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Systems Thinking is the way

A Proposal to Connect all Design for the Common Good

(Read the full call to action here). Systems Thinking is “the way” The current model of teaching and practicing design is rooted in Colonial Imperialism which rejects the cyclical process of... read more →
  • February 18, 2021
  • Eric Benson
  • Systems thinking
Behind the Syllabus

Climate Designers – Behind the Syllabus: A Four-Episode Climate Podcast!

Since the summer of 2019, Re-nourish has been helping to get the Climate Designers project launched and effective in creating climate action in the design community. As part of that... read more →
  • July 17, 2020
  • Eric Benson
  • Articles, Climate Desigenrs, Systems thinking, Teaching

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

How to teach systems thinking to designers: An Illinois Case Study

At the end of our 2016 book “Design to Renourish: Sustainable Graphic Design In Practice,” we wrote that our systems thinking for designers process was in its infancy and and... read more →
  • January 25, 2018
  • Eric Benson
  • Articles, Education, Systems thinking, Teaching
Design to Renourish books

Writing a book, publishing it, and the path ahead

It’s finally here! Our book Design to Renourish: Sustainable Graphic Design in Practice is available! The process of writing the book has been quite a journey! After two full years... read more →
  • January 9, 2017
  • Yvette Perullo
  • Design to Renourish, Systems thinking
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AIGA Nuts+Bolts

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 we presented our talk "Retooling Graphic Design Assignments: Building the Framework for a Sustainable Future" at AIGA Nuts+Bolts in Bowling Green, Ohio.  Historically, to create,... read more →
  • June 13, 2016
  • Yvette Perullo
  • Conferences, Education, Systems thinking
CAA poster display

Design to Re-nourish

I have been working on this poster for the upcoming College Art Association conference in NYC being held next week. My goal was to show the interrelationships between various parts... read more →
  • February 9, 2013
  • Yvette Perullo
  • Conferences, Exhibitions, Systems thinking
Renewable Electrification Administration posters

Graphic Advocacy Posters

The exhibition: "Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for a Digital World 2001–2012" will feature 122 posters. The exhibition will open first at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts. The... read more →
  • January 30, 2013
  • Eric Benson
  • Exhibitions, Systems thinking

New Standards to Define the Sustainability of Our Design Work, Studios, and Print Partners

Why do We Need Standards? Author and activist Paul Hawken argues that our natural resources are “the foundation of our economy.”  Without our water, timber, air and land our economy would... read more →
  • January 13, 2012
  • Eric Benson
  • Systems thinking
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
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