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The Savannah College of Art and Design presents the fourth annual Art Materials Trade Show, coordinated by the SCAD School of Foundation Studies to fund student scholarships.

Held at the River Club in historic downtown Savannah, the Art Materials Trade Show features professionals and visiting artists in the art and design materials industries who will showcase and demonstrate the best and most up-to-date products relating to art and design, all of which will be for sale to the public at significant discounts.

Industry experts will also offer academic, business-oriented, practical and scientific/technical seminars.

The trade show and seminars are free and open to the public.
Trade Show Hours

* Thursday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
* Friday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
* Saturday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Venues

* Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St.
* River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
* Student Center, 120 Montgomery St.
* Arnold Hall, 1810 Bull St.

Flyfire is the latest creation from MIT and the SENSEable City Lab. Check out the website to read about how the tiny helicopters embedded with color light capabilities will precisely arrange to create visual displays of information.

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Design Revolution Road Show
25 schools. 75 days. 6300 miles. 1 vintage Airstream trailer. 40 humanitarian products and projects.

The road show will be in Savannah GA on Saturday February 27th!
Location of Airstream exhibition (parking spot): Parked outside of Trustees Theatre, 216 East Broughton Street

Open exhibition times: 10:30 – 4pm

Location of lecture/presentation: Trustees Theatre, 216 East Broughton Street

Lecture time: 2:30 pm

This video was passed along to me; it originates with VW, but the idea is fun to watch.

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The following information was written and forwarded by USGBC:

Event Details – USGBC Educational Event & Green Scene: SAVANNAH
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 (05:45 PM – 07:00 PM)
For more information contact:
Beth Ann Jackson
912-604-8923

Wild Wing Cafe in City Market, second floor
27 Barnard St
2nd Floor
Savannah, GA 31401
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“Historic Preservation and Sustainability: Lessons from the Past”

Sarah Ward of the MPC will give free lecture at Feb. 23 meeting of U.S. Green Building Council Savannah Chapter

( SAVANNAH ) – Sarah Ward of the Metropolitan Planning Commission will discuss “Historic Preservation and Sustainability: Lessons from the Past” at the Feb. 23 meeting of the Savannah Chapter of the United States Green Building Council.

“There is a perception that historic preservation and green building practices are contradictory and cannot co-exist,” Ward said. “Historic and traditional building practices have proven to be our most sustainable buildings throughout time, meaning they were built to be long lasting and can be adapted for new uses.”

Ward will examine how historically, architects, builders and property owners all worked together to create high performance buildings. Preservation of our existing building stock is recycling and as such, these buildings are inherently ‘green,’ she explained.

The Feb. 23 meeting of the Savannah Chapter of the United States Green Building Council will be held from 5:45-7 p.m. on the second floor of Wild Wing Cafe in City Market. The meeting is free and open to the public, but RSVP by Feb. 19 at www.usgbcga.org.

The Savannah Chapter of the United States Green Building Council is dedicated to promoting sustainable design and green building throughout the Creative Coast . The group meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month. The meetings are open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to attend. The USGBC-Savannah Chapter seeks to educate the public on the long-term benefits of green building and how sustainable design can be integrated or implemented into one’s life.
www.usgbcga.org

The following was written and distributed by the Pecha Kucha organization. Find your local chapter and participate! In Savannah, contact Aaron Cohen, info@savannahPK.com, or (912) 220 0048. The event will be held at The Black Box Theater @ S.P.A.C.E. (9 W. Henry Street, Savannah, GA, USA) on February 20, 2010 (8-10:30pm).

Pecha Kucha for Haiti: Act locally & change the world

In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti.
In response, Pecha Kucha Savannah is coming together with Architecture for Humanity, on a global
scale, to lend a hand in rebuilding Haiti. All proceeds will go to Architecture for Humanity for
rebuilding Haiti. AFH operates globally, and was instrumental in getting projects built after the
Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. The design costs for the new buildings in Haiti have
been already covered, so all donations will go to tangible built projects.

On February 20, 2010, the 277 cities that host Pecha Kucha events, worldwide, will converge to
present one continuous 24-hour edition of Pecha Kucha. Kicking off at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo, where
Pecha Kucha Night was first conceived, the presentation wave will travel eastward, with cities
presenting one after the other. Crossing all times zones and cultures, the event will be streamed live
online and then finish in Tokyo the following day.

Already presentations are being prepared – some are intended to offer hope and encouragement
through stories of past disaster relief projects, while others offer simple inspiration by showing the
power of great creative thinking. Some amazing people have stepped up to the challenge so
prepared to be surprised. All of the 2,000 presentations generated from the one-day event, which
could be the world’s biggest single day globally distributed conference, will be posted online at Pecha
Kucha Presentation.

I’ll be starting up the SCAD Architecture department blog again…look for regular updates on subjects important to prospective students, current students, alumni, faculty, and employers, as well as my thoughts on the current state of the academy and the profession! Please share the links with people you know will be interested and let me know what you think!

To all members and friends of AIA Savannah,

Yesterday we lost a great member of our architectural community. It is with great regret that I notify you of Ron Kolman’s passing. We all knew and loved Ron as a founder, leader, mentor, and friend. I truly believe that Jerry Lominak stated it best by saying, “I think Ron considered his fellow architects as his extended family”. I think we all feel the same about Ron.

Below is Ron’s obituary, as printed in the Savannah News Press this morning, including service times and locations.

On behalf of the Chapter, I send our deepest condolences to Ron’s family and co-workers. Ron will be greatly missed and always remembered.

Sincerely,

Patrick L. Phelps, AIA
President, AIA Savannah

Ronald Kolman FAIA – passed away quietly on Tuesday, December 1st.
He was born in Savannah on September 18, 1932 and was predeceased by his parents, Barney and Eileen Kolman. Mr. Kolman was an accomplished and highly respected architect and public servant. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1957 and returned to Savannah to establish practice here that lives on as Lominack Kolman Smith Architects.

Among his many achievements were his public service with MPC, Historic District Board of Review, Historic Savannah, Union Mission, many other civic organizations, as well as many city and county appointments. He was also a charter member of the Savannah Sport Fishing Club.

His service to his profession was unequaled. His professional achievements were many. He served as President of the South Georgia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects six times, received Bronze Medal (AIA Georgia), the Kolman Award (AIA Savannah), the Rothschild Award (AIA Georgia), and became a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 2001.

Mr. Kolman enjoyed traveling and exploring the country with his wife and friends. He loved woodworking and was a member of the Low Country Woodturners. He loved his family dearly, was an advocate for those in need, volunteered tirelessly to bring joy to others, and worked very hard to make Savannah a better place for all of us.

Mr. Kolman is survived by his wife of 57 years, Anne Lee Tyree Kolman, two daughters, Anne Kolman Smith (Edgar) and Karen Kolman Gwinner, his sisters Bette Kolman Perry (Edward) and Dolores Kolman Beacham (Franklin), grandchildren, Amy McKinney, Chris Gwinner, Ben Gwinner, Edgar Smith III, and Rosie Gwinner, two great-grandchildren and several neices and nephews.

Memorial Visitation: 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. Thursday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M. Friday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.

The family requests that donations be sent to any charity of choice.
Please sign the on-line guest book at www.foxandweeks.com .

Walt Disney Imagineering is coming to Savannah. They have internship opportunities in Architecture, Project Management, Digital Design, and Interior Design.

San Francisco based Ardica is the leading developer of miniaturized portable power systems, and we have developed some radical new technologies in Battery, Fuel Cell, and Hybrid power systems. Our latest introduction, the Moshi Power System, generates 40W of power from a lightweight, flexible and portable planar array of lithium ion batteries. This system can power and charge a wide variety of electronic devices while simultaneously delivering comforts like heat and sound to garments, bags and more!

This contest aims to reach out to the best and the brightest in the fields of engineering, industrial design, art, architecture, fashion and beyond to develop new platforms with which the Ardica Moshi System will enable us to see, do, feel, and hear more under power and off the grid. This portable system offers a world of new opportunity to stay powered or charged longer. Ardica wants to see where you can go! What can Ardica enable YOU to do?