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R&D:Ex-Libris Presents – The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art

January 17, 2012 – 3:40 pm / Posted by ben

Wednesday / Feb29 / 6:00pm / Free / Map

The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavor. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in coral, wood, and stone.

Mark Blackburn is a senior certified appraiser and has been buying, selling, and appraising collectibles for more than 30 years. Mark brings his experience appraising for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and Honolulu’s Bishop Museum to the items in the Mauna Kea Galleries Collection (2005 S. King Street, Honolulu). Founded with his wife Carolyn Blackburn in 1995, and the company remains one of the nation’s pre-eminent sources for Hawaiian collectibles.Mark is the author of Hawaiiana: The Best of Hawaiian Design, Tattoos From Paradise, Hula Girls and Surfer Boys ,Hula Heaven: The Queen’s Album and Surf’s Up.

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InnovatED: An innovation in the classroom mini-conference

December 27, 2011 – 11:17 am / Posted by ben

Saturday / Feb4, 3-5PM / Free / Map

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Join Teach for America – Hawaii in finding a place where the word ‘innovation’ can be comfortable in the same sentence as ‘public schools’ and ‘business expertise.’ This event provides a place for young, innovative teachers to share their approaches, new technologies, and ideas along side business leaders who will share their insights in taking good ideas and growing them into game-changers.

Presentations

Justin Brown and Matt Buongiorno
-Design Thinking in the classroom

Sean Briel and Dan Nash
-Teaching kids how to teach themselves

Max Sack and Mark McDonald
-Texting to teach

Panel

Brett Seitman
President/CEO It’s all about Kids

Dr. James Richardson
Professor of Management-Schidler Business School

Katherine Poythress
Education Reporter for Civil Beat

Angela Hoppe-Cruz
Education Resource Specialist for MA`O Farms

Teach for America is growing the movement of leaders who work to ensure that kids growing up in poverty get an excellent education. For more information visit: www.teachforamerica.org

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Manufacturing Reality Documentary Film Series – Eames: The Architect and the Painter

December 25, 2011 – 3:33 pm / Posted by ben

Thursday / Feb2 / 7:00pm / $10 / 691 Auahi St

Interisland Terminal is proud to announce that we are re-introducing our documentary film series "Manufacturing Reality". The series will be housed in a micro-cinema setting at the R&D bookstore and feature a R&D-related twist. Admission to each film, to be presented on the first thursday of every month, will also include a chance to win a book from the R&D library.

We're kicking off the film series in February with the inspiring story of the husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames, widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.

We'll also raffle off a copy of The Story of Eames Furniture, a very fine two-volume set celebrating the couple's work.

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Global Game Jam 2012: A 48 Hour Game-Making Marathon at R&D

December 23, 2011 – 2:00 pm / Posted by ben

Friday – Sunday / Jan27-29 / Free / Map

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event occurring annually in late January. GGJ brings together thousands of game enthusiasts participating through many local jams around the world. GGJ is a project of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

Developing games is not an activity limited to coders or 3D jockeys (although, they are quite essential). 2D artists, graphic and interface designers, sound engineers, etc are not only welcome, but in huge demand for a successful jam. If you’re one of these people, we’d love to have you participate! And since game development is not limited to digital games, anyone with an interest can come in to design a board game, card game, or even new sport.

Register for the Event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/241486225917801/
More information on Registration: http://globalgamejam.org/wiki/how-register-ggj-2012

The local chapter of the IGDA will also be hosting a series of workshops leading up to the event. Please email gorm@lai.as to RSVP or for more information.

Tentative Schedule – locations on eventbrite pages:
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R&D:Ex Libris Presents – Buildings of Hawaii

December 23, 2011 – 1:33 pm / Posted by ben

Wednesday / Jan18 / 6:00pm / Free / 691 Auahi St

With elegance and authority, Buildings of Hawaii presents the architecture of the six major islands in the Hawaii chain. Don J. Hibbard delves into the development of the state’s distinct blending of the building traditions of the East and West within a subtropical island context. The first in-depth examination of the architecture of the Islands, Buildings of Hawaii covers structures from the early nineteenth century through the first decade of the new millennium. Included are Japanese temples, Chinese society halls, the only royal palaces in the United States, the earliest known reinforced concrete public buildings in the country, and the only nineteenth-century British-made iron bridge in the nation. Not only are masterworks of such mainland architects as Bertram Goodhue, Julia Morgan, Ralph Adams Cram, Skidmore, Owings and Merril LLP, Edward Killingsworth, and I. M. Pei considered, but vernacular single-wall building traditions of the plantation period abound. In addition, Hibbard’s entries examine the various distinct regional designs developed over the course of the twentieth century, and includes brief biographies of Hawaii’s major architects. More than 250 illustrations — including photographs, maps, and drawings — give further detail to the more than 400 entries.

Join Don at R&D on January 18 at 6PM for a special presentation and book signing of this long awaited and much anticipated resource, representing twenty plus years of research

 

Author:

Don J. Hibbard administered the State of Hawaii’s historic preservation program from 1981–2002 and now works as a heritage specialist and architectural historian. He has written several books on Hawaii architecture, including Hart Wood: Architectural Regionalism in Hawaii; The View from Diamond Head and Designing Paradise.

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3D+OGI: 3D Printing in Architecture

December 20, 2011 – 12:27 pm / Posted by ben

Monday / Jan9 / 7:00pm / Free / Map

Join Kirk Malanchuk of 8 Inc. and Russ Ogi, Independent 3D Printing Consultant to learn how architects and contractors are benefiting from the strategic use of a green process called 3D printing. 3D printing can produce physical models in white, for use as massing models, or in full color for use in material studies. These physical models are produced quickly, accurately and inexpensively directly from 3D CAD, BIM and other digital data. The most successful architectural firms from around the world both large and small, have adopted 3D printing as a critical part of the design process for proposals, site planning, design studies and construction troubleshooting. It has been used for both interior and exterior design.

The presentation to start at 7p January 9th 2012 at R&D, 691 Auahi St St. Honolulu, HI 96813. You are welcome to bring a brown bag dinner. The session is free of charge and you are welcome to walk in, however, seating is limited. If you RSVP to russogi333@gmail.com by January 5, 2012 we will reserve a seat for you.

Here is an article on designbuild-network.com that highlights how firms boost their efficiency with 3D printing.

http://www.designbuild-network.com/features/feature75564/

Also, check out this link to a video narrated by acclaimed architect, Cesar Pelli as he discusses the importance of physical models in architectural design and 3D printing’s role in creating these models.

Pelli on Models from Architect’s Newspaper on Vimeo.

Kirk Malanchuk is a designer at Eight Inc., An architecture firm with offices in Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, London, Singapore, and Tokyo. He has worked on educational, retail, and office projects of various scales in Hawaii and the mainland US as well as globally in Canada and Asia.

Russ Ogi is an Independent 3D Printing Consultant with over 15 years experience in the technology community both in Hawaii and abroad. He has served 6 years as the Chief Operating Officer for RAPID Technology LLC, a Honolulu based rapid prototyping dealership and service provider. He is experienced in all aspects of the 3D printing industry from equipment sales and servicing to 3D CAD design, the operation of 3D printing equipment and complex model making.

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Auahi Block Tweet Crawl

December 16, 2011 – 2:39 pm / Posted by ben

Join us on December 29th for a tour of all of the locally owned businesses in our neighborhood. Visit the home furnishings and designs of Chai Studios. Co-work with the team at GH Hawaii. Satisfy your art-book fix with us at R&D!

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COFFEE 101

December 16, 2011 – 2:28 pm / Posted by ben
Saturday / Dec17 / 1pm / Free

Join us for a workshop with Morning Glass Coffee owner Eric Rose, to learn about the fundamentals behind a really killer cup of coffee. Eric will introduce workshop participants to a few different coffee beans, discuss some basic approaches to roasting and brewing, and share some insider’s tip gleaned for many years of working with some of the best coffee purveyors in the country. fee, and other select growers. Home-made soda’s, pastries, and tea also available to enjoy on-site or take-away.

RSVP to wei@interislandterminal.org

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R&D:Ex Libris Presents – Adventures in Publishing

November 8, 2011 – 8:46 am / Posted by ben

How the Mistakes Were Made / Eat Good Food / Rambo Goes to Idaho

A novelist, a cook and a poet share their different paths to the bookstore shelf

Saturday / Nov19 / 3:00pm / Free / 691 Auahi St

Reserve a spot

R&D presents a panel discussion with 3 authors who work in 3 very different disciplines. Each will speak about the challenges and triumphs of their distinct literary realms, and discuss the present and future of writing and publishing.

DABNEY GOUGH is a food writer and recipe developer whose work has appeared in HAWAII Magazine, the Honolulu Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Fine Cooking Magazine, among others. She is co-author of the newly released book Eat Good Food, as well as the forthcoming Sweet Cream & Sugar Cones, the highly anticipated cookbook from San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Creamery.

SCOTT ABELS has an MFA in Creative Writing from Boise State University. Rambo Goes to Idaho, just released by BlazeVOX [books], is his first book of poems. More of his poems can be found (or are forthcoming) with RealPoetik, Lungfull!, Forklift Ohio, DIAGRAM, Sink Review, H_NGM_N, Word for/Word, and others. He currently lives and teaches in Honolulu, where he edits the online journal of experimental poetry Country Music.

TYLER MCMAHON is author of the novel How the Mistakes Were Made (St. Martin’s 2011) and a professor at Hawai‘i Pacific University. His short work has appeared in The Antioch Review, Three Penny Review, The Rumpus, and The Nervous Breakdown. He co-edited the nonfiction anthologies Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures and Fishing’s Greatest Misadventures from Casagrande Press.

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R&D hosts BYOK (Bring your own Kinect) Demo Night

November 8, 2011 – 8:02 am / Posted by ben

A 3D technology jam session for absolute novices

Friday / Nov18 / 7:00pm / Free / Map

Reserve a spot

NO PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.

Workshop – Nov 17 – Hicapacity / box jelly

We are having a free, Kinect workshop for artists, designer, and creative coders. You show up with a computer and we’ll get you everything you need to start building interactive experiences with the Kinect. That’s right, we’ll set you up with the software tools and know-how to produce your very own depth-sensing application.

DEMO NIGHT- Nov 18 – R&D / 6PM

If you just want to sit back and take it all in, then skip the workshop and check out the demo night celebration! The day after the workshop, anyone interested will give short lightning talks on their workshop projects. In addition, we’ll be previewing two interactive installations which will be shown at the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ November Bank of Hawaii Family Sunday (http://www.honoluluacademy.org/events/bank_of_hawaii_sunday/12120-life_3d).

Proposed Schedule:
Thursday, Nov 17th – Workshop @ The Box Jelly
– Kinect / 3D Interactive Programming overview
– software install
– create your own “hello world” application
(Think mini-Aaron Koblin’s Radiohead, House of Cards video! http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/ and http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/rh/index.html)
– design a project with help
– build it! (with help)

Friday, Nov 18th – Demo Night @ Interisland Terminal R/D
– short, lightning talk presentations (< 4 min each) on the workshop projects
– preview demonstration of HAA BoH Family Sunday installations
– free play with installations (audience participation) and socializing

You do not have to attend one event to attend the other. But we promise they will all be fun, social, and kid friendly. Please email me at kyleoba@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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