April 27th is World Graphic Design Day, and the Canadian design community celebrated with GDC announcing new sustainability definitions and principles for its members at the National AGM in Winnipeg on April 26th. This is a huge leap for [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Categories: Associations, Design, News, Sustainability | 1 Comment »
Most of us have already seen Microsoft’s impressive multi-touch display technology, but I’m not sure how accurate this utopian portrait of the future of computing is, called Microsoft Sustainability. Pretty awesome bit of mot [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Inspiration, Motion-graphics, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »
Here’s an article about Hemlock Printers on BC Hydro’s website about their hard work to protect our environment. Good work guys! Now, can I UV coat, laminate, foil stamp, hot glue and add thermography to that booklet project? [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
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Dutch design firm SPRANQ has developed a new typeface that incorporates their concern for the environment. Ecofont is a typeface similar in look to Vera Sans, but resembles Swiss cheese in its makeup. The aerated font uses 20% less ink to [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Categories: Design, Pop Culture, Sustainability, Typography | No Comments »
As the “Big 3″ automakers scramble to stay a float, one company is rethinking the electric automobile. XP Vehicles Inc. have developed an electric car based on the Mars Lander technology that would make it the first inflatab [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, January 4th, 2009
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The LA Auto Show is home to the largest west coast display of cutting edge vehicular design and engineering. Every year the show opens its design challenge to any automaker that feels like they are up for flexing their creative muscle. Th [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Categories: Design, Events, Illustration, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »
During the research and planning phase of an upcoming GDC event—Practivism: Practical methods for radical sustainability in design—I came across Alyssa Walker’s article Conventional Wisdom: Eight Ways to Save Design Conferences. [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
Categories: Associations, Design, Events, Learning, Sustainability, Vancouver | No Comments »
UPDATE: So far he’s raised just under $10,000 and has been featured in the National Post, The Huffington Post and The Metro. Throw in some interviews on CBC and CKNW and there’s quite a bit of support behind this initiative. [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, News, Sustainability | 1 Comment »
One of my good friends recently took the plunge and moved his life to the Cambridge University in the UK to study Sustainable Engineering. Brendan Baker has been researching the eventual environmental impacts made during product design. H [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
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Mark and I just got back from the HOW Conference in Boston and far and way the most memorable presentation had NOTHING to do with design at all. Enter Chad Pregracke and his organization Living Land and Water. It was 45 minutes of go go g [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
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