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'''<u></u>'''ACTIVATING CREATIVITY AND&nbsp;ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH DESIGN&nbsp; *Design Tent events are a chance for students to come together to “play under the same tent” and exchange ideas. Through collaboration that is dynamic, active, and fun, these events aim to generate new interests, raise awareness and energize participants to cross-pollinate ideas. The focus of the January 2014 Design Tent was to re-think our perception of garbage and use materials from local waste streams to design and build prototypes to test entrepreneurial ideas. The value of waste was repurposed into both a process and product that brought together (STEAM) students and exposed them to the innovation process through iterative making and fabrication. &nbsp;

**Valerie Sherry and Natalya Dikanov with the help of mDIL and Linear Gallery members

**Contact design.impact.lab@gmail.com if interested in helping to sponsor, coordinate or participate in next Design tent event!

**The first Design Tent event was co-hosted by [mDIL] Maryland Design Impact Lab and the Linear Gallery**The event was held as a two-day workshop January 22-23, 2014**Visiting Professionals and Facilitators included International firm,&nbsp;[http://refunc.nl/ REFUNC]&nbsp;and local firm&nbsp;[http://salvagingcreativity.com/ Salvaging Creativity]**Participants included: 50+ students**Disciplines involved: Over 16 different disciplines**A tremendous thank you to our Event Sponsors: Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Architecture Department, The Kibel Gallery**A stopmotion video of some of the event work can be seen at the following link:**This first Design Tent and REFUNC Workshop was also featured in a student curated Linear Gallery exhibition called&nbsp;''Transforming Waste'' *''​''Upcoming Events: