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Latest journal entry: Visualizing the Word Sustainability
Six posters play with the S-word
29 July 2010
Design by Michael C. Place
Two years ago, Stora Enso, the Scandinavian paper company, commissioned six designers to create posters inspired by the word Sustainability. The winning designs came from Marian Bantjes, Bruce McCall, Christoph Niemann, Michael C. Place, Paula Scher and Winterhouse. Sadly, the series was cancelled when the paper company sold its U.S. operations after printing and distributing only the Bantjes, Niemann and Scher works. But all six are now downloadable for free from a website which I found via a Big Think link Will Rosenzweig of Physic Ventures sent me today. ... more >
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