$1/minute design: TYPO SF
50% OFF SALE ACT NOW WE SPECIALIZE IN EVERYTHING, a participatory event during Typo SF 2014, San Francisco.
$1/Minute Design is an initiative founded in 2010 by Ana Llorente and Davey Whitcraft. It is motivated by a desire to strip the act of designing of its perceived elite status. $1/Minute design aims to situate the design studio in the community in which it operates by creating public access to design. The initiative offers design to the public in a model more familiar to a store. Clients are invited to walk in the studio door and hire a designer on the spot, at the moment, for $1/Minute. Clients can generally expect to receive the design the same day.
For this edition of $1/Minute we installed a working studio in the lobby of TypoSF. Ana Llorente, Emi Tamaru and I, along with various guests worked each day during the conference on commissions from conference visitors. We picked a student from the audience's name from a hat at the end of the conference and gave them the proceeds. Below you can listen to the jingle we made for this event. Studio built by Steve Brindmore. Photos by Amber Gregory.