By Patricia Frischer
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| Proyecto ReCREA – Repurposing Waste for Coastal Resilience consists of a collaboration between A Su Futuro/Advancing Students Forward (ASF), Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR), Waste for Life (WFL), and Centro de Comunidad Tecolote. On Sat, 08 Jun 2024 in TJ. |
Like lots of you, I am confused about the World Design
Capitol 2024 year of activities. I did a deep dive for you on the website. I
found it confusing, but I think I now have a handle on it.
The World
Design Capitol 2024 (WDC) SD/TJ is an
international award which for the first time was given to two cities at once. This
prestigious award is, itself, designed to be a cross border collaboration. It encompasses more than just design in a
purely art context. Yes, there is Arts and Culture but also
climate/sustainability, health/wellbeing, planning/placemaking,
science/technology, and youth/education.
“Design is a universal language. It speaks to the heart of
human experience. It is inherently optimistic, always seeking to improve, to
enhance and to solve. Design allows us to see the world. Not as it is now, but
as it should be. Remember, every idea we consider together, every project we
develop together contributes to a larger narrative. It's a narrative of hope,
of progress, of a future built by all of us, for all of us. So whatever your
connection to the world Design Community Capital 2024 this year belongs to the
San Diego Tijuana community.” Thomas Garvey, president of the World Design
Organization
One of the emphases for this WDC 2024 SD/TJ is to
broaden the idea of design beyond its immediate use. Design needs now to take
into consideration the effect the creative impulse has on the whole production
of a product or service. That might means designing an environmentally friendly
process as well as product by serving not just humans but humanity as a whole.
For example, if an art works is heavy and has to be shipped, that makes it more
expensive in fuel for delivery and maybe packaging. If resources are renewable
or recyclable, we need to consider that as an advantage.
February: The launch with the World Design SpotLight
May: World Design
Festival Tijuana included the annual Tijuana Design Week of design-related
programming, exhibits and lectures including 100 events across 40 different
venues. You can watch many of the lectures and panels with links on Facebook or LinkedIn. Most
of them are in Spanish. Here is one visual arts exhibition that featured
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| Fernanda Uribe |
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| Bosque (Forest) by Fernanda Uribe |
Coming up in September and November are other official events of the World Design Capitol 2024 (WDC) SD/TJ
September:
The date is set for Vanguard Culture’s second annual ENVZN24 Urban Art Takeover . The biennial
visual and performing arts festival will transform areas of Commercial Street
in Logan Heights with immersive and interactive art experiences on Sat,
September 14, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. The full list of artists and
performers will be released on May 22.
November:
The World Design Policy Conference with be at UCSD Tue, Nov 12 to Wed, Nov 13 2024
World Design Network of Cities Meeting is a forum for public administrators in Tijuana Fri, Nov 15 2024
World Design Convocation Ceremony is a symbolic event highlighting the official “handover” of the WDC title from WDC San Diego Tijuana 2024 to the next host city on Sat, Nov 16 2024
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| Night-time lighting gives Becky Guttin's piece a magical glow after dark. Photo courtesy of San Diego International Airport. |
As well as
Borders
Are Imaginary: Co-creating the Future of Innovative Education in San
Diego-Tijuana. Co-creating a future of Innovative Education in a transformative
one-day workshop in San Diego, blending Design Thinking and play
frameworks. Jun 9, 2024 • 9 am -
3 pm.
Some design events are not
found on the WDC calendar like Comic-Con Museum, in collaboration with the Consulate
General of Mexico in San Diego and sponsored in part by Cross Border Xpress,
announces the opening of Border Blitz: Artistas del Cómic de Tijuana,
a binational exhibition which is participating in World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024
community initiative. The exhibit showcases the work of Tijuana artists Charles
Glaubitz, Alejandra Yépiz Portillo, and Urbano Mata, representing
three generations.
On June 8 and 9, the Museum of
Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), in partnership with Good Faith and Mortis
Studio, will host EXPO, a celebration of publishing, design, music and fashion
in San Diego.The first event of its kind and scale in
the city, the free EXPO Design Market will showcase local markers, publishers,
and creatives from all across San Diego, Tijuana and neighboring
communities.
San Diego Design Week in collaboration with Mingei International Museum will be Wed, Sep 18 - Wed, Sep 25, 2024
In the rest of the website you find the following:
The Community Program page is just a list of design related events but it does not have live links or dates so you have to do more research on these events yourself. But you can go to the top of the site to see the Calendar page. Featured events are at the top, but scroll half way down to get to May/June and look for the pink Arts and Culture events. On the way you can see what you might have missed. On the bottom of most other pages on the site you can see what is featured every day of the current month.
There is a Youth Club page for those under 30 called WDC2024 Club. They offer school credit and special invites.
There is a Grants page which list the 17 organizations that received funding between $10k - $75K. In the visual arts Casa Familiar, Insiteart, The Design Academy, Inc. were big winners. But Art Produce got $25K and Project [BLANK] and San Diego Craft Collective, Here & There/ Aquí y Allá design residency all got $10K.
The Legacy Program is the future-focused extension of our vibrant community program which prioritizes investment and support for initiatives with the potential to bring about long lasting transformative regional change. UC San Diego Design Lab was hired to create this program and the Design to Action Networks which should be ongoing. Susanna Peredo Swap & Rodolfo Argote are the Arts and culture leads for this program. There are five other subject areas as well.
More info: join their newsletter and go to the site: World Design Capitol 2024 (WDC) SD/TJ
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