The
Urban Innovation Exchange is an initiative to showcase and advance Detroit's growing social innovation movement. Led by
Issue Media Group with
Data Driven Detroit,
The Civic Commons and a coalition of media and community partners, UIX is made possible thanks to funding from the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
For more information, visit us on
Facebook,
Twitter and
Vimeo. To tell us about an urban innovator in your community, click
here.
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PARTNER NETWORK:
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EDITORIAL TEAM:
Claire Nelson is the Publisher of
Model D, a weekly online magazine that tells stories of creativity and innovation in Detroit. As a founder of
Open City,
Declare Detroit and
Mind the Gap, she is bullish about small-scale innovation and civic engagement to improve the public realm. She studied Architecture & Urbanism at Smith College and Columbia University, and currently lives and works in Midtown Detroit. Claire is serving as Creative Director for UIX.
Nicole Rupersburg is a Detroit-based freelance journalist who covers the city scene for several different local and national publications and is the Managing Editor of UIX. She is also the "HIBC" of
Eat It Detroit and serves on the advisory board for
Detroit Passport to the Arts. Nicole earned a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts from
University of Detroit Mercy and also owns her own event production and PR/marketing company. She lives in Lafayette Park.
Tunde Wey is the founder of
Detroit Big F Deal, an online crowd-funding platform allowing people to contribute money or volunteer their time toward projects that address a social or civic need. A venture in residence at the Detroit Creative Corridor Center, DBFD has coordinated campaigns for Corktown Cinema, Midtown Sound and 4
th Street Farm. Born in Nigeria, Tunde currently resides in Southwest Detroit. Tunde is conducting research and outreach for UIX.
Kat Hartman
is a communicator and research analyst at
Data Driven Detroit (D3). She received her MFA from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design with concentrations in data visualization, illustration and health information design. She has designed billboards in Ethiopia, nutrition posters in Botswana and web interfaces in Ann Arbor, and has conducted research for everything from start-ups to international aid organizations. A resident of Hamtramck, Kat is collecting & analyzing impact data for UIX.
Marvin Shaouni is the Managing Photographer for
Model D and the owner of
Marvin Shaouni Photography. Based in Detroit and serving both editorial and commercial clients, Marvin's aim is to seize culture through the photography of people, food and the everyday. Marvin particularly enjoys the challenge of finding new ways to show Detroit, to help readers rethink how we can all live and interact with our city and neighborhoods. Marvin is photographing innovators for his
2012 Daily Portrait Project and UIX.
Noah Stephens is the photographer and essayist behind
The People of Detroit, a portraiture project to give voice to dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial people he encounters in the city. It is a curated tour of life in Detroit guided by the artistic and sociological perspective of one of its native sons. Noah’s mission is to reform the popular notion of what it means to live in Detroit. A resident of Downtown, Noah is shooting and writing photo essays for UIX.
Philip Lauri & Steven Oliver are the film production team behind
DETROIT LIVES!, a creative agency that develops engaging multimedia projects that push a new image of the City of Detroit. Their innovative approach includes a combination of social branding, marketing and community engagement. Production credits include
After the Factory and the
DC3 Speakers Bureau. Residents of Woodbridge, Philip & Steven are producing video profiles of urban innovators for UIX.
Tom Hendrickson is the producer of
Model D TV and owner of
Hendrickson Video Productions. His cutting-edge production company produces innovative and engaging documentary-style films for forward-thinking clients. Clients include Chevy, Dodge, Accounting Aid Society, Campbell-Ewald, Detroit Regional Chamber, Organic, MDCVB, and many Michigan businesses. Tom produced our lead
video for UIX.
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UIX IN THE MEDIA:
“Urban Innovation Exchange Connects Detroit’s Social Innovators”
(Huffington Post, March 6, 2012)
“New project highlights Detroit innovators”
(Detroit Free Press, March 6, 2012)
“Partnering for Transformation”
(Model D, March 6, 2012)