morals of an ally cat

I also think that CSR goes beyond just caring for the environment but doing whats morally right like in the dvd where it was  wrong to fire all those workers and shut the factories. I think as a designer it is our job to make people buy certain products  to make people buy into certain brands this is our job this is what we are paid to do. But with this power comes great responsibility"spiderman". Should I as a person advertise for large fashion retail companies that abuse cheap labour in other countries that put profit above human suffering. Should I feel guilty if I do?. 

I think as designers we  should take some responsibility for how we use are skills or how they are used by others. 

I think what it comes down to are morals

i.e. would I design tobacco packaging where the my brief is to make my pack more attractive than all the others so that young people (over 18) bought this brand. Could I do that knowing that I could be shortening peoples lives and introducing cigarettes to people who may not of previously smoked. Or a similar scenario with alchohol.

overall I think this responsibility mainly falls with the companies themselves and advertising standards regulators but I think designers should have consciences on how they influence people.

CSI................. i mean CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

According to our UK government, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is about how business takes account of its economic, social and environmental impacts in the way it operates – maximising the benefits and minimising the downsides.”

Many companies endorse to the principles of SCR but on closer examination we find that, in practice, all they have done is to open discussion forums. These companies include such giants as Intel and Epson. The latter merely stating that part of their CSR policy was to make their product “easy to use”. 

One company, Smile Plastics, has based its entire business strategy on the recycling of plastic products. It offers a wide range of plastic products which are innovative, attractive and, above all, socially responsible. One such product is rigid plastic sheets made from recycled mobile phone cases. The batteries and electronic components are removed and the plastic cases used to form the basis of counter tops or tables. Instead of disguising the origin of the recycled materials by finely shredding melting and mixing, this company makes a point of making the distorted shapes of the old mobile cases clearly visible in the material as shown below.     

Their other innovations include shredded bank of England notes suspended in clear plastic made from corrugated conservatory roofing sheets and reject car headlamp lenses. They also make sheeting and solid shapes from children’s discarded plastic wellington boots or old bottles.

Their website http://www.smile-plastics.co.uk  makes for fascinating reading with images of materials and products made from them.

According to Colin Williamson of smile plastics, “ Every ton of plastics that we recycle saves on average about 1.5 tons of CO₂ “

I consider it my personal responsibility as a designer to embrace the principles of CSR and endeavor to minimize the impact of my designs upon the environment. Using and specifying recycled materials minimizes use of energy and the production of greenhouse gasses. 

Mama Mia ... It's 'a good

Not being very good at sewing I decided to experiment with something i knew how to work with. It will be interesting to see once the spaghetti has dried how it looks.

animation

I love this short anime Its all in 1st person its by lobo design group

You actually feel like you are doing the sports involved.

Huggy.......... The Great Bear

original map

Simon Patterson map ( Turner prize finalist )

Takes a very well known reference point The tube map  first developed y Henry Beck in the 1930's and replaces all station names with a variety of famous names with each line representing a particular category of celebrity.

Crazy Shermans ?

Planet Elvis

By Maik Stapelberg &Daniel Fritz

AM7/ The Sun Years

Elvis did not die he was abducted by aliens, after his music was heard by the alien race when it was sent into out of space aboard the Voyager probe in 1977?

The map above is of the Planet Roosta (the entirely fictional alien planet where elvis now lives)

not only have they made a map  they have made a total graphic manual for this planet showing everything from corporate colour palette and type face to pharmaceutical and food packaging, and maps the entire infrastructure of the civilisation. 

MMnn not really that funny but little bit relavant

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

Response from d&ad winner

I guess I was curious and flattered that this project is even remembered!! Where are you studying? Hope the info below helps - let me know if you need anything else - always keen to help fellow designers - it ain't easy - but keep going - try getting an agent - set commercial projects yourself - write to agencies - become their friend.....all the very best

MAINCROP 

The font was created from a collection of potatoes from the maincrop potato family.

Each potato selected for its shape, then using an apple corer and knife, carefully sculpted and formed to create the alphabet. This was done as simply as possible to create a unity across the letter forms.

Each character was photographed on a wooden board which formed the setting for the pages of the book, as part of the brief was to implement the font. The book then took on the nature of a child's alphabet zig-zag book. Facing pages giving useless and humorless information all related to potatoes, with type held in a silhouette of the potato shape. 

This book was held in a mini potato sack. (unfortunately now a bit tattered!)