Green Options

"Mr. Green" poster design by Von Glitschka

Sustainability is becoming a pressing concern to the graphic design community. Designers are buzzing about it as they try to green their own practices and make sense of it all. In order to tap into this buzz, I organized a round table virtual discussion with several people involved in the design industry to chat about green design and the growing sensibilities

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AIGA Center for Sustainable Design web site

Sustainability has become a buzz word in the design industry. Graphic design industry magazines such as HOW and Communication Arts are publishing articles (and even entire issues) devoted to green design regularly. Designers are starting to pay attention and change the way they work.

Sustainable and eco-conscious design has been a long time

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We probably come into contact with paper and paper products more often than any other material throughout our lives. Humans have been using paper since ancient times, developing it over the years to adapt to different cultures, materials, and uses. Today, paper makes up 35% of our waste stream, but only 48% of the paper products we use is recovered for recycling. That means over half the paper we use is filling up

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