May
13
This is the first in three installments of an in-depth look at the future of design education... the designer as social entrepreneur. J. Gregory Dees (Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship) wrote in his introduction to his 1998 landmark article The Meaning of Entrepreneurship (PDF):...
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Apr
22
A few weeks ago (April 2-3, 2011) the AIGA Chicago Chapter held their first ever event which tasked designers to work side-by-side with with a client (Growing Home) to collaboratively solve their strategic needs. This sold-out two-day event embraced the idea of Co-Design. Co-Design (or Collaborative Design) argues that the...
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Apr
17
I had the distinct pleasure this past Thursday (April 14, 2011) to speak at the AIGA Wisconsin's "Sustainable Design Thinking" event. Modern's Species' Gage Mitchell was the facilitator for me getting up to Madison from Champaign, IL. Gage and his wife Jennifer, and Brittany Barry were amazing hosts and I look...
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Mar
15
Yesterday I was awarded a $22,500 grant from the University of Illinois Student Sustainability Committee to investigate a more sustainable means of making paper from agri-fiber and agri-fiber waste. I feel it would be extremely remiss for me not to say that I’m beyond excited.. Below is the first two pages...
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Feb
13
Eric Benson presented the following talk on February 10, 2011 at the College Art Association Conference in New York City, as part of CAA's 99th annual conference. The imagery and politics used to sell food from the supermarket to the farmer’s market vary but share an important similarity: they were...
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Jan
10
In a recent article here on Re-nourish, I wrote about the importance of connecting the students' values to those principles set forth in the concept of sustainability to best intertwine it within the student designers' process. This past fall 2010 semester at the University of Illinois School of Art + Design,...
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Oct
25
On October 27, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM, this blog entry will serve as means to facilitate a discussion around the topic: Connecting Values: Teaching Sustainability to Graphic Designers. Feel free to log-in and comment on the abstract below and add to this exciting discourse during the Glide10...
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Oct
06
The following is a guest post from Re-nourish intern Amy Parker. An undergraduate student at New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Amy spent the summer researching sustainable design, helping to update our Paper Finder tool, and designing a pair of desktop wallpapers for our readers. A...
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Aug
24
This past spring, I taught a junior-level graphic design methodology studio course in which I was excited to focus the bulk of the term on educating the students about sustainable design processes and theories. Back in January of 2010, when I was planning the class, I struggled mightily to balance...
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Jul
07
My poster "Drill Spill Kill" will be on display at the Great Oil Leak Show August 6-7 at Bricks and Bombs in Baton Rouge, LA and August 14- September 14 at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, LA. The poster will be printed on 100% PCW New Leaf...
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