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Class Preview: The Design Gym Weekend Intensive

Thinking about taking the Design Gym weekend intensive on April 19, but not quite sure what you're in for? Read on for a recap of September's session and sign up for the new one here


From The Design Gym's blog

Twenty-one students last weekend were pushed to the max over two and a half days, all in the name of better understanding and, more importantly, executing on the design thinking process. Throw in a session with an improv...

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Winding Down in Carroll Gardens

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that we're winding things down at the Carroll Gardens location at the end of May. After that, we hope to see you up in Propsect Heights from here to eternity! 

If you're looking to take a class there for old times' sake, check out Typography for Beginners this Saturday, May 25th. 

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18 Wars Named Unimaginatively After Their Length

When you learn that the Peace of Westphalia ended both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, you start to think, what other wars are only named after their length? You might also wonder why historians couldn't get a little more creative, but I'm only here to help you answer the first one.

A few were short enough to be named after the number of days - the Six Day War (there were two!), the Ten Day War, and the Thirty Days' War....

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The Great Gatsby: The Map!

After watching the 1974 Great Gatsby movie and reading this great blog post by The Bowery Boys on the real "Valley of Ashes," I decided to throw together a quick map of locations from the book. Still a work in progress! 

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An Important But Probably Obvious Note On Coworking

We've been getting a decent number of questions about coworking, so here's the scoop: we aren't doing coworking for the time being. It turned out that coworking + two spaces + classes = despairingly long days, so it's on the back burner for a bit.

Chances are it'll show up in Prospect Heights in one form or another once we're moved out of Carroll Gardens, but only time will tell!

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