Let's Go Green
One simple motto - 'Buy and use only what you really need and then get rid of it properly when you have finished with it' - could make a huge difference in helping to reduce the mountain of waste that is threatening to destroy our eco-system. As those responsible, in one way or another, for most of the products we purchase, designers bear a heavy responsibility to make sure that our shopping is environmentally friendly. But many are worried about the supposed higher costs, the potential loss of clients and the restrictions on creativity that this might involve.
IdN v17n3: Eco-Graphics Issue
Contents:
Motion Gallery: Ready… Get set… Go!
Feature: Yes, designers can save the planet
Creative Country: Boom time for Danish designers
Type Casting: Emil Bertell
Studio: Close encounters of a street-wise kind
POTM
Specifications:
102 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process, spot UV
80 minutes DVD Video included
IdN v17n3: Eco-Graphics Issue Sampler
Ready… Get set… Go!
From a morning jog to a lunchtime gym session to an after-work kickabout with friends in the park to a trip to the pub to watch a live football match, many of us find that our existence is dominated these days by sport. If we’re not taking part in it we’re watching it – or ads that feature it. And the sporting superstars can make even more money from endorsing various products and services then from their already generously awarded competitive careers. All this is music to the ears of the advertising industry, which increasingly uses sports-mania as a hook with which to grab viewer’s attention.
Featuring:
Addictive TV | Elastic | Ink Project | Jared Eberhardt | Motion Theory | Nexus | Rob Chiu | Universal Everything
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Yes, designers can save the planet
We have found 22 designers and design units who, rather than shying away from such a challenge, have actively embraced it. They believe that eco-design is the only way to go and they are putting their money where their mouth is by dedicating themselves to sustainable practices in their design processes. We think you will be inspired - both their words and their work.
Featuring:
999 Design | Airside | Anna Garforth | Becky Redman | Ciclus | David Graas | De Designpolitie | Design by Mar | Giles Miller | i29 | Justin Gignac | Marco Martins | Narani Kannan | Paul Woods | Philippe Intraligi | Postcarden | Sanjeev Shankar | The Design Office | The Fun Theory | Thomas Matthews | Tom Wriggleworth & Matt Robinson | Treasured Trash
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Creative Country: Boom time for Danish designers
Copenhagen is one of the world's most environmentally friendly cities and was a natural choice to host last year's UN Climate Change Conference. It is also something of a Utopia for creative industries such as design, art, architecture and cuisine. But as more and more talented people move there, the competition is becoming ever fiercer. Has this been a good or a bad development? We ask 11 leading Danish designers -- and also get them to tell us something about the scene in their country and their own work.
Featuring:
Kasper Pyndt | Rikke Otte | Philip Dam Roadley (Battin) | Flydende Lava Studio | Emil Hartvig Studio | Jakob Holmsberg Studio | Kriss Creol | The Emperor of Antarctica | Daddy Studio | Tarik Arnautovic | Viggo Morck
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Type Casting
Emil Bertell's fonts and images both collide and co-exist in a truly unique fashion. He started creating his own type-faces when still at an art-oriented high school in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. Now he is parlaying this sharp eye for the effect that words and pictures can have on each other into a promising career.
Featuring:
Emil Bertell
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Studio: Close encounters of a street-wise kind
Urban street art has been around for a couple of decades now, but high up on the list of its pioneers is the name of Eddy Desplanques aka WK Interact. His work has been appearing on building façades in downtown Manhattan since late 1990 and is now ubiquitous throughout New York City as well as being showcased through his collaborations with other artists and many well-known brands. To say nothing of his own Lower East Side gallery.
Featuring:
Eddy Desplanques aka WK Interact
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Toronto, Canada
Nature and animals, in angular shapes and a small palette of spot colors make each piece an elusive visual narrative.
Ancona, Italy
“Surely humour and optimism are characteristics of many Italian citizens, especially people in southern regions of Italy, the land of my origins and my family. It’s important for me to play with humour and think positive … All with calm and patience.”
Los Angeles, USA
Simone Lueck's first solo exhibition "The Once and Future Queens" is at the all new Kopeikin Gallery. / Opening: 18 SEP 2010 / Time: 7:34-10:00 PM / Venue: Kopeikin Gallery, 2766 La Cienega Blv, LA / Exhibition until: 23 OCT 2010
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Illinois, USA
“I first started designing on a computer when I took a commercial design class at my high school in 2002. I instantly fell in love with Photoshop and Illustrator and have been working with both nonstop since.”
Copenhagen, Denmark
“I like the research part of the creative process, both because projects tend to come out more solid when based on good research but also for personal growth – you learn a lot when researching."
10 DESIGNERS / 10 CURATORS
We have asked 10 top-of-the-class creatives to answer a couple of questions — how do they view today's design scene, and what advice would they offer newcomers to it? Not only that, but our Top 10 have been generous enough to pick out 10 peers whose work they believe deserves greater prominence for your enjoyment. A feast of inspiration, then, for everybody in the art and design business.
Sydney, Australia
Daniel O'Toole aka Ears is exhibiting "War Paint" as part of the Lo-Fi Collective series of exhibitions. / Date: 11 SEP 2010 / Time: 6PM / Venue: 383 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, Sydney
North Carolina, USA
Black linework, vicious looking monsters and creatures, and a vibrant colour palette characterize Van Beater’s chaotic creations.
London, UK
“We wanted to create something that gave the receiver a bit more joy and entertainment by getting people to interact and appreciate the humble greeting card in a new light.”
Oregon, USA
“My work has always been about juxtaposing 2 worlds, several unlikely mediums, or techniques. This is directly an influence of my upbringing and current interests and inspiration. I couldn't imagine doing my work any different.”
Nottingham, UK
Check out "Violations" #10 and #15 by Ben Woodeson exhibiting machines that flout health and safety rules! / Opening: 4 SEP 2010 / Time: 6-8PM / Venue: Trade Gallery, 1 Thoresby Street, Nottingham, UK / Exhibition until: 19 SEP 2010
Los Angeles, USA
Lets just say you wouldn't want to run into any of Callos’s personalities in a dark alley!
Berlin, Germany
Tina Berning collaborates with fashion photographer Michelangelo di Battista in "FACE/project" / Opening: 4th SEPT 2010 / Venue: CAMERA WORK, Kantstrasse 149, 10623 Berlin / Exhibition until: 30th OCT 2010
