When you travel, you realize a lot of things about the way you communicate. During a recent trip, I began to think about the fact that graphic design has its own “regional accent,” not unlike spoken communication.
An Expo of Natural Products Shows What’s Right and Wrong with How We Consume
Baltimore is known for all things crab legs, soft shell, soup, cakes and steamed. But for three days in September the “Charm City” played host to more than 1,500 other food options when the Natural Products Expo East set up shop in the city’s convention center a few hundred yards from Inner Harbor. The broad definition of the term “natural” … Read More
A Culture of Workplace Giving
Shift Collaborative has been in business for almost four years, and I believe that we are only at the beginning of defining our company’s culture. This process of defining is likely [we hope] to be an ongoing and evolving process as we grow, expand, and adapt in the creative industry space. One of many things that our small group sees eye to eye on, is making an impact beyond … Read More
Community Matters
We are grounded by the space that we move into and out of every day. But, what happens when that sense of place is disrupted or even ripped out from under us?
Artist Vanessa German Shifts Community Perceptions Through Creative Action
Through her Indiegogo campaign, Vanessa German and the ARThouse have raised over $38,000 toward the purchase and renovation of the ARThouse’s new location. We are proud to have been a part of this campaign to help Vanessa make a difference in Homewood, and in the lives of its kids.
Street Performers Enliven City Streets
Streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks – the pedestrian parts of the streets – serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians. Jane Jacobs, The Life and Death of Great American Cities We ignite city streets by being active, by being creative, by walking the streets — entertaining, talking, shuffling — we awaken our ancestors who … Read More
Five Reasons to Attend Podcamp 2014
by Sarah Mayer You may not be familiar with Podcamp, so let me start there. Podcamp is by its own description is an ‘un-conference’ although it does have some of those familiar conference components. Podcamp in Pittsburgh has been around for eight years and while the conference was started around podcasting, it has evolved each year to add on more … Read More
Obviously Tomlin, a Charitable Project Never Launched
by Eric Sloss Sparked by Sarah’s recent appointment as a board member of Sojourner House, a faith-based rehabilitation facility for addicted women, we wanted to create an enjoyable fundraising project for this important nonprofit. So we created Obviously Tomlin as a way to engage the public in a charming charitable experience throughout the Steelers season. It all started after a … Read More
Building a Children's Shelter in Bolivia
By Shift Marketing Fellow, Becca Burns It is the end of the second week in La Paz. It is raining outside and I am looking at five guards sitting down for lunch. A guard behind us slowly closes the heavy, paint-chipped door – shutting out the light and rain and I am in a dungeon. I am in a damp … Read More
Renaissance City Winds Plays Schuller
by Matt Campbell The Renaissance City Winds, a versatile chamber music ensemble founded in Pittsburgh in 1975, performed a program of Americana at April 28 at Pro Bikes in Squirrel Hill, and at Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall April 29. Hammer dulcimer player Bill Troxler joined the group for arrangements of folk tunes that evoked colonial America and other time periods. … Read More
SH/FT Fellow on a Mission to Help
by Becca Burns, SH/FT Collaborative Fellow In two days, I will be Bolivia bound, sipping on ginger ale 30,000 feet up in the sky. My vision was to travel after graduation. Peace corp, mission trip, or backpacking through Europe – it didn’t matter. Pursuing a passion to help others and experiencing something big, different and life-changing was the goal. When … Read More
Morning in East Liberty
The morning started out like any other day, alarm goes off, shower, breakfast, etc. But as I pulled into my parking spot and gathered up my computer bag, coffee mug and lunch a song that I love came on the radio.