Archive for June, 2011

Canterbury 8th Graders Show Their Design Talent

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

On Monday, June 6th, DC’ers were joined at our weekly Staff Meeting by four 8th grade future designers from Canterbury Middle School in Fort Wayne. Andrew Tran, Chris Noe, Morgan Rolland and Sam Tallo displayed their design skills in the creation of building models ranging from a golf retreat, to a swimming pool, to an ocean view villa. Prompted by a 2010 tour of Design Collaborative, eighth grade Canterbury teacher Libby Kady initiated the model design project to teach students about architecture and engineering design.

GREAT JOB, Everyone!

DC Welcomes Two Summer Interns

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Design Collaborative is proud to announce that we have hired summer interns Nicole Miller and Samantha Forbes. While at DC, they will assist with the architectural and engineering design for several projects.

Nicole Miller is in her senior year at Ball State University and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture at the College of Architecture and Planning. Nicole is a native of Lagrange, Indiana.

Samantha Forbes is in her senior year at the University of Kansas and is pursuing an Architectural Engineering degree at the School of Engineering. Samantha hails from Kearney, Missouri.

Welcome, ladies!

2011 Go Karting

Monday, June 6th, 2011

On Friday, June 3, DC celebrated our version of the Indy 500 by spending the lunch hour with some serious Go Karting competition. No major injuries were incurred and everyone returned to work that afternoon with a lot of good racing stories.