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Links & Resources
Art Center College of Design
http://www.artcenter.edu/
One of the worlds top design schools for 75 years
Notable links for mobility futures
2055 scenario on Intelligent Infrastructure (roadways).
Includes scenario source files
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Previous_Projects/Intelligent_Infrastructure_Systems/Reports
_and_Publications/Intelligent_Infrastructure_Futures/Index.html
2020 Scenarios for Automotive Sector
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/tn04005a.html?p1=sectorfutures&p2=null
Mobility 2030 scenarios
by World business council on Sustainable Development (Scenarios and source files)
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=NjA5NA
Rocky Mountain Institute transportation library
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid175.php#T0401
Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Annual Energy Outlook with Projections to 2030
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html
The Annual Energy Outlook 2007. Includes links to reports, ppts, charts and excel files
Ted Talks: William McDonough: The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/104
Architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "All children, all species, for all time."
Notable links related to Vision Integration
Syd Mead
http://www.sydmead.com
An Art Center grad and a visual futurist who has inspired many generations of designers
John Frassanito & Associates
http://www.frassanito.com/
An Art Center grad who has been performing Strategic Visualization® for NASA for 25 years
Futurama
http://davidszondy.com/future/city/futurama1939.htm
One of the original visions of the future of transportation in America. At the 1939 worlds fair this exhibit by GM and designer Normal Belle Geddes forecast superhighways that did not yet exist and personal car ownership for the masses. There are many other links available if you Google "futurama 1939"
The Grove
http://www.grove.com
Vision Integration is not quite the same as "graphic recording and facilitation" which is a kind of live diagramming used in meetings. But, graphic facilitation is a useful tool for Vision Integration and for planning workshops in general. The Grove is one of the top firms providing both products and services in this field. Their underlying theory and method about the role of visualization in group communication and facilitation is well developed.
Design Studio Press
http://www.designstudiopress.com/
Founded by Scott Robertson, Director of Entertainment Design at the Art Center College of Design, this site has many resources for training and inspiration on the art of high fidelity visualization