May
26
Last Updated: May 26, 2008
Tags: social design, society, website
Topic: Non-profit
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Social Design Site
Link: http://www.socialdesignsite.com
May
04
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: graphic design, social, visual communication
Topic: Graphic Design
1489 0 0 comments
Creative For A Cause
Link: http://www.creativeforacause.org/
May
04
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: graphic design, social, visual communication
Topic: Graphic Design
5853 2 1 comments
Communication Designers Need to Catch Up Fast
Link: http://blog.sessions.edu/design/are-you-a-good-designer/
May
04
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: design, graphic design, visual communication
Topic: Graphic Design
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Is 18 the New 30?
Link: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/004685.html
May
04
Last Updated: April 26, 2012
Tags: communication, eco, sustainable, typography
Topic: Typography
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Sustainable Typography
Link: http://blog.sessions.edu/design/sustainable-typography/

The above posters, by Marian Bantjes, Christoph Niemann and Paula Scher, were commissioned by Winterhouse Studios for the Stora Enso sustainability initiative, and have since been accepted into the permanent collection at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Fabulous!

The graphic design team at Thomas Matthews are so immersed in this field that everything they do with type could be considered ‘sustainable’. However, the logo for sustainability company ‘Beyond Green’ is a personal favourite; a simple, but effective play on colour association.

When it comes to intelligent logos, Al Gore’s latest WE campaign forThe Alliance for Climate Protection has a great logo (yes, I know it’s green), designed by New Yorker Brian Collins.

It would seem there is a recurring trend regarding contemporary eco-typography. For example, picking up on the Sagmeister-esque hand-made typography, The New York Times Magazine is using the work of sculptural designer Gyongy Laky, for last week’s Green Issue!

Although not directly intended for sustainability, the hand-drawn ‘Customised Fruit’ by designer Sarah King, certainly made me look twice! Imagine these as printed adverts for organic food! There are plenty more examples of GOOD sustainable typography, so keep your eyes peeled and I’ll post any updates next month!
April
11
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: environment, ethics, photography, social
Topic: Photography
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The Museum of Nature
Link: http://ilkka.halso.net/
March
21
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: exhibition, graphic, language, social design
Topic: Graphic Design
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Words Divide, Images Unite
Link: http://www.utrechtmanifest.nl/?p=16
I have probably mentioned the Utrecht Manifest before, however revisiting the socially conscious exhibition site this month, I couldn't help but find further visual inspiration from the Lovely Language exhibition.
A truly refreshing website, initiative and exhibition, that truly bridges the gap between contemporary graphic design and global communication.
In the 1920s, the Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882–1945) developed an international visual language, for which the German-Dutch graphic artist Gerd Arntz (1900–1988) designed more than 4,000 pictograms. Neurath’s motto – ‘words divide, images unite’ – is the point of departure for the Lovely Language exhibition. Lovely Language presented Neurath and Arntz’s visual language and the way it was employed as the basis for the development of an international visual language.
- Featured Image: Mindless by Pippo Lionni.
- Via: Lovely Language, Utrecht Manifest 2007.
March
21
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: blog, fashion, political, social design
Topic: Design Blogger
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The AWEARNESS Blog
Link: http://awearnessblog.com/
The AWEARNESS Blog provides daily updates under four socially-aware pillars of discussion: Social Rights, Well-Being, Political Landscape and Hard Times.
"This blog hopes to raise awareness around the issues that fall under these four areas in a dynamic and engaging format. In addition to regularly updated news and commentary under these topics, the blog also includes Q&As, original content from Kenneth Cole himself and contributions from staff members of Kenneth Cole Productions."
Via. DesignNotes.
March
21
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: consumerism, green, report, sustainable
Topic: Sustainable Design
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Tipping Point or Turning Point?
Link: http://www.ipsos-mori.com/publications/srireports/climatechange.shtml
In the face of a dangerous climatic tipping point, we stand on the verge of a behavioural turning point? Or do we?
Downing and Ballantyne's 2007 report, entitled Tipping Point or Turning Point is a worthy read into the reality of ethical consumer attitudes and their resistant behaviours to embrace more sustainable lifestyles.
In the high street consumer are confronted with more and more sustainable choices – HSBC is suddenly a green bank; Marks and Spencer’s has its Plan A; Ikea doesn’t give free plastic bags. At the ballot box David Cameron wants the public to “Vote Blue: Go Green”. Arnold Schwarzenegger has traded movie stardom with investigating the US’s flagship low carbon policy, while Al Gore, when not directing Oscar-winning documentaries on climate change, is organising global rock concerts.
Maybe we’ve made it then. Scientists are at a virtual consensus. NGOs convinced, politicians persuaded, and business on board. Surely then, the debate is over. In the face of a dangerous climatic tipping point, we stand on the verge of a behavioural turning point? Or do we?
According to recent MORI results into consumer attitudes to Climate Change, ‘irrespective of cause’, 88% of the public believe that the climate is changing, however, only 46% believe human activity is the primary cause. The report is a valuable read, with plenty of reality checks into the ethical attitude-behaviour gap, occurring amongst UK consumers.
February
27
Last Updated: November 16, 2010
Tags: concept, design, installation
Topic: Installation
1607 1 0 comments
Sonata for Violin and Hammer
Link: http://hannahwasileski.com
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