Print: Sustainability

Shoeboxes Go Green

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:43:00 -0500

His company fuseproject delivers an array of design projects that consistently redefine genres. With innovative designs such as Puma’s “Clever Little Bag” shoebox, One Laptop Per Child, and the PACT underwear brand, Béhar and co. are relentlessly rethinking our everyday lives, transforming mundane objects into experiences that spark delight and imagination.

Toeing the Triple Bottom Line

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:43:00 -0500

As the chief design officer at Johnson & Johnson’s Global Strategic Design Office, Chris Hacker is ambitiously pursuing a plan to make sustainable design a company norm. The innovations he’s shepherded during his five-year tenure include removing the paperboard box from Tylenol packaging, sourcing sustainably managed wood for Band-Aid boxes, and working with an impoverished Brazilian community to recycle plastic.

Three Nonprofits Offer Insight into the Changing Sustainability Debate

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:25:00 -0500

These organizations are creating innovative campaigns, developing guidelines, and doing the essential R&D that corporations, governments, and individuals are using to adopt more sustainable practices. Here, the leaders of three nonprofits offer insights about design’s role in the shift.

How 3 Corporations are Putting Their Green Foot Forward

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:45:00 -0500

Here's how John Delfausse (Estee Lauder), Scott Vitters (Coca-Cola), and Juergen Dornheim (Procter & Gamble) are expanding their life-cycle-assessment tools to lessen the footprint of products and operations from cradle to cradle.

Carry Hope: Büro Destruct for Greenpeace

Wed, 05 May 2010 17:18:00 -0500

“We chose Greenpeace because they are one of the first organizations dedicated to caring about our Earth. Our symbol expresses the payback of nature.”

The Carry Hope Tote Bags are Now Available

Wed, 05 May 2010 16:08:00 -0500

We invited 12 of our own favorite designers to submit tote designs to be sold in support of their chosen charities. Christoph Niemann, Geoff McFetridge, Deanne Cheuk, and others generously gave their time and talent.

Carry Hope

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:17:00 -0500

For the next issue of Print we have invited 12 leading visual artists to choose a cause they would like to support and create a design for tote bags that will be sold

Best Practices: Press Forward

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:02:00 -0500

Every choice you make for every print job contributes to its environmental impact.

RDA 2009: Lunar's "Designer's Field Guide To Sustainability"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:00 -0500

San Francisco-based designer Trevor Hacker, a designer at Lunar, talks about the "Designer's Field Guide to Sustainability" and what it's like to be a designer in the Bay Area.

The Ups and Downs of Going Green

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:18:00 -0500

Four designers get out of the abstract and talk about the difficulties, rewards, and necessary knowledge required to "go green for real."