Daily Schedule:

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Program: DesignInquiry ’07

Sunday June 17

06:00pm opening:

cooking dinner together at the Poor Farm (as every morning and night)

after dinner: warm-up introductions

margo halverson & melle hammer & peter hall: vision and history of DesignInquiry, responsibilities for the week

introductions: who am I, what did I bring in my connection to the topic, movie night with peter hall: Vertigo

Monday June 18

09:00 cooks cooking

09:00 breakfast: pancakes, bacon, lots of bacon???

10:00 focus: focus on the topic from three angles, three perspectives; melle, peter, margo

11:00 warm-up assignment: TBD

12:30 lunch & work, work, work

04:00 hands-on cocktail workshop:

07:00 dinner:

09:00 presentation:

10:00 charles melcher/into the night: Proprioceptive Writing

Tuesday June 19

08:00 different cooks cooking

09:00 different breakfast: eggs, more bacon???

10:00 sharing results from the first project/recap/new shift :

11:00 work together until lunch

12:30 lunch

04:00 workshop 1:

05:00 tour: the Poor Farm

07:00 dinner:

Wednesday June 20

08:00 different cooks cooking

09:00 different breakfast: pancakes probably. with more bacon???

10:30 recap:share work from first project and development second next question/assignment

12:30 lunch

02:00 Swimming in quarry

04:00 2 presentations:

07:00 dinner:

09:00 presentations:

Thursday June 21

08:00 yet different cooks cooking

09:00 different breakfast: something new

09:30 sharing work: next question and integrating DesignInquiry's role in this investigation

12:30 lunch

05:00 2 presentations:

07:00 dinner:

09:00 dancing: until midnight

Friday June 22

08:30 different cooks cooking

09:00 different breakfast: but the last. eggs. toast. bacon???

10:30 presentation:

12:00 everyone: new start, taking connections, late afternoon & evening Finale: TBD

FOCUS = presentation/connection/inspiration re: A Rustic Retreat
SHIFT = a short active workshop to inform the Inquiry topic
VISITING HOURS = workshops open for show & tell
PARTICIPANT PRESENTATIONS = short prepared presentations in connection to the topic, (more times may be added)

DESIGNINQUIRY… an anecdote

by Margo Halverson

When the Maine Summer Institute in Graphic Design was over two years ago, I found myself questioning the effect of the teacher-student relationship…read more about why and how DesignInquiry began.