Uncategorized - impactmania people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:51:31 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-impactmania-favicon-32x32.jpg Uncategorized - impactmania 32 32 Design with Cultural, Social, and Economic Impact – A Conversation at PNCA https://www.impactmania.com/im/design-cultural-social-economic-impact-conversation-pnca/ Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:02:54 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/design-cultural-social-economic-impact-conversation-pnca/ December, 2017 PNCA’s MFA Collaborative Design and MA in Design Systems welcomed impactmania’s founder Paksy Plackis-Cheng for a conversation about design with cultural, social, and economic impact. Paksy spoke with Jody Turner, Adjunct Professor MFA Collaborative Design and collaborator on impactmania since its inception in 2016. Paksy shared what she learned from interviewing close to 300 activist-investors, social entrepreneurs, award-wining [...]

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]]> impactmania Bridges Another Partnership https://www.impactmania.com/im/impactmania-bridges-another-partnership/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 04:54:54 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/impactmania-bridges-another-partnership/ The impactmania and Jaipur Rugs Foundation co-produced video story has been featured at the United Nations Global Compact Conference 2017.

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]]> Dec 6. impactmania’s founder in Portland: Design w/ Cultural, Social, and Economic Impact https://www.impactmania.com/im/dec-6-founder-impactmania-portland-design-w-cultural-social-economic-impact/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:38:54 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/dec-6-founder-impactmania-portland-design-w-cultural-social-economic-impact/ PNCA's MFA Collaborative Design and MA in Design Systems are excited to welcome impactmania's founder Paksy Plackis-Cheng for a conversation about design with cultural, social, and economic impact. Paksy will be speaking with Jody Turner, Adjunct Professor MFA Collaborative Design and collaborator on impactmania since its inception in 2016. Paksy will share what she's learned [...]

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]]> Building the First 3D-Print Canal House: Co-founder of DUS Architects, Hans Vermeulen https://www.impactmania.com/im/interview-with-hans-vermeulen-co-founder-dus-architects-who-is-building-the-first-3d-print-canal-house/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:27:25 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/interview-with-hans-vermeulen-co-founder-dus-architects-who-is-building-the-first-3d-print-canal-house/ DUS is currently leading an international team of partners in “research and doing,” connecting science, design, construction, and community by 3D-printing a canal house in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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]]> Joanna Lamstein: Why I Study Fan Fiction https://www.impactmania.com/im/study-fan-fiction/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:42:44 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/study-fan-fiction/ Joanna Lamstein: Why I Study Fan Fiction BY JOANNA LAMSTEIN In this time when we can immediately share our creations online, we might think that fan fiction is new. Fan fiction is stories about popular fictional characters written by fans and usually published online for other fans to read. However, we see examples of people [...]

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]]> Featured Artist: Jon Lewis, First Trumpet for Star Wars: The Force Awakens https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-jon-lewis-first-trumpet-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:41:10 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/featured-artist-jon-lewis-first-trumpet-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ You have heard Jon Lewis without knowing it. His trumpet playing is on 800-plus motion picture soundtracks and close to 1,000 television shows. Most recently, Lewis performed as John Williams’s Principal Trumpet for the newly released Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

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