Good Friday: Field Trip
Yesterday I took the office on a little field trip to the AIGA San Francisco galleries where Cause/Affect is on exhibit. With the fewer people and less booze it was much easier to really see, examine, read about and appreciate the work. We talked about the pieces we liked — and while all were good there were some that clearly moved us.
Today I’ve been going through our notes and reaching out to some of those designers to sending work for the book. I’ve also been going through hundreds of bookmarks from the past year, following up on amazing socially-engaged projects from around the globe. To give you a sense of the scope and variety of the work being considered, here are a few of the projects I been looking into today:
The Girl Effect. Awesome. Succinct. Effective.
EcoFont — a typeface designed to save ink and toner.
Affluenza — exploring the cultural impact of consumer values.
Hornall Anderson’s Work for Ripple Effect.
Volume’s work for the California Academy of Sciences (and other projects).
Among many others.
All of these are examples of organizations harnessing the power of effective design to motivate giving, promote understanding, provoke dialogue, create community or simply question the status quo.
I’m looking forward to hearing and sharing their stories…