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Find Your Green Graphic Design Niche

Each green market has a unique character that requires its own design approach, and some will have more appeal for you than others. Here are a few to explore. More

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Team Sense Project Uses Design to Aid Visually Impaired

Team Sense imposes a thought-provoking question: Imagine if you were to lose your eyesight or only see shades of gray. How would you be able to experience color? More

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Designing Change: 10 Influencers

The intersection of design and social impact is powerful. What types of organizations exist and what types of programs are developing to really take the concept to the next level? More

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5 Ways to Rock a Grant Application

Grants are an often over-looked way to seek funding for a socially conscious design idea. Check out these 5 grant writing tips, excerpted from “The Design Activist’s Handbook: How to Change the World With Socially Conscious Design,” to help bring your idea to life. More

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Designing Change: Compass to Care

Compass to Care, which pays for the travel arrangements of cancer patients’ families, teamed up with EPIC, an organization that pairs designers with nonprofits. More

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Designer Spotlight: a verynice design studio

“Our studio was founded on the seemingly naive principle: save the world, and don’t just make money,” admits Matthew Manos, founder of a verynice design studio. The studio is inspired by social, rather than financial objectives, but manages to balance both. More

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EPIC Empowers Creatives to Ignite Change

EPIC empowers creative people to make social change happen. Read about how this organization has united 170 volunteers with 21 nonprofits to create powerful ripples of change, using design. More

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F+W Media’s Design Community Partners With EPIC

The F+W Media Design Community, which reaches more than 500,000 creative professionals around the world, will support EPIC by increasing awareness of its services and hosting a fundraising during HOW Design Live. More

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Look Inside HOW’s November 2011 Business Annual

GET THE CURRENT ISSUE | SUBSCRIBE | BECOME A DESIGN INSIDER The HOW Business Annual is the designer’s business bible. This year, we feature profiles of top design studios and case studies from successful firms, paired with expert business advice. … More

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Behind the Design: Sagmeister Teams with BNS

Sagmeister, Inc. gave the renewable energy subsidiary of Energias de Portugal (EDP), a growing wind energy company, a strikingly fresh brand identity. The renowned designer and studio partnered with Brand New School to create an animated storyline. More

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