Project H Design. Studio H. A "design/build" public school curriculum that sparks community development through real-world, built projects Studio H is an in-school design/build class for 8th-11th grade students.
First launched in Bertie County, NC and now based at Realm Charter School in Berkeley, CA, Studio H students apply their core subject learning to design and build audacious and socially transformative projects. Students of Studio H have previously dreamed up, designed, and constructed a 2000-square-foot farmers market pavilion, a pop-up park, laser-etched skateboards, sculptural concrete public furniture, roadside farmstands, and more.
Spotlight on Studio H « Art Works. Get Local. By Emily Pilloton Eleventh-grader Kerron looked up from his drafting table in the high-school shop class I teach in North Carolina.
“I think I did it,” he said. Profile on TED.com. Emily Pilloton wrote Design Revolution, a book about 100-plus objects and systems designed to make people's lives better.
In 2010, her design nonprofit began an immersive residency in Bertie County, North Carolina, the poorest and most rural county in the state. Why you should listen.