The National Building Museum is proud to present Design Apprenticeship Program I: Building Blocks, the latest in a series of programs in which local youth design and build projects related to a timely theme or topic. 

In the National Building Museum’s Fall 2010 Design Apprenticeship Program (DAP), participants gathered each Satur­day for seven weeks to focus on building blocks and how they are used in design and construction. Through a series of hands-on activities, they first learned the basics of design and explored various building blocks such as bricks, tile, cinder blocks, playing cards, and even cookies. Participants were then divided into teams and challenged to design and fabricate furniture centering on the building blocks theme

Volunteer design professionals worked closely with participants to help them fine tune their design skills, understand the concepts of sustainability, as well as incorporate aesthetics in the final design.

For more information, contact Jamee Telford, Outreach Programs Coordinator, at 202.272.2448, ext, 3301, or dap@nbm.org.

Design Apprenticeship Program is sponsored by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Prince Charitable Trusts, and the Hattie M. Strong Foundation. Additional support for outreach programs is provided by Abramson Family Foundation, Clark Charitable Foundation; The William Randolph Hearst Foundations; and Sunrise Foundation, among others.