Community

In an increasingly virtual world, it is more important than ever to connect individuals in ways that provide concrete value.

What is community? It can be defined in any number of ways, it can be virtual or real. All of us are members of many different communities, and successful businesses work to create and foster community. At their best, communities should be supportive, sustainable, and encourage personal expression.

Some of the communities I have worked with, belong to, or otherwise support include:

Arts:
River North Art District (RiNo), rivernorthart.com
Ironton Studios and Gallery, irontonstudios.com
Platte Forum, platteforum.com
The Lab at Belmar, belmarlab.com
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, mcartdenver.org

Design:
AIGA, aiga.org
Aspen Design Summit
Image, Space, Object
The Designer’s Accord, designersaccord.org

Education:
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, rmcad.edu
University of Denver, du.edu

Historic Preservation:
Colorado Historical Society, coloradohistory.org
Colorado Preservation, Inc., coloradopreservation.org
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery, friendsofriversidecemetery.org
Historic Denver, historicdenver.org
National Trust for Historic Preservation, preservationnation.org

Sustainability
International Development Enterprises (IDE), ideorg.org
Heifer International, heifer.org

About

Hugh Graham does design strategy, research, and storytelling for corporations, non-profits, and community organizations.

Doing, Reading, Thinking...

Listening...

  • The Smiths - Hand in GloveHand in Glove by The Smiths
  • Bryan Ferry - You Do Something To MeYou Do Something To Me by Bryan Ferry
  • browse my last.fm playlist

    • Anna: This story was used in my English 111 (college) course. This should show how wise of an individual y [...]
    • Larry: I found one of these today in Sumterville, Florida. This one is in good condition and in the shape o [...]
    • Patricia: went grave reading tonight in a catholic cemetery in Austin, Texas and found many headstones (most o [...]
    • 21 June 2011 – Gravestone Symbolism « Wells Family Genealogy: [...] ” Dum Tacet Clamat” “Though silent, he speaks” In cemeteries throughout the w [...]
    • Thesaurus: This visual map is amazing. I'm looking on it near 20 minutes and it's still amazing for me! [...]

    Some Flickr Photos

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