gorgeous.

(by maneeacc)

(via robot-heart)

AWESOME!

Nancy Reagan & MrT @ Christmas1983

awesome 60s packaging

advertising for a paper company

MLK Day. Be inspired.

aconversationoncool:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. 
-Martin Luther King

(via etsy)

beautiful concept. love the calla lilly shoe. would have been perfect for my wedding!

http://www.designyearbook.com/2010/05/shoe-fleur-by-michel-tcherevkoff.html

really digging these Waitrose packaging designs. So simple & awesome!

http://www.designyearbook.com/2009/01/waitrose-01.html

Apologies for the long overdue nature of this update, but here is where I have arrived in my thesis adventure after four months of work. This is the half-way point.

THE BACKBONE:

After loads of research into the current market for “green” graphic design and it’s (hopeful) future, I created a kind of skeleton of ideals for the design studio grow from. Summed up in a mission statement:

“Foliage will be a transparent ecologically responsible design studio, from its inner workings to its creations. We will merge the triple bottom line of people, profit and planet with beautiful & innovative design, making everything we do fresh.”

The foundations are separated into 4 sections, People, Planet, Profit, Product (drawing from C2C and D4S). The guidelines are elaborated on below.

THE BOOK:

I created a research & development book to contain all of the work done so far, and the planning for the next steps of Foliage. It’s french fold, using reclaimed paper, tape bound, for simple separations and recycling, and the covers are thin sheets of natural wood.

THE NEXT STEPS:

Things I will be designing in the coming 4 months:

Website, Branding & Brand book, Green design awareness campaign/Advertising (tshirts, posters, etc.), Studio signage.

So, this is where I am now. Any comments, ideas and questions are very welcome.

-Sarah

greeneconomy:

Why Create a CSR Report? http://ow.ly/1aJMhA

unconsumption:

Start-up called RecycleBank described here. 

Using truck-mounted scales and bins with electronic identification tags, the company weighs the paper, glass, and metal left on the curb by individual households and rewards them with shopping discounts.

Think of it as ‘frequent flyer points for recycling.’ Every month, RecycleBank deposits a weight-based credit in each recycler’s account. Those points can be used for discounts on products or services. The companies honoring the points are happy for the business and the goodwill that comes with encouraging a “green” project.

Inkless / tonerless printers aren’t exactly new, but here’s a more novel approach: inkless, tonerless, and completely reusable. The PrePeat rewritable printer is exactly that: using special paper made of PET plastic, you can make all the flowcharts and meeting notes you need, and when you want to start fresh, feed the paper back in to start fresh. Upfront cost is 500,000 yen (about $5,600 in US) for the printer and 300 yen for each sheet, in lots of 1,000 — which we’re taking to mean at least another 300,000 yen / $3,360 to get some use out of it. Each piece of paper is said to work about 1,000 times, but no word on how much (if any) history can be extracted from the materials — just keep that in mind should sensitive information be your daily trade. Video demonstration after the break.

and contained punch-outs for branding

(photos used as fillers, thank you if they are yours!)

logo for the studio

logo designs (punchouts) for the studio

thinking it will be awesome for versatility

(photos used as fillers, thank you if they are yours!)