Frank Lloyd Wright Museum

Saffia & Elrik visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum in Second Life where they meet CEO Frey Bravin, Assistant Director Rosalie Oldrich, and Education Director Barbara Collazo

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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Licensing Agreement with FLWVM

Submitted by Elrik Merlin on 29 January 2010.

I'm very pleased to learn that the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum has reached a licensing agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. All of us at Designing Worlds would like to congratulate Frey Bravin and the team at FLWVM for all their hard work.

We loved the Museum when we visited it and I, personally, continue to go there from time to time to learn more about arguably the most famous American architect of all time.

There's more on the agreement here, although the writeup is slightly wrong in that it's a licensing arrangement.

I would encourage anyone with an SL account to visit the FLWVM and this link will take you there. It's an experience not to be missed.

Welcome to the Designing Worlds Forum!
Posted in Designing Worlds forum by Saffia Widdershins on 17 January 2010
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Hello everyone!

Welcome to the new website and the new forums! I hope we can see people in here discussing the shows - the issues - and what they'd like to see on forthcoming shows!

wiznord
Reply from Wiz Nordberg on 17 January 2010.

Saffia!!!! So brave you are, making the first forum post! I hope you like the new setup, and there are still more things coming, but I think we got things to the point where we felt things were "mostly working". Keep an eye out for bugs, and if you find them, our mission will be the squash em!

elrikmer
Reply from Elrik Merlin on 17 January 2010.

Our new season starts this week, and we have an exciting selection of topics lined up. We do hope you'll enjoy them. And don't forget, if you know somewhere that will be of interest to us or our listeners, on any grid, do let us know.

lacombe
Reply from Linus Lacombe on 17 January 2010.

Saffia! I am so glad to see that you have procured this forum! I watched a couple of the videos of DW here on the TreetTV site, and they work marvelously well. I really enjoyed the Christmas show in Rothesey. My doesn't Elrik have a lovely home there!

Aisling
Reply from Aisling Sinclair on 18 January 2010.

Hi everyone! What a great new forum for us to gather and talk about the show. Elrik's right, we do have some really interesting places to take viewers this season, and the first one is...well, that would be telling. But I wonder, might giraffes be involved?

The Start of a New Season: Remembering Jeffry Pastorelli
Submitted by Rennie Renfort on 30 August 2010
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Designing Worlds returns for a new season on Tuesday 31st August, and we invite you all to join us in our Northpoint studio at 2pm SLTas we return to Remembering Our Friends for a very special show, to celebrate the life and work of Jeffry Pastorelli.

Jeffry's Memorial at Remembering Our Friends

Remembering Jeffry Pastorelli, Relay for Life Team Captain and Guest of Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 13 August 2010
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Jeffry PastorelliJeffry PastorelliI've received very sad news today of the passing of Jeffry Pastorelli, Team Captain of the Relay for Hope team at Relay for Life for the last two years. And in both years the team was placed second, and raised L$3548595 - an outstanding achievement for a team that raised its money without big Fairs or enormous gridwide events (which is certainly NOT a criticism of those events; just a measure of how hard Team Relay for Hope worked).

I first met Jeffry when we featured the Remembering Our Friends Memorial on Designing Worlds back in March 2009. Jeffry talked then about his Relay for Life Team, and I was so excited to see them at the event with a wonderful, richly complex build that featured a maze, an aquarium, a stage, the four seasons ... and a salute to internationalism with more flags from more countries than I saw on any other campsite, and scripted words of greeting and thoughts in a multiplicity of languages.

Ever wanted to torture a prim? Designing Worlds shows you how to do it!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 27 July 2010
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Designing Worlds invites you to join us in our Northpoint studio today at 2pm SLT as we explore one of the smallest and most intricate of designs in Second Life - the creation of jewellery.

Jewels!Jewels!

Usually on Designing Worlds we are looking at the large scale and saying: "Wow - that landscape! Whoa - that palace! Wow - that installation!" But, of course, one of the things that makes Second Life so enticing is the beauty of small - even tiny - objects. And jewellery here in the Second Life world raises a key question: how you can create such beautiful, tiny objects from prims?

Designing Worlds offers you a last chance!
Submitted by Rennie Renfort on 20 July 2010
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Yes, in today's show we are going to offer you a last chance to see something of the amazing builds that were created for this year's Relay for Life in Second Life.

Tomorrow these stunning creations will start to be dismantled, but today, Tuesday 20th July, Designing Worlds will be revisiting five of them again and talking to the owners of these gorgeous builds!
Treet studio at Relay for Life in Second Life - can you see our special golf cart?Treet studio at Relay for Life in Second Life - can you see our special golf cart?

Join Treet TV's Telethon at Relay for Life!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 17 July 2010
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Relay for Life 2010 logoRelay for Life 2010 logoThis weekend represents the culmination of four months of fundraising and events ranging from Expos, Auctions, Balls, Quiz Nights, Talent Nights … and any other weird and wonderful events that residents and supporters of Relay for Life in Second Life could plan!
Now, this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday July 17-18, avatars representing cancer survivors, caregivers, their families and supporters will be gathering for the sixth annual Relay For Life® of Second Life’s special 24-hour track event.

We will be running our usual telethon, with many of us taking part, either behind the scenes or interviewing those people who have worked so hard to create this years Relay, either through organising the event, designing the builds or taking part in support of one of the 150+ teams who will be competing this year. Relay such a success this year. We'll be bringing you coverage of some of the major ceremonies - not only the opening and closing (with fireworks by RacerX Gullwing!) and also the very special Luminaria Ceremony. And we'll be showing you something of the beautiful builds to be found around the 41 one sims that make up Relay for Life in Second Life this year.

Designing Worlds asks what the future holds for Second Life
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 6 July 2010
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Only a few weeks ago, in the wake of the Linden Lab lay-offs and the announcement of a major change of direction for the Second Life grid, Designing Worlds asked "Where Next for Second Life?" It seems to us that the changes that have happened since - the return of Philip Linden as temporary CEO and the ongoing problems facing residents make it timely to return to this issue with another studio show.

LagNMoor AmpitheatreLagNMoor Ampitheatre

Return to SL7B with Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 29 June 2010
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Designing Worlds invites you to join us in our Northpoint studio at 2pm SLT as we pay a return visit to the spectacular SL7B celebrations.

SL7B: Main Stage Overview - photographed by Raven HaalanSL7B: Main Stage Overview - photographed by Raven Haalan

Designing Worlds visits SL7B
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 22 June 2010
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Designing Worlds invites you to join us in our Northpoint studio at 2pm SLT as we pay a visit to the spectacular SL7B celebrations.
SL7B: The Prim Perfect/Designing Worlds BuildingSL7B: The Prim Perfect/Designing Worlds Building

Designing Worlds asks: Where Next for Second Life?
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 15 June 2010
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In the wake of the Linden Lab lay-offs of the past week (with more threatened to come), and the announcement of a major change of direction for the Second Life grid, Designing Worlds will be asking this week "Where Next for Second Life?"

Linden Memorial in Rouge, taken by Raven HaalanLinden Memorial in Rouge, taken by Raven Haalan

Join us in our Northpoint studio at 2pm SLT as we invite a panel of Second Live residents and commentators to express their view of recent events - and to share with us how they see the future. And we'll be invited our audience to ask questions and make their points too.

Explore the Ancient World of Heritage Key
Submitted by Rennie Renfort on 1 June 2010
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Designing Worlds invites you to join us in our Northpoint studio at 2pm SLT as we meet Jon Himoff of Rezzable to discuss the new OpenSim project of Heritage Key that the developers that form the Rezzable team have been working on.

Valley of the Kings: photograph by Prad PrathiviValley of the Kings: photograph by Prad Prathivi