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Shoeboxes Go Green
by Jeremy Lehrer
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.... More

Toeing the Triple Bottom Line
by Jeremy Lehrer
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.... More

Three Nonprofits Offer Insight into the Changing Sustainability Debate
by Jeremy Lehrer
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.... More

How 3 Corporations are Putting Their Green Foot Forward
by Jeremy Lehrer
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.... More

Carry Hope: Büro Destruct for Greenpeace
by Print staff
“We chose Greenpeace because they are one of the first organizations dedicated to caring about our Earth. Our symbol expresses the payback of nature.”... More

The Carry Hope Tote Bags are Now Available
by Print staff
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.... More

Carry Hope
by Print staff
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... More

Best Practices: Press Forward
by Jeremy Lehrer
Every choice you make for every print job contributes to its environmental impact.... More

RDA 2009: Lunar's "Designer's Field Guide To Sustainability"
by Admin
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.... More

The Ups and Downs of Going Green
by Jeremy Lehrer
Four designers get out of the abstract and talk about the difficulties, rewards, and necessary knowledge required to "go green for real."... More

Creativity + Commerce Honorable Mention: Pangea Organics
by Monica Racic
Plant you now, dig you later: Print honors Pangea Organics for its sustainable--and beautiful--packaging design.... More

Live Webcast August 27: Designer Be Good
by Caitlin Dover
In this webcast, learn how making positive change in the world can also help you make waves for your clients--and your company.... More

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