Paper made out of Sheep's poo, the poor postman delivering this!!! Some inspiring ways to recycle cushions, clothes, paper etc. Great blog about sustainability http://blog.designsquish.com/

LARRY CLARK THIS!

Great concept, currently on exhibition in the Tate Modern as part of the Voyeurism exhibition.
http://dirtymouse.net/emg/surveillance/index.htm

Design dedicated to anticipation! The book is an annual publication featuring work from 3rd year students at Lincoln School of Art & Design. http://www.headingseven.co.uk/wait&see.html

loving Mr Morck's use of bold type in these poster/flyer for Rock club in Copenhagen. >> typehttp://viggomorck.com/

Anyone for a bit a Emil Ruder, ah yes please.... http://www.idea-mag.com/en/publication/333.php

Quiet one in the local! Think someone forgot something....



A view I can only wish for! From the Partners and Spade Blog, worth a look... http://blog.partnersandspade.com/

Stumbled across this wicked website with an apt name - http://www.thinkingforaliving.org/topics/curated, this is the work Bleed Designers and their interpretations of Hunger.



Getting your head around typefaces can be fun and quirky as seen in this poster by Tor Weeks
http://www.thinkingforaliving.org/topics/curated

The Wonderful Marian Bantjes....
http://www.bantjes.com/index.php?s=Writing

This is interesting reading as Pavement magazine is registered as a charity on the Charities Commission website. Is the editor Richard Burdett being completely honest when he says that they are not government funded?

http://www.design21sdn.com/people/15056

As part of the One Small Project....

One billion squatters claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of locally available, oftentimes scavenged, materials.
"OneSmallProject is not about billions, millions, thousands, or even hundreds. It is not about pounds or percentages.

It asks you to think outside the fascination with powerful men, trophy buildings, and great patrons that has for too long defined the architectural profession. In its place, OneSmallProject offers an empowering agenda that encourages each of us to create small projects alongside some one typically considered powerless.

It is about one.

One person. One architect. One small project. Repeat.

It is about one because persons need assistance. Now.

It is about one because we’ve lost touch with our humanness. As said by Fillip Noterdaeme, director of The Homeless Museum: “there are more homeless people among the privileged than on the streets of Manhattan.” It is you who is without a home.

It is about one because we have much to learn from others. According to Neuwirth: “[S]quatters mix more concrete than any developer. They lay more brick than any government. . . Squatters are the largest builders of housing in the world — and they are creating the cities of the future.”

to read more check out the website http://www.onesmallproject.com/main.html

"We cannot not change the world"
http://www.socialdesignsite.com/component/option,com_befishpartnerprojects/Itemid,72/letter,b/

"We designers have the ability to contribute so much more. As the definition of designer expands we should add social entrepreneur to the list. Those designers in the forefront are using their design-thinking skills to develop and execute their own solutions to social problems-pushing the boundaries of what design can do. By taking the lead in implementing our own projects, we can and should set precedents and create sustainable markets for socially responsible design.
"
taken from Design Ignites Change: Design as Social Educator by Mark Randall (http://www.commarts.com/columns/design-ignites-change.html)

The current type of campaigns for raising awareness of homelessness include the above selection of playing cards which follows Leo Burnett's House of Cards campaign for Shelter, and the artists and designers involved in the project include Alexander McQueen, Neville Brody, Kyle Cooper, and Gillian Wearing. Campaigns surrounding homelessness are usually to raise money for charities involved with homelessness. >> http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/september/shelter-exhibition

Love this by Plastic Bionic - http://www.plasticbionic.com/#75121

First came across JR a couple of years ago when there was an exhibition of his work at a little gallery in Charing Cross that is sadly closed now. As much of his work in exhibited on actual buildings in our environment, the exhibition spilled out onto the surrounding streets including some displayed on the outside of Foyles bookstore on Manette Street and around the corner on Greek Street. Very moving stuff, bringing art onto the streets makes it more attainable, especially for these subjects, it's nice to see someone doing their bit to bring the arts to the people. >> http://jr-art.net/

Let decorate our towns and cities and put a smile on peoples facing!
This is what we want to see on the way to work, Brilliant! And I particularly
like the "Dont speak with your mouth full, OF SHITE." Project by InDublin
magazine -- http://theyareus.ie/work-so-far.html#16

Love these screenprints by Patent Pending (http://www.patentpendingdesign.com/posters/posters.php). Proving that their is nothing like good old fashioned printing!

The past is the present with these images by Sergey Larankov (http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/).

Proving the point that design can really make a different,

this article was in the New York Times Media & Advertising

online section interview with Steve Duenes Graphic Director

of The Times.

This image is taken from a website about Information graphics and 'other thought provoking things found on the internet' (http://infographics.tumblr.com), information presented in a visually arresting way!

Information design never looked so good! This great piece is by David McCandless and the artist Stefanie Posavec, which charts the left versus the right in all things political. Check out his website, http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Visualising music data by Matthias Dittrich is delicate and beautiful. According to his website the angle of the line changes according to the frequency of the channel, while the frequency reaching a high level, the channel becomes highlighted by orange.

(http://www.matthiasdittrich.com/projekte/narratives/visualisation/index.html)

A group of creative thinkers called Control Shift, found this image on their blog (http://controlshift.aol.com/about). Great idea, for sure these dispensers would

make the public stop and think before deciding to use tissue paper!