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what is life-centered systems thinking

Climify is back! Season 2 is ready for you!

Eric is hosting, and Re-nourish again is sponsoring the current season of Climify on the Climate Designers' network. Season 2 will feature a range of provocative and engaging climate and... read more →
  • July 24, 2022
  • Eric Benson
  • Climate Desigenrs, Climify, Interviews, Projects
what makes a good day print

“What makes a good day?” Print

As part of my existential search to figure out my life, I'm taking it day-by-day. In that journey, I have asked myself for years "what makes a good day?" I... read more →
  • January 28, 2021
  • Eric Benson
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what makes a good day?

What makes a good day?

What makes a good day?  This is a question I’ve been asking myself daily even before my normal routine was hijacked by the 2020 pandemic. Days currently blend together. I... read more →
  • December 21, 2020
  • Eric Benson
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Veronica Pham

Behind the Pen: How our illustrations were made with artist Veronica Pham

When we decided to re-do the content and look of our site, we knew we wanted to return to our roots of digital illustrations. When we switched to photography, it... read more →
  • January 29, 2020
  • Eric Benson
  • Articles, Artists, Projects

Systems Thinking for the Graphic Designer 101: A Toolkit for Making Positive Impact

The planet and humanity needs designers to change the way they make things. This was the astutely accurate thesis from the 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by... read more →
  • December 8, 2019
  • Eric Benson
  • Projects, Systems thinking, Workshops

The Material is the Message

This past spring 2014 semester I joined forces with two other design educators from vastly different teaching institutions than my own to test the most effective way to teach sustainable... read more →
  • June 14, 2014
  • Eric Benson
  • Conferences, Education, Projects

Designers and Architects Meet a Sustainable Farmer

During the fall of 2011, I had coffee with a Professor from Architecture where we hatched out a plan to use our respective spring 2012 courses to create a functioning... read more →
  • June 20, 2012
  • Eric Benson
  • Education, Exhibitions, Projects
rightsize

Teaching Systems Thinking Helps Create More Sustainable Designers

As I've written before about teaching sustainability in manageable chunks, I took the opportunity this fall 2011 semester to continue to perfect this pedagogy. I allow the students to only... read more →
  • December 15, 2011
  • Eric Benson
  • Education, Projects, Systems thinking
unwrapped

Unwrapped: Packaging Waste in the U.S.

Information visualization explores how to represent data and communicate information in effective and interesting ways. This semester at Purdue University, I am taking a course in Information Visualization Design where... read more →
  • December 13, 2011
  • Yvette Perullo
  • Exhibitions, Projects
fresh press

Sustainable Design & Agri-Fiber Waste Labs

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... read more →
  • March 15, 2011
  • Eric Benson
  • Fresh Press, Projects, Research
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