PROJECT M 2009 ///

Project M is now accepting applications for Summer 2009.

GOOD50×70 ///

Good50×70 is an initiative that was started to give charities access to top-notch design work. Seven charities/briefs are created and designers all around the world are encouraged to submit poster designs in response to various causes, such as AIDS/HIV, Child labor, Healthcare, War, etc.

Go do some good.

Designers Against Tibetan Abuse ///

Designers Against Tibetan Abuse (on sale Feb 2nd 2009) is the first project by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse. Founded by Rishi Sodha in the summer of 2008, a non-profit organisation, DAHRA exists to promote and raise awareness amongst those involved in the creative industry of their social, political and ethical responsibilities as well as to raise awareness of different instances of Human Rights Abuse.

PRINCETON DESIGN CONFERENCE ///

I’m happy to announce BETTER: Design for Social Cause taking place at Princeton University on February 28, 2009. BETTER is a design conference that brings together visionaries behind some of the world’s most celebrated designs and students from all over the nation to discuss the possibility for graphic design to serve as an agent for social change.

This year’s speakers include:
Brian Collins & Leland Maschmeyer, COLLINS
Jessica Helfand & William Drenttel, Winterhouse Studio
Abbott Miller, Pentagram
Debra Rizzi, Rizco Design
Jurek Wajdowicz, Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios
Jeffrey Zeldman, Happy Cog Studios