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hurricane dean affects the juice project
While our work is almost done, it’s in a state of limbo as our clients and their advisors work to develop their business model. Unfortunately, Hurricane Dean had a devastating impact on the region and wiped out most of the milpas, as well as the tourist site of Majahual,...
inauguration of the honey center, cooperativa lol-balche in santa elena
The members of the Lol-Balche honey cooperative in Santa Elena, Yucatan inaugurated their new factory/workshop on June 27, 2007. To view Maria’s blog entry of her participation in this event, click here. To view the images of the event, click here.
fresh picked oranges
Here is a photo of Cooperativa Cuauhtémoc’s fresh picked oranges. No pesticides – organic. We become so used to “pretty” produce that we forget what the real, unadulterated fruit looks like.
honey labels
Over the summer, we put together a mini-site to get feedback on the project labels. Click here to visit the site. We received some great comments and appreciate the feedback, which we incorporated into revisions. We’ve not yet posted these because of the changes I mentioned...
honey update
It’s been a while since we’ve updated our blog and a lot of changes have happened. During the summer, the honey project expanded to include three other cooperatives in the state. This is really exciting because the project has the impact to benefit more people. An...
Some Label Samples
The Citrus group has been working hard at revising the designs for the orange juice labels. Here are some examples of their work:
Words from Maria
hi everyone. i just spoke with alex regarding the labels. he mentioned some of his suggestions — including the whole map of yucatan peninsula and highlighting the state of quintana roo. good idea — if he thinks the context is lost without the other state, then...
Editing Video
I am almost done editing done all the videos from the Mexico trip. We had about six hours worth and I only have two more hours left to cut down. The videos aren’t going to be too fancy. I just used iMovie to cut clips together. The editing processes hasn’t been too...
Lunch with Alex
Alex, from the orange project, happened to be in Gainesville for a Law School Conference and a few of my fellow MINTies and I were able to meet him for lunch today to discuss the latest orange label designs. The following are some notes that I wrote down during the meeting: • a...
honey updates coming soon
heya. I am currently gathering all the notes and recent honey project developments, so check back soon to catch up on what has happen since returning from Mexico.
citrus news coming soon
There have been many developments since returning from Mexico. So many in fact that it will take me until tomorrow to get it all organized and put on here.
About D4D
D4D is a lab for codesigning with people in communities, valuing situated knowledge, and seeking to where and in ways not traditionally available to those who are trained as designers. Founded by Maria Rogal, its purpose now is to foster horizontalidad within design education and practice in order to aid students and designers to expand their knowledge base, skill sets, and mindset to approach our work with respect, reciprocity, and humility, decentering design. Since 2003, Maria’s design research has incorporated codesign and dialogue in an ongoing effort to address power imbalances, particularly among Indigenous and marginalized communities.
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