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{{:Eng:Scratch Design Studio/translate}}{{External Programs}}{{featured|February|2017}}[[File:Scratch Design Studio 2.0.png|thumb|400px|The Scratch Design Studio section on the front page.]]

The '''Scratch Design Studio'''  (commonly abbreviated '''SDS''') is a themed [[studio]], featured on the [[Eng:Front Page|Front Page]], that is changed approximately every month.
These themes can range from holiday celebrations to underwater scenes, sports, and much more. The current theme is "{{/Current Studio|name}}".<ref>{{/Current Studio|link}}</ref>
[[File:Projects from the Scratch Design Studio.png|thumb|300px|Scratch Design Studio from version [[1.4]].]]

== History ==
The Scratch Design Studio was originally called "Scratch Club", until June 22 or 23, 2008.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080621145202/http://scratch.mit.edu/ Internet Archive from June 21, 2008], showing "Scratch Club", and [http://web.archive.org/web/20080624043538/http://scratch.mit.edu/ June 24], showing "Scratch Design Studio".</ref> The Scratch Club galleries were shown in the same area that Design Studio galleries are. Club galleries were not all by a certain user, however.

On May 31, 2009, the '''[[#SDS Row|Scratch Design Studio Row]]''' (formerly '''Projects from Scratch Design Studio''') was added to the Front Page.<ref>http://blog.scratch.mit.edu/2009_05_01_archive.html</ref> 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".<ref>https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1963483/</ref> This was later revealed to be an [[April Fools]] joke.

== How it Works ==
[[Scratcher]]s can share [[project]]s and submit them with links in the [[Comment (website feature)|comment]] section of the Scratch Design Studio, where [[Scratch Team]] members and some priveledged Scratchers will add the projects they deem fit to the studio. [[Scratch Design Studio Curators]] are Scratchers who can add projects. [[Scratch Design Studio Curators#SDS Helper|SDS helpers]] can't add projects, but can help the studio in other ways. There were previous curators who are currently inactive and have left. All moderators and the Scratch Team have the ability to add projects as well but generally only do so when extra help is needed.

When loaded, the Scratch front page will randomly select twenty projects from the studio and display them in the row titled ''Scratch Design Studio - 'SDS theme'''. When the page is refreshed, a new group is chosen. Users may only have one of their own projects added to the Design Studio per theme.

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.<ref>https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3963359/</ref> 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.

== SDS Row ==
[[File:Scratch Design Studio 2.0.png|thumb|400px|The Scratch Design Studio row on the Front Page.]]
The Scratch Design Studio row (formerly "Projects from Scratch Design Studio"), also abbreviated as the SDS row, is the section on the [[Eng:Front Page|Front Page]] that shows [[project]]s from the current Scratch Design Studio. It displays a random selection of projects from the studio each time the page is loaded.<ref>[[ar-post:607619]]</ref> 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.
[[File:SDS Forum.PNG|thumb|700px|An image of the private SDS forum]]
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== Past Themes ==
{{main|Scratch Design Studio/Studios}}
There have currently been a total of {{/Studios}} themes. The current one is ''{{/Current Studio}}''.

== See Also ==
* [[Scratch Design Studio/Studios]]
* [[Scratch Design Studio Curators]]

== References ==
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