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Go to Bay City 5th Birthday
Bay City 5th Birthday

Visit a Linden mainland planned community of Bay City on their 5th Anniversary

Episode 198 Broadcast 20 May 2013

Go to Server Side Baking and Materials
Server Side Baking and Materials

Episode 197 Broadcast 13 May 2013

In this episode, broadcast on May 13, 2013, Saffia and Elrik discuss the latest developments in Second Life technology - Server Side Baking and Materials - with the teams from Linden Lab who have been developing and implementing these new features: innovations that promise to significantly improve the quality of the experience in-world.

Go to Fantasy Faire 2013 - Part 2
Fantasy Faire 2013 - Part 2

Episode 196 Broadcast 6 May 2013

Saffia and Elrik return to the 2013 Fantasy Faire for another installment of what this year has in store.

Go to Fantasy Faire 2013 - Part 1
Fantasy Faire 2013 - Part 1

Episode 195 Broadcast 29 April 2013

Join Saffia, Elrik and their guests for the first of two visits to this year's Fantasy Faire. Meet some of the people behind this amazing event that raises significant sums for cancer research, and see some of the simply incredible builds.

Go to Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebration Launch
Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebration Launch

Episode 194 Broadcast 25 March 2013

It's SL Birthday Time again - it's 10 YEARS this year. Take a look forward and back at some highlights from past years' celebrations.

Go to Calas Galadhon Revisited
Calas Galadhon Revisited

Episode 193 Broadcast 18 March 2013

Join us for a return visit to the beautiful green 11-region park estate and a tour with Tymus Tenk, one of the owners, including a picturesque boat trip. See how much this romantic estate has changed since our last visit.

Go to Cloud Party
Cloud Party

Episode 192 Broadcast 11 March 2013

Cloud Party is a different kind of virtual environment accessed in a web browser and using a Facebook login. See some of the amazing things being created there and meet some of the people that are making it happen in today's show.

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Designing Worlds Celebrates Bay City - a community collaboration that has turned five!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 20 May 2013
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Bay City, photograph by Wildstar BeaumontBay City, photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 20th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we set off to explore the retro world of Bay City, a mainland community in Second Life just celebrating its fifth birthday - and which is the result of an ongoing and unusual collaboration between residents and Linden Lab.

Join Designing Worlds for a special recording!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 13 May 2013
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Designing Worlds studioDesigning Worlds studio

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Tuesday 14th May, for a special live recording of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we are joined by Chantal Harvey, the weel-know machinamatographer and Tony Dyson, the designer who created R2D2, who will be joining us to talk about their fascinating new project - the Bobbiekins - which utilises Second Life as a part of a wider project to create interactive electronic materials for children.

Designing Worlds finds out about changes and exciting additions to Second Life from Linden Lab
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 13 May 2013
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Talking about Server Side Baking and MaterialsTalking about Server Side Baking and Materials
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 13th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we are joined by Oz, Brooke, Troy and Nyx Linden to discuss the issues of Server Side Baking and materials.

Designing Worlds at the Fantasy Faire Part II
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 6 May 2013
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Entertainment in Lumeneria, photograph by Wildstar BeaumontEntertainment in Lumeneria, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 6th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we pay a second visit to the Fantasy Faire regions (now sadly closed).

Designing Worlds' new season starts - with a visit to Fantasy Faire
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 29 April 2013
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Fairelands Junction - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontFairelands Junction - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 29th April, for the start of an exciting new season for the opening episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams.

Celebrate the loveliness of Calas Galadhon with Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 18 March 2013
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Calas Galadhon, photographed by Wildstar BeaumontCalas Galadhon, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 18th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we explore the beauties of the wonderful Park Estate of Calas Galadhon.

Designing Worlds visits Cloud Party
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 11 March 2013
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Inside Cloud Party - looking at the islandsInside Cloud Party - looking at the islands
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 11th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we take a trip to a whole new environment - Cloud Party!

Designing Worlds explores the making of One Billion Rising in Second Life
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 4 March 2013
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The Stage at One Billion Rising, photographed by Honour McMillanThe Stage at One Billion Rising, photographed by Honour McMillan

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 4th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we take several peeks behind the scenes at how the event One Billion Rising in Second Life was created - and how the music video "Break the Chain" was created in Second Life as well!

Designing Worlds is in deep space – and on the desert world of Araxes!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 18 February 2013
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Araxes: photograph by Wildstar BeaumontAraxes: photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 18th February, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit the desert wastes of Araxes - and the space station high above.

Designing Worlds immerses itself in the beauties of Arcachon
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 11 February 2013
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Arcachon HarbourArcachon Harbour

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 11th February, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit Arcachon, the beautiful Francophone region based on the Languedoc region of France, which has recently come close to closure, despite offering great activities and developing a brilliant immersive language learning programme.

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?

Nimh20
Reply from Nimh20 Vandeverre on 16 November 2010.

My question is if InWorldz is OpenSim than why isn't it on the OpenSim grid list?? http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Grid_List. There are other OpenSim grids that are not on this page besides InWorldz like Openlife.

Go to NY HealthScape Rollercoaster
NY HealthScape Rollercoaster
Clip Submitted by Texas Timtam on 3 July 2011

Elrik talks with Skylar Smythe about why they build a fun ride as a way to tell visitors an important message about healthcare.

Original Episode: SL8B Build Tour
Go to Maslow's Hideaway on Designing Worlds
Maslow's Hideaway on Designing Worlds
Clip Submitted by Elrik Merlin on 27 July 2010

It's a big birthday party and the builders of Second Life are celebrating "The Future". Saffia & Elrik show us a few really interesting exhibits from SL6B including their own.

Original Episode: SL6B
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The show about design and designers in virtual worlds

Designing Worlds, formerly Meta Makeover, is a weekly show exploring some of the most impressive designs and creativity in Second Life and beyond.

Hosts Saffia Widdershins and Elrik Merlin aren’t afraid of delving deep into the environments featured on the show. They have investigated mysterious noises on Victorian era sim, New Babbage, walked through the battlefield trenches of the Western Front and attended a Thanksgiving dinner party.

The show addresses issues affecting design and designers working in the virtual environment, such as intellectual property. There are also insights into the latest design techniques, with “how-to” features for budding designers and builders.

On every show, you’ll meet some of the top builders, creators and designers in today’s virtual worlds – and you’re guaranteed a wealth of new ideas, products and venues.

The show is produced by Prim Perfect Productions, publishers of Prim Perfect magazine.

When: Tuesday 2:00PM SLT
Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Northpoint/149/81/30

Further information:
Blog:  http://designingworlds.wordpress.com/
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