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These are images from the 2022 summer session.  Growlight/Breakthrough Miami is a four-week summer camp held at the Miami Beach Urban Studios that focuses on design, art, technology, urbanism, and public policy around support for those with disabilities. Growlight is a summer program that provides an intense and enjoyable introduction to architecture and the related [...]

Physical Therapist David Barouche needed a way to accelerate product design for his calf-stretching device, The Calf Pro. Find out how the CARTA Innovation Lab helped him bring his vision to life through 3D printing.

Growlight Breakthrough Miami 2018 Summer Camp for 3D Printing Connects Young Scholars to Government Image was taken prior to COVID-19 pandemic. Photos on Flickr! The four-week Growlight Breakthrough Miami Summer Camp for 3D Printing completes it's 2018 season with a visit to Miami Beach City Hall.  There, they discussed new 3D printed designs and ideas [...]

Miami Beach Urban Studios Image was taken prior to COVID-19 pandemic. Mission:  The Miami Beach Urban Studios build upon the mission of the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts by taking advantage of location, facilities, and resources in the heart of Miami Beach to use the power of architecture and the arts to engage local and [...]

Jacek J. Kolasinski Jacek J. Kolasinski is a New-Media artist, an Associate Professor of Visual Arts and the former Chair of the Art and Art History Department at Florida International University. Founding Director of the Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator preparing students to the world of entrepreneurship in art + Design. He came to the [...]

Announcing the TOM: Florida International University Community On February 3, 2020, FIU was the first university in the State University System of Florida to enter into a signed licensing agreement with Tel Aviv-based Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM Global) to form the new TOM: FIU Community. What is Tikkun Olam? The Hebrew phrase Tikkun Olam means [...]

History of 420 Lincoln Road  Located in the iconic Art Deco 420 Lincoln Road building, the Miami Beach Urban Studios give students and faculty access to Miami Beach’s burgeoning arts and design culture. For a brief, early, and growing history of the building click here: 420 Lincoln Road Building History. Pictured above is a detail [...]