom creative items for your everyday life.
With Makeably, you can turn your thoughtful and original ideas into reality, with a little help from our global community of hand-picked makers. You can create one-of-a-kind bags, art, clothing, sneakers, wedding pieces, and much more. Started by a couple of ex-Googlers, Makeably is a marketplace exclusively for custom-made creative items for your everyday life.
CineCause
http://www.cinecause.comCineCause will become the go-to filter of quality film programming and will curate showcases of such films based on theme, subject or topic, pairing these films with relevant causes. Audiences will learn more about the cause, have an opportunity to make a donation and take action, giving them the ability to participate in our collective efforts to affect positive change.
The Acoustic Guitar Project
http://theacousticguitarproject.comThe Acoustic Guitar Project was created to help musicians reconnect to the original moment that inspired them to be singer-songwriters.
Musicians participating in The Acoustic Guitar Project are given one week to create an original song using only the guitar and recording device provided. There’s no editing on the computer, and they have to get it all in one live take.
Brooklyn Robot Foundry
http://brooklynrobotfoundry.comWe are two friends that joined forces to inspire and motivate kids by teaching them about the fun of building. We love the idea of learning and coming together through making things. We believe in the DIT—do it together— mentality and the importance of building a community around this common goal.
Humans of New York
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/HONY resulted from an idea that I had to construct a photographic census of New York City. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. I worked for several months with this goal in mind. But somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character. I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs. Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained hundreds of thousands of followers.
TekVenture
http://tekventure.orgThe Mission of TekVenture is to provide an environment offering space, tools, materials, and mentors where the community can realize their creative potential, satisfy their need to make things, talk shop with other makers, and connect with emerging technologies and the industries that use them.
WeTopia
http://www.facebook.com/connect/uiserver.php?app_id=164612276910929&method=permissions.request&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.facebook.com%2Fwetopia%2F&response_type=none&display=page&auth_referral=1WeTopia is a Facebook game that simulates the building of a virtual village and was created for social impact: users can turn points into monetary donations for charities that help families and kids worldwide. 50% of the company's net profits are returned to their partners to complete social good projects.
Lemonopoly
http://lemonopoly.orgLemonopoly is a game about our local lemon trade. We trade real, local lemons that grow in backyards, urban farms and on public fruit trees.
Real world economic takeover...in a game.
Spent
http://playspent.orgSpent is an online game that simulates financial challenges that may result in poverty and homelessness.
Way
http://www.makeourway.comWay is a game where two players on separate screens have to solve a puzzle together, nonverbally. Both lack a common language yet are joined by a shared goal,
Traces of Hope
http://tracesofhope.comTraces of Hope is an online game developed by the British Red Cross as part of Civilians and Conflict Month in October 2008. The personal story and basis for the game is rooted in tragic events that have happened to real people in any number of conflicts around the world.
