Cineforum: The Road to Ecotopia

On 4th December 2009, Fair Knowledge and Tomorrow’s Company presents a Cineforum on Climate Change: The Road to Ecotopia – an innovative collaboration hub and conference in London.

The Cineforum on Climate Change: The Road to Ecotopia is offering a unique chance to dive deep into the issues that will be defining the strategic choices of businesses, policy-makers, innovators and citizens over the coming years.

Filed under: On Events, On Sustainability , Cineforum, climate change, Conference, COP15, Designing Ecotopia, Ecotopia, Fair Knowledge, The Road to Ecotopia

Greengaged – Sustainable Design

After an energetic ten days during London Design Festival 2008, the sustainable design hub – Greengaged is making a big return for 2009. Co-designed with thomas.matthews and web designer Daniel Howells, I’m pleased to announce that Greengaged.com has had a big makeover this year!

With an intent to advance the designs industry’s capacity to respond positively to climate change, Greengaged was founded in 2008, by Sophie Thomas from thomas.matthews, Sarah Johnson from [re]design and Anne Chick from The Sustainable Design Research Centre at Kingston University.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Education, On Events, On Graphic Design, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Design Council, Greengaged.com Greengaged, Kate Andrews, London Design Festival, Sophie Thomas, sustainability, Sustainable Design, thomas matthews

The Age of Stupid at RSA

Pitched to be this year’s most talked-about climate change film, The Age of Stupid is a new movie from director Franny Armstrong (of McLibel) and producer John Battsek (of One Day In September). In this epic tale, Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Filed under: On Events, On Social Design, On Sustainability , age of stupid, climate change, Film, Franny Armstrong, RSA, sustainability

Kept – Things don’t have to be rubbish

Founded by More Associates Director Luke Nicholson, Kept is a new movement celebrating the “stuff” that can be kept in the world, stuff that isn’t rubbish. “Together we will help the people who still design and sell rubbish to embrace the change”, he explains.

Of course, we are in the throes of a worldwide recession, and we also face the urgent global crisis of climate change. Most of the new materials we take out of the ground to drive our economy are rubbish just one month later. This makes a huge contribution to both problems. If we’re going to ’spend our way out’, we shouldn’t be buying products that are designed to go into landfill.

Most of the stuff we can buy today is rubbish, and it was designed to be rubbish. Literally. Now, that’s not easy for us to say; we invented some of it, designed some of it, photographed it, advertised it, wrote about it, composed music for it and in the end we went out and bought it. Kept has been started as a way to make things better. Companies have to make products and services that meet our needs without extracting virgin materials from the ground, and without creating systems that routinely bury products that still have life in them. This will help them – by using fewer materials and less energy in clever ways, they can actually become more financially successful.

Kept represents anyone who wants to have great stuff in their lives, and who wants stuff to be better. Kept will be working with companies who care about the stuff they make, and wouldn’t want it to do harm. And will help government to understand what they can do (or not do) to bring about the improvements we all want.

To get involved, Kept is asking you to tell your stories and share what “things” you value and cherish. Submit your stories about the things you have kept, big or small, by visiting www.kept.it or if you use twitter just add #kept to your tweet!

You can follow the project news @keptintheloop and please join the project the Kept Facebook Group where we will be raising questions and sharing news, insights and debate.

Filed under: On Community, On Culture, On Education, On Sustainability , Design, Kept, Luke Nicholson, products, rubbish, stuff, Sustainable, things don't have to be rubbish, Waste

Cumulus Conference: Confronting Challenge with Change

Asking how technology, globalisation and sustainability will impact the creative sector? And, further, how they impact the education sector? Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication presents the 2009 Cumulus Conference: ‘Confronting Challenge with Change’ at the O2, on 27 – 30 May 2009. Key note speakers include Lord David Puttnam, Dr Angela Dumas, Sir Ken Robinson, Prof. Robin Baker OBE and many other industry and education leaders.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Education, On Events, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Confronting Challenge with Change, Cumulus Conference, Design, Globalisation, sustainability, Technology

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20th 2009, followed by other countries. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at archive footage from 2007 and asking: why didnt we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Filed under: On Community, On Culture, On Ethics, On Research, On Society, On Sustainability , age of stupid, Change, climate change, Film, future

An Unchained Interview

Back in December 2008, I interviewed Lea Simpson, co-founder of Unchained, the online guide to independent shopping in London and New York. Behance Magazine have published the interview today, so do take a look to find out more!

Filed under: On Ethics, On People, On Social Design, On Sustainability, On Writing & Criticism , Lea Simpson, Unchained

UK Environmental Book Design of 2008

Last weekend The Green Marketing Manifesto by John Grant was announced winner of the Environmental Award at the 2008 British Book Design and Production Awards. Designed and delivered by sustainable innovation practice More Associates, the hardback book reflects its content by reducing its embodied carbon and waste impact through its production methods.

John Grant is author of four books on new marketing and was a former co-founder of St Luke’s, a socially aware ad agency. He now operates as an independent consultant and recent clients include the BBC, Cisco, IKEA, innocent drinks, Microsoft and Unilever. In a blog entry, John notably highlights that books remain a relatively carbon inefficient way of spreading knowledge. However, as Luke Nicholson of More Associates explains “…it’s important to remember the impact of the lifespan of the text. If writers like John can create books that will be kept for decades by their readers, then the paper is used hundreds of times more efficiently than most of our print material.”

Congratulations go to John Grant, More Associates, to TJ International who produced the book, and to publishers Wiley.

Filed under: On Graphic Design, On Sustainability , Graphic Design, John Grant, Luke Nicholson, More Associates, sustainability, The Green Marketing Manifesto

Represent presents “Future Present”

With Christmas just around the corner, it is time not only to think about your presents but also how you wrap them! In the UK alone, we use more than 8,000 tones of wrapping paper every year for our Christmas presents!! In a bid to challenge this problem, London based agency Represent have challenged the design community to develop innovative and eco-friendly solutions to the problem, by designing sustainable and totally tape-free ways to wrap a Christmas gift. Introducing Future Present!

Twenty best ideas have been selected and are appearing daily on the Represent website and in the studio’s ‘advent’ window throughout the month!. This is a great concept and an important consideration this christmas. So, what will you use to wrap your gifts!?

Filed under: On Culture, On Graphic Design, On Sustainability , Christmas, Eco-friendly, Future Present, Giftwrap, london, Mike Radcliffe, Paper, Represent, sustainability, Sustainable, UK, Wrapping Paper

Sustainable Design for Print

Written by Kate Andrews for Greengaged, September 2008.
Photography by Kate Andrews, copyright of Greengaged.

Did you know that recycling one tonne of paper can save 7000 gallons of water, 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space and 4000kw of energy!? On Friday afternoon at Greengaged, non profit enterprise Three Trees Don’t Make a Forest held a three hour sustainable print and paper workshop to explore how different print processes affect recyclability, and how you can reduce the impact through the design process.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On Sustainability , Caroline Clark, Graphic Design, Green, greengaged, Nat Hunter, Paper, Sophie Thomas, sustainability, Three Trees Don't Make a Forest

Green Spin: Should we believe the hype?

On Friday evening, as part of the magnificent Greengaged hub of sustainability events (at London’s Design Council), a series of leading speakers will debate; “Should we believe the hype? Green Marketing, spin and substance.”

In 2007, 70% of the US’s GDP was generated from consumption. UK household waste has been growing by 2% – 3% per cent a year. The average shopper in the developed world shopper adds 3 tonnes of CO2 to their carbon footprint by simply buying stuff. Products and services are clicking on to the big sell of green. In the climate of economic down turn how can we create behaviour change in consumers who are bombarded by advertising and bored of green wash.

Chaired by Lucy Siegle from The Observer, the speakers include: Ed Gillespie (Futerra), Sophie Thomas (thomas.matthews), Stewart Rassier (Saatchi & Saatchi S), Richard George (Plane Stupid), Chris Sherwin (Forum for the Future), John Grant (author of The Green Marketing Manifesto).

To join the debate visit Greengaged.com and book your place! Kick off is at 6.30pm.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Culture, On Education, On Ethics, On People, On Research, On Social Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Green, greengaged, greenwash, London Design Festival 2008, sustainability, thomas matthews

INDEX:AIGA Launches ‘Designing Water’s Future’

Calling design students to use their creative thinking skills to address the global fresh water crisis, the AIGA, INDEX, Circle of Blue and New York design firm Collins have collaborated to launch the first annual Aspen Design Challenge, ‘Designing Water’s Future’.

Filed under: On Graphic Design, On Sustainability , AIGA, Aspen Design Challenge, Designing Water's Future, INDEX

$16m Research Partnership to Investigate “Design Thinking”

The San Jose Business Journal has reported that Stanford University and the Hasso-Plattner-Institute have announced a $16 million research collaboration that will investigate “design thinking”. “The methodology that melds an end-user focus with multidisciplinary collaboration and iterative improvement to produce products, services or experiences.”

Filed under: On Research, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Co-Design, Collaboration, D.School, Design Research, Design Thinking, Standford

The ColaLife Campaign!

Over the last month, I have been helping Simon Berry (CEO, ruralnet|uk) promote his latest idea, and what an idea it is! “ColaLife” is a campaign aiming to leverage Coca Cola’s distribution muscle to distribute life saving medicines to children in developing countries. The idea is so simple, but until now has been difficult to evolve. The power of web 2.0 and social networking media however, has allowed Simon to digitally document his progress and to build a digital support network to develop the campaign.

“We can distribute Coca Cola all around the World but we can’t seem to get medication to save a child from something as simple as diarrhea and I think that that is wrong.” (Annie Lennox)

Since the launch of the campaign and due to the power of a Facebook group, Simon was invited by Salvatore Gabola, Coca-Cola’s Global Head of Stakeholder Relations, to a meeting to discuss the idea further at Coca-Cola’s European HQ in Brussels. The campaign’s Facebook group has reached over 3,890 members since its inception on 18 May 2008. It was nominated for the NewStatesman’s New Media Award in June and showcased at London’s 2gether08 festival on 3 July.

Filed under: On Ethics, On People, On Social Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Aid, Children, coca-cola, coke, ColaLife, Creativity, Kate Andrews, simon berry, social media, Social Networking

Green Patriotism Campaign by Michael Bierut

Earlier this month, more than sixty buses hit the streets of Cleveland encouraging “Green Patriotism” with banners and posters designed by Pentagram (and Cleveland-born) designer Michael Bierut. Promoting the ecologically sound use of mass transit and buses, and the development of green jobs in the manufacturing sector, the posters are visible on buses across the city throughout July. “The banners are part of a new environmentalism — one that sees action to address climate change as an imperative to protect both the American and world economies.”

Filed under: On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Environment, Graphic Design, Green, Green Patriotism, Michael Bierut, Pentagram, Social Design, sustainability

The UK Design Council launches ‘The Good Design Plan’

Building on its 2004 strategic plan, the Practical Power of Design, the UK Design Council has launched “The Good Design Plan”, a new three-year national strategy for design. Defining good design as ‘sustainable design’, it highlights five objectives for the council.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Design Council, Good Design, Service Design, Sustainable Design, The Good Design Plan, UK, What is Good Design

ManTowNHuman: Toward a New Humanism in Architecture

Last night saw the launch of the radical architecture manifesto ManTowNHuman. In the words of Nico Macdonald, it’s “[...] more progressive than First Things First.”

Founded by Director of The Future Cities Project, Austin Williams, the ManTowNHuman Manifesto was co-written by Alastair Donald, Richard J Williams, Karl Sharro, Alan Farlie and Debby Kuypers.

Toward a New Humanism in Architecture:

The time has come to re-think architecture.

The time has come to re-imagine the city.

The time has to re-engage with society.

The time has come to break free from building identity, community, and stability… and get on with building.

The time has come to challenge ‘what is permitted’, with ‘what could be’.

The time has come to break free of the architecture of limits.

The time has come to prioritise the human and downplay – and exploit – the so-called natural world.

Austin Williams’ opinion on The Future Cities Project website states, “Sustainability is killing creativity” …really!!? As an advocate of creativity and sustainable design, I feel, this is a debatable argument. How can architecture and building be as imaginative as it is (required to be) ecologically sound? Saddened to have missed the launch event last night.

+ ManTowNHuman.
+ BBC Newsnight: Architects to Launch Manifesto.

Filed under: On Culture, On Research, On Sustainability , architecture, future, Manifesto, ManTowNHuman, sustainability

The GreenHouse Project: Sustainable Living in Johannesburg

Short feature written for Inhabitat:

In the heart of South African city Johannesburg, a green focused community is transforming one urban park into a seedbed for sustainable living. Directed by Dorah Lebelo, The GreenHouse Project takes a holistic approach to integrating green building and design, efficient and renewable energy, recycling and organic farming into the city’s mindset. The Global Oneness Project recently interviewed Dorah to find out her motivations and intentions for this fantastic sustainable initiative.

Located in the northwest corner of Joubert Park, Johannesburg, The GreenHouse Project is an environmental NGO demonstrating sustainable living and development. In the Global Oneness Project video interview, Dorah explains how the five-pronged project approaches sustainability, by utilizing the skills of rural South African people and describes how this urban environment has everything it needs to sustain its community, without demanding more from further afield.

+ The Global Oneness Project
+ The Berkana Institute
+ Leader Network: Dorah Lebelo

Copyright photos courtesy of The Global Oneness Project.

Filed under: On Social Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Community, Johannesburg, South Africa, sustainability, Sustainable, The Global Oneness Project, The GreenHouse Project

The (Overdue) Review: Sustainability and Graphic Design

During the first few months writing for sustainability design blog Inhabitat.com, it became immediately and increasingly evident how many designers were bathing in the new challenges of sustainability. The worlds of fashion, architecture, interior and product design continued to excel with an ecological conscience, launching countless contemporary designs every week. Although not focused to the work of Graphic Design, taking a quick look around Inhabitat it is evident a sense of contemporary Communication Design is appreciated. Critical dialogue however, discussing the relevant relationships between sustainability and graphic design, is almost vacant (with no more than 15-20 graphic-related features). This, it would seem is a recurring trend in the sustainable design communities.

“I wish I could report that it [graphic design] was doing its bit. Trouble is, tap “sustainable graphic design” into Google and you get a thousand suggested links. But, tap “Helvetica Movie” in, and guess what, you get fifteen thousand. So in cyberspace at least, that makes people 15 times as interested in a movie about a typeface than how to design responsibly. Great.” [Johnson Banks]

I am therefore, excited to have read this week that respectable designer, writer and critic Anna Gerber is currently writing a new book on Graphic Design and Sustainability, scheduled for publication by Laurence King in Spring 2009. I hope this book will give the Communication Designer a friendly kick in a sustainable direction and ultimately help our discipline play catch up to the rest of the creative industry.

Designer and author of the 2004 publication All Messed Up, Unpredictable-Graphics, Anna Gerber continues to write extensively for the likes of Creative Review, Print, Varoom, Idea and Eye. Furthermore, in collaboration with Teal Triggs, Gerber also wrote a dialogue for Blueprint last year, introducing the new postgraduate course, MA Design Writing Criticism at London College of Communications, which is scheduled to start this fall.

Resources:

Anna Gerber

Anna Gerber: London College of Communication

All-Messed-Up-Unpredictable-Graphics, Anna Gerber, 2004

Filed under: On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On People, On Sustainability , Anna Gerber, Graphic Design, Graphic Design and Sustainability, london, London College of Communication, MA Design Writing Criticism, sustainability, Teal Triggs, Visual Communication

Communication Designers Need to Catch Up Fast

Article for DesignSessions: Are You a Good Designer?

When I was first asked to contribute a piece on design ethics to Design Sessions: Notes on Design, I wondered how I could credibly comment on such a complex and highly academic topic. Whilst sitting at the early stages of my creative career, I wondered how many of us really understand what it means to be a “good” designer, and asked myself, if and how, I am a “good” (socially-responsible) designer?

Design Ethics

Throughout every stage of my creative training, I have echoed the belief that design is “quintessentially an ethical process” (Devon and Poel 2002). I strongly believe that Communication Design has a positive and negative ability to affect social change, but recognize that its influential power should be treated with respect and careful consideration, of its use, from all its designers.

Filed under: Art & Design, On Culture, On Education, On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On People, On Research, On Social Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Communication Design, design ethics, Ethics, future, Graphic Design, Kate Andrews, Social Design, Visual Communication

John Thackara on Wodcast

Forever an inspiration voice, John Thackara is a symposiarch who designs events, projects, and organizations. Director of Doors of Perception (Doors), and author of the awe-inspiring publication, In the Bubble, John has for the last two years lead the Design of the Times (dott 07) project in North East England.

“If you attend certain events, read certain books or policy papers it is possible at the minute, to formulate a world view whereby design is the panacea of all ills.” Wodcast.

Recorded at Intersections07, Wodcast recently caught up with John to discuss the dott 07 project, design and social change, sustainability, and design education. Thackara explains how designers should not see themselves as the cause of social problems, or pretend to have all the answers to solve them. The interview is short but definately worth listening to.

All the Intersections Conference podcasts can be found at The Design Council website.

Filed under: On Education, On Ethics, On People, On Social Design, On Society, On Sustainability , Change, Culture, Design, design education, DOTT07, Intersections, interview, John Thackara, podcast, Social Change, Social Design, Society, sustainability, wodcast

Project H Design: Lifestraws for Mumbai!

Following the success of last month’s initiative to fund 75 Hippo Rollers for South African community Kgautswane, Project H Design is at it again! Emily is currently in Uganda and informs me she has just launched the latest Project H initiative – Lifestraws for Mumbai! At only $25 each, Project H Design aims to donate 100 (or more!) Lifestraw Family systems to Mumbai, India.

Lifestraw Family is an amazing point-of-use water filtration device designed and manufactured by Vestergaard Frandsen that eliminates 99.999% of waterborne disease bacteria, parasites, and viruses, bringing clean drinking water quickly and reliably, and preventing life-threatening disease from spreading through unclean water.

Lots of support is needed again, to help with the success of this project, so why not help this initiative and sponser a Lifestraw! Its only $25 to sponsor one Lifestraw family system!

+ Design21 Feature: Project Leader, Emily Pilloton

Filed under: On Culture, On Ethics, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Design, Emily Pilloton, lifestraws, mumbai, non-profit, Project H Design, Social Design, Sponsor

Gyongy Laky designs Green Typography for The New York Times

With thanks to Abigail Doan over at Inhabitat.com for highlighting the great typographic work for The New York Times Magazine’s Green Issue. Artist Gyongy Laky’s sculptural type really challenges the concept of sustainable typography! Fantastic. Echoing the sentiments of Sagmeister’s hand-made typography, it is great to see such contemporary typography used for media headlines.

+ New York Times: Green Issue
+ New York Times Video
+ Gyongy Laky
+ Via. Inhabitat.com

Filed under: On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On Sustainability

Water Poster, by Alex Jarvis

This poster by 23 yr old UK designer Alex Jarvis explains the advantages of drinking tap water as opposed to buying bottled water.

Filed under: On Ethics, On Graphic Design, On People, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Alex Jarvis, design ethics, Graphic Design, Social Design

Building on the Green Agenda

Great TED talk from Norman Foster, Building on the Green Agenda.

Recorded at the DLD Conference, Munich, Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and “basically pollution-free.” He shares projects from throughout his career, from the pioneering roof-gardened Willis Building (1975) to the London Gherkin (2004). He also comments on two upcoming megaprojects: a pipe to bring water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, and the new Beijing airport.

The DLD (Digital Life Design) Conference, in Munich, Germany, is hosted by publisher Hubert Burda and Israeli investor Yossi Vardi, covering digital innovation, media and design.

Filed under: On Culture, On Ethics, On People, On Social Design, On Sustainability , buckminster fuller, digital world, DLD, Environment, green agenda, norman foster, sustainability, TED

BANISH the Plastic Bag!

On 13 March 2008, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announced the 2008 Budget, which says it includes “[...] measures aimed at tackling climate change.”

However, it is interesting to note how the greenness of the budget is being widely criticised. In response to Darling’s Budget, the Green Party’s Caroline Lucas described it as a:

[…] criminal wasted opportunity to set the country on the path towards a more sustainable future [...] Instead of seizing the opportunity to reshape our economy to deal with the serious threat of climate change, Alistair Darling used his much-awaited first Budget to set out a weak and flimsy agenda, which brought new definition to the word “greenwash”.

Initially, encouraged that the government is a least listening to the public acknowledgment, that action needs to be taken to tackle climate change, however it was shocking to realise how small a step has been taken to eradicate plastic bags. One of the budget actions, to [potentially] charge for plastic carrier bags, IF retailers fail to take ‘enough’ (?) voluntary action to reduce their use, by next year… is ridiculous. Firstly, by focusing the public attention to the potential cost (one of those many purchasing decision-makers) of plastic bags, in my eyes completely undermines the global challenge that is climate change, blinding them to see problems caused by aviation and the like. As Lucas quite rightly argued, surely the Chancellor should be focusing on the feasibility of phasing out plastic bags altogether? If so many USA states can survive without the carrier, surely we can!?

Unsurprisingly, the UK retailers kicked up a fuss about the bag charges however, on a more positive note, the Daily Mail Newspaper did launch a BAN THE BAG campaign [pictured above], so maybe just maybe such media campaigns are our only hope in helping the public see the reality.

Filed under: On Culture, On Society, On Sustainability , 2008 Budget, Alistair Darling, climate change, Consumerism, Environment, Plastic, Plastic Bag, UK, Waste

Noah’s Ark of Seeds (the real plan b)

Ever wondered what would happen, if we fail to prevent Climate Change? The Guardian Newspaper recently reported the ‘doomsday’ back up plan… (the real “Plan B”), The Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

February 26 2008: An ambitious project to safeguard the world’s future food supplies was inaugurated today. The £1.7m “Noah’s ark of seeds” near the town of Longyearbyen, in Norway’s remote Svalbard islands, will protect the 2m seeds that represent the world’s agricultural biodiversity against threats such as nuclear war, asteroid impact, terrorist attack, climate change and rising sea levels.

Filed under: On Social Design, On Sustainability , climate change, Environment, evolution, food supply, future, Noah’s Ark of Seeds, norway, seeds, Svalbard Global Seed Vault

[the lack of...] Sustainable Graphic Design

“I wish I could report that it [graphic design] was doing its bit. Trouble is, tap “sustainable graphic design” into Google and you get a thousand suggested links. But, tap “Helvetica Movie” in, and guess what, you get fifteen thousand. So in cyberspace at least, that makes people 15 times as interested in a move about typeface than how to design responsibly. Great.”

- Johnson Banks [04.10.07], Thought of the Day: Leaching it of any Meaning.

Filed under: On Culture, On Graphic Design, On People, On Research, On Social Design, On Sustainability, On Typography , Design, google search, Graphic Design, helvetica, helvetica movie, johnson banks, sustainable graphic design

The Masdar Initiative… straight out of Hollywood

Norman Foster’s Masdar City is poised to become world’s most sustainable, zero-waste, car-free, carbon neutral city. This promotional video reminds me of a sci-fi blockbuster trailer.. and quite frankly, if this is the future of sustainable living, I am absolutely terrified!

Via. Inhabitat.com

Filed under: On Sustainability , City, Eco, Foster + Partners, Masdar, sustainability, Urban

The Designers Accord

Seemingly a really positive initative from a list of iconic design leaders and organisations, The Designers Accord is “a coalition of design and innovation firms focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact.” Partnered with the AIGA and IDSA, The Designers Accord was founded by IDEO’s Valerie Casey and hosts an advisory panel including: Paul Hawken (Natural Capital Institute), Tim Brown (IDEO), Allan Chochinov (Core77), Jen van der Meer (o2NYC) and Marc Alt (Marc Alt + Partners). The movement they explain ’started as a call to arms for designers to engage in the environmental movement with optimism and creativity …It is our obligation to use our knowledge, experience, and reach to positively influence what we design and consume.’

Filed under: On Education, On Graphic Design, On People, On Social Design, On Sustainability , Environment, IDEO, The Designers Accord, Valerie Casey