We had fun at the Connecticut Art Directors Club awards last night and are proud to have been recognized for our work on: Hartford Fashion Week promotional imagery Boondoggle Brewing Company brand design ReCenter (formally the Discovery Center) brand re-design The Community Foundation of Eastern [...]
On June 10, 2018, CO:LAB facilitated a workshop on social equity for students and faculty of the University of Hartford’s Nomad/9 MFA program. (Quick aside, Nomad/9 is a new, innovative graduate art program. Check it out here: www.nomad9mfa.org). This workshop represents the first of its [...]
Richard went to visit the Rhode Island National Guard at Quonset State Airport, where he got to review the design thinking outcomes of Rhode Island student teams as they worked to integrate STEAM curriculum more deeply into their school systems. Also reviewing were: National Guard [...]
Rich has been working with legislators on a couple of social equity bills, including the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act and today's passing bill on pay equality. A key part of this bill is about preventing potential employers from asking about past salary. Statistics [...]
Rich has been working on the AIGIA Design for Democracy initiative: Building Community Power. You can read what he has to say about the intersection of community engagement, civic engagement, power, and design in this interview with Design Observer, with Brian Miller of Nonprofit VOTE, [...]
We are happy to share that CO:LAB’s principal, Richard Hollant, has joined the Board of Directors at Billings Forge Community Works. A little about Billings Forge: they are a Hartford-based nonprofit with the mission to provide job training, food access, and sustainable social enterprises to [...]
