Tag Giving Back

Posters from Help Ink

In case you’re unfamiliar with Help Ink (I’ve only briefly mentioned them on DWL before), it is a collaborative site featuring unique artwork created by various designers and artists, which are sold in the form of prints, mounted posters, tees and stationery.…

Allan Peters: Artcrank 2012

Allan Peters designed this poster as part of Artcrank 2012, a Minneapolis-based event that features hand-made, bike-inspired posters created by 40 Twin Cities artists. His piece grew out of a love for “badges, crests and vintage type lock-ups” and inspiration from…

The Just Love Project

The Just Love Project is a new collaborative initiative based on the resolution of “Just Love.” Each month one poster will be released by a designer from a carefully curated list of contributors. All profits from the project go directly to…

Hybrid Design: Impact Campaign

I’m always drawn to great design for a great cause, and Hybrid Design‘s Impact Campaign. The campaign, which is concerned with the sobering statistic that traffic accidents are the leading killer of teens, aimed to engage those in that age…

Timothy Goodman: Plywood for Good

Timothy Goodman recently collaborated with Luke Bartels to customize a skateboard deck for Collective Good’s recent exhibition, Plywood for Good. A group of artists and designers were asked to create a skateboard deck that expresses their thoughts on the recent…

Help Japan

While it’s easy to feel helpless witnessing the devastation in Japan from afar, there is always some way to contribute. Every bit—however small—helps. And once again the design community has come together to show an outpouring of support. Here are…

GOOD Guide to Education Innovation

In typical GOOD fashion—great ideas plus great design—they’ve put together the GOOD Guide to Education Innovation. This online guide pairs 10 profiles with fun illustrations by Parliament of Owls.

Carry Hope

Recently, Print Magazine asked 12 designers to design a tote bag to benefit a charity of their choice, and Sawdust’s Contribution, to benefit the British Heart Foundation, was selected as the winner. According to the designers, the design was “a…

A Beautiful Idea

A Beautiful Idea, a new project from the lovely and talented Evie S, aims to make a big impact on the world through art and handmade goods. Through the site, a network of artists will commit to create exclusive products…

Design is Love

Design is Love is a gathering place whose goal is to “facilitate meaningful communication amongst designers and those working in the non-profit sector”, which sounds like an amazing idea to me. Their full website is still in the works, so…

Brainstorm Updates

The always awesome Brainstorm has been up to quite a bit since I last posted about them. Most impressively, the design duo has recently worked with The Rugh Family Workshop on a series of posters. Started by Jamie and Jeffrey…