RDC Projects
We’re proud of our work and it shows! The Rural Design Collective’s projects have been featured at international conferences and in the media, and have helped our collaborators move their good ideas forward. Check back for more projects soon!
SVG Track (2011)
Project Description: The Rural Design Collective will be improving the public domain and the accessibility of a vital document set by creating SVG renditions of the illustrations used in the California Building Codes.
Development Team Members: Levi Thompson, Oceana Fields and webchickbot.
Project Sponsor: Public.Resource.Org
MathML Track (2011)
Project Description: MathML is a relatively new W3C standard markup language and the Rural Design Collective is going to have an opportunity to put a lot of theory into practice by marking up a set of equations for a real-world document set.
Development Team Members: Jasper Shumaker-Pruitt and Rebecca Hargrave Malamud.
Project Sponsor: Public.Resource.Org
WordPress Track (2011)
Project Description: The Rural Design Collective is jazzed to be working with New Artists Production to build a WordPress site to support their inspirational youth program! Founded in 1995 by Dan and Anita Almich, New Artists Productions is “a non-profit corporation dedicated to the introduction of new young artists to the fields of the Performing Arts.
Development Team Members: Jenn Covington, Oceana Fields, Nathan Malamud, and Anita Almich.
Project Sponsor: Point.B Studio and our Kickstarter Backers!
Ebook Enlightenment (2010)
Project Description: http://sixes.cc/ebook-enlighten
Development Team Members: Oceana Rain Fields (RDC Mentee), Christopher Garcia (RDC Mentee), Levi Thompson (RDC Mentor), Rebecca Hargrave Malamud (RDC Project DIrector).
Project Sponsor: Point.B Studio and our Kickstarter Backers!
OLPC Contributors Program (2009)
Project Description: Overview
Development Team Members: Levi Thompson (RDC Mentee, Second Year), Steven McKenzie (RDC Mentee), Scotty Auble (RDC Mentor), Rebecca Malamud (RDC Project Director).
Project Sponsor: Point.B Studio
NCC Radio (2008)
Project Description: Overview Page Only
Development Team Members: Nichole Thompson (RDC Mentee), Levi Thompson (RDC Mentee), Rebecca Hargrave Malamud (RDC Mentor), Linda Tarr (North Curry Community Radio Project Director).
Project Sponsor: Point.B Studio
Rural Design Collective Extra Credit
The Rural Design Collective (RDC) often participates in extra-curricular activities to keep our creative juices flowing and our technical skills sharp. Here are select projects:
BPMakesMeSick.com – http://BPMakesMeSick.com/
Rebecca Malamud and Levi Thompson worked together to create the look for BPMakesMeSick.com, an online campaign demanding that clean-up workers be allowed to wear respiratory protective equipment in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. An animation was created for the site using leading-edge media technologies, including HTML5 Canvas and web font embedding – you can view that animation here.
FixCNBC
When Jon Stewart took CNBC to task on national television for irresponsible journalism, RDC Founder Rebecca Malamud worked with other concerned citizens to create an online petition that generated over 22,000 signatures demanding action. A letter was delivered to CNBC headquarters in New York City and videotaped for posterity.
WeWantThePublicOption.Com
The RDC worked with a team on the East Coast to build this site calling attention to an important issue. The site was fully integrated with a donation management system and organized remotely through email in a matter of days. Upon launch, it was linked by many high profile media blogs and praised for its effective marketing and clean design – a direct result of effective collaboration between the two groups.
Open Library Great Books Collection – http://www.invisible.net/openlibrary/greatbooks/
RDC alumni Levi Thompson and Nichole Richard gave a production assist to Open Library, adding high-resolution imagery and markup to a collection of public domain books deemed great by those in the know. Their contributions were part of a web demonstration created by two developers at the UC Berkeley School of Information, visualizing what an online bookshelf might look like. This collection is available for everyone to download and enjoy at Open Library.
Change Congress – The Rural Design Collective provided design assistance throughout 2009 to Change Congress, an organization that believes that politicians should work for the people, not special interests. The core site and logo, which was key to organizing volunteers and grass-root campaigns, was designed by RDC Founder Rebecca Malamud. The original site that the RDC worked on has been replaced with a new site, Fix Congress First, designed by Blue State Digital.
Internet Archive Bookmobile – Tour Photos: Set 1 – Set 2 – Set 3 – Set 4
RDC Founder Rebecca Malamud enjoyed a stint in 2007 as an Internet Archive Bookmobilist. She made appearances in the area, including the Port Orford Library, Head Start (a program for preschool children), and a local arts & crafts fair. During her tenure, she also published two public domain books for kids: The Amazing Sixes Solar-Powered Pumpkin People and the Head Start Critter Construction Book. This experience helped shape her vision for the Rural Design Collective.
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