Brightmoor Framework Workshop
Brighmoor Framework : Community Workshop October 21, 2023 Come join us — neighbors, friends–reps from the City of Detroit will be with us.
National Endowment for the Arts Award to support Neighbors’ Pavilions
The Brightmoor Maker Space is honored to have received a grant in the Design Arts Category from the NEA / National Endowment for the Arts to support our work building Outdoor Classrooms for the public in 2022. “These National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants underscore the resilience of our nation’s artists and arts organizations, … Continued
Eames Institute Kazam! Magazine : Crafting Community
We are so honored to be part of the Eames Institute’s inaugural Kazam! Magazine . This issue of Kazam! profiles The Brightnmoor Maker Soace”s collaboration with Ishinomaki Lab’s Made in Local initiative as well as sharing insights from both workshops–here in Detroit, and our friends in Ishinomkai, Japan. The inaugural issue of Kazaam Magazine, a publication … Continued
Outdoor Classrooms: Rising throughout Brightmoor
Process: Participation:
Made in Local: Products from Ishinomaki Lab + BMS
We are currently building and offering a selection of products designed by Ishinomaki Lab in Japan and produced here in Detroit to the same exacting craft and quality control standards. We use North American pine in place of cedar for our products and are happy to work with you on larger orders. For ordering information … Continued
Made in Local : Ishinomaki Lab + Brightmoor Maker Space
Since 2017, Ishinomaki Laboratory has been engaging with students and faculty from the University of Michigan and the Brightmoor Maker Space as a part of the Ishinomaki-Detroit Collaborative, a transnational alliance of community-based ventures and non-profits in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture and Detroit, Michigan. As our Japan-based counterpart, Ishinomaki Lab has became a close partner in … Continued
a message of support from our partners in Ishinomaki, Japan
In this next chapter of our relationship with Detroit, Ishinomaki Laboratory is excited to announce a Made in Local partnership with the Brightmoor Maker Space. Since 2017, Ishinomaki Laboratory has been engaging with students and faculty from the University of Michigan as a part of the Ishinomaki-Detroit Collaborative, a transnational alliance of community-based ventures and non-profits … Continued
Designing from Life’s Lessons Learned
Our designer in residence, Andre Sandifer has a fantastic article, Designing from Life’s Lessons Learned here : https://medium.com/ageofhumility/designing-from-life-lessons-learned-b2648e01238b
Magic Bus
Bart Eddy found this great blue bus on Craigslist. It came to us from Luddington, Michigan where it’s previous owner had outfitted it as a woodshed. After an incredible transformation led by Mike Reed from blue to Road Dragon, we started to work on the interior with students from University of Michigan. The front steps … Continued
critical vehicles: mobility
How do you get around now? Literally and metaphorically? How did you get around as a child? An adolescent? How do your parents get around? Grandparents? Will you do the same? Mobility and Transportation share problems and solutions of transporting goods, services and populations. Access to mobility and transportation carry assumptions, privileges and opportunities that, … Continued