Monday 2 March 2009

Conscious Design!

DESIGN FOR GOOD

Canadian based design studio that work mostly with charities, non-profit organizations and green minded businesses, organizations and individuals. They believe that creativity has a very big power for change and that strong design can move people and get results. They are not just environmentally conscious, they are also focused in spreading a message that is a catalyst for change. They only work on projects that are environmentally and socially responsible.

They create all kinds of graphic materials and websites, awareness campaigns and fundraisers. They are very environmentally friendly, printing their projects in recycled paper, using vegetable based inks and special printing techniques including waterless printing. 

And are strong believers in using the web to communicate, because it requires less printed materials.
Their projects have one common goal: positive change

UGANDA TOY CAMPAIGN Website created for a toy drive campaign benefiting children in Uganda.




LUBA LUKOVA

Luba Lukova is an internationally recognized artist and designer baqsed in New York. She creates posters that have been exhibited around the world and have won awards, such as World's Most Memorable Poster award at the International Poster Salon in Paris. Her art has been included in the The New York Times, Time, and The Nation.

I am focusing on a series of posters she did called Social Justice 2008. In these posters you can see how the artist represents metaphorically and with the use of symbols, themes like peace, war, ecology, immigration, and privacy.

These are some of the posters:






2 comments:

Mary Anne said...

I am a huge fan of Luba Lukova's work. She designs amazing thought provoking designs using rich bold colors. A great deal of her work has to do with rights, health coverage, war and the environment. She just had a book published last year, 'Social Justice 2008, 12 Posters by Luba Lukova'. It is a great collection of her work.

Great choice in designers!

aurocot said...

thank you!!! yes, those posters are from that book "Social Justice 2008" all the posters are amazing!! I think she's really creative!