Scratch Design Studio

The Scratch Design Studio section on the front page.

The **Scratch Design Studio** (commonly abbreviated **SDS**) is a themed studio, featured on the Front Page, that is changed approximately every six weeks. These themes can range from holiday celebrations to underwater scenes, sports, and much more. The current theme is Wonderful World of Water.

Scratch Design Studio from version 1.4.

## History

The Scratch Design Studio was originally called "Scratch Club", until June 23, 2008. The Scratch Club galleries were shown in the same area that Design Studio galleries (old name of studios) were. However, club galleries were not all by a certain user.

On May 31, 2009, the **Scratch Design Studio Row** (formerly "**Projects from Scratch Design Studio**") was added to the Front Page. It showcases some projects from the current studio.

On March 31, 2016, it was announced that the Scratch Design Studio would finally end and concluded with the final studio, "The Last SDS". This was later revealed to be an April Fools joke.

## How it Works

Scratchers can share projects and submit them with links in the comment section of the Scratch Design Studio, where Scratch Teammembers and some privileged Scratchers will add the projects they deem fit to the studio. Scratch Design Studio Curators are Scratchers who manage the studios. SDS helpers are Scratchers who curate the studios. All moderators and the Scratch Team have the ability to add projects as well but generally only do so when extra help is needed.

SDS curators, in addition to their privileges of managing the studio, can also choose themes (with the help of the Scratch Team), help find new curators when needed, have access to curate the "Propose SDS Themes" studio, and provide feedback to the theme idea projects.

A new design studio generally comes out every month, albeit occasionally earlier or later. Some design studios have lasted up to two months. Studios are first discussed by Scratch Design Studio Curators in the Scratch Design Studio forum (see next section) before being approved by the Scratch Team. A Studio requires at least 7 seed projects before being featured as the next SDS on the front page as was revealed by SDS Curator 4LeafClovR.[*citation needed*]

## SDS Row

The Scratch Design Studio row (formerly "Projects from Scratch Design Studio"), also abbreviated as the SDS row, is the section on the Front Page that shows projects from the current Scratch Design Studio. It displays a random selection of projects from the studio each time the page is loaded. Projects are added by Scratch Design Studio Curators, but only after they have been approved and deemed appropriate for the current design studio.

This section is the fourth row from the top.

## SDS Forum

Upon becoming an SDS Curator, one will have access to the private SDS forum. It is used to talk about things related to the SDS; such as new studios, possible curators, ideas, and features.

An image of the private SDS forum

## SDS Curator Meeting Area

Before the SDS Curators had the SDS forum, they used a studio to discuss SDS related topics. It was called the *SDS Curator Meeting Area*.It is no longer in use due to the creation of the forum.

## Past Themes

*Main article: Scratch Design Studio/Studios*
There have currently been a total of 136 themes. The current one is:

Wonderful World of Water (From vast oceans to the water you drink, this Scratch Design Studio invites you to create a project around wonderful world of water!)

## See Also

* Scratch Design Studio/Studios
* Scratch Design Studio Curator

## References

1. ↑ studios:30636997
2. ↑ Internet Archive from June 21, 2008, showing "Scratch Club", and June 24, showing "Scratch Design Studio".
3. ↑ http://blog.scratch.mit.edu/2009\_05\_01\_archive.html[*dead link*]
4. ↑ studios:1963483
5. ↑ studios:3963359
6. ↑ ar-post:607619
7. ↑ studios:238445
8. ↑ getbent. (16/04/18). "It is no longer in use, as discussion has moved to a private forum :)" studios:238445/comments/#comments-41671009

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