Burning Like a Cigarette

REPRESSED V: FREE TO SPEAK
Call for Entries From our friends at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Virginia comes this call for activist art…
José María Heredia - poet: inspired the Cuban people to stand up and fight against Spain.
Seymor Chwast-designer - illustrator: his anti-war poster “End Bad Breath” indirectly encouraged the anti-war movement of the 70’s.
John [...]

Project H Starts Studio H
Project H Starts Studio H Project H Design is a nonprofit team of designers and builders working locally to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Their long-term initiatives focus on using design to improve public education experiences, spaces, and curricula in the US.
In doing so Project H is [...]

Communicating Our Socially Conscious Mission With Clarity
As we talk to other socially conscious businesses, one of the main difficulties that we face is knowing if we are communicating with clarity, and if our socially conscious mission is beneficial to clients and consumers.
What we often tell other business owners is to not assume that because you [...]

Fabio Sergio: Design Thinking and The Future
Fabio Sergio, creative director at frog design beautifully communicates how design thinking is at the heart of the design profession. During his presentation at LIFT09 in Geneva. Sergio describes that it is this kind of thinking that shapes cultures and goes beyond usage or consumption.

Fabio Sergio “Design Thinking and [...]

B Corporation: Setting Social and Environmental Performance Standards For Businesses
As part of Thinkhaus‘ mission we aim to educate not only our clients but also the general public about the value of design and socially conscious issues and topics. Our blog has been a part of that as we often share resources and tips with our [...]

An interesting approach to talking about racism

10 Tactics for Turning Information Into Action
On Saturday, the 25th of October Thinkhaus saw a great post from a follow socially conscious design blog, osocio.org, spotlighting an information Activism Camp by Tactical Technology Collective. The web site for the camp can be viewed at infoactivismcamp.tacticaltech.org.
Tactical Technology Collective explains, “Information Activism is an approach which helps [...]

Posters for Green Iran
SocialDesignZine published a gallery early August entitled Posters for Green Iran. A great collection of social design about the current situation in Iran.
See all 132 posters here.
Because of this gallery and the photos of the protests in Tehran SocialDesignZine is now censored by the Iranian Government.

LiveWell Colorado, Reducing Obesity
LiveWell Colorado, a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity in Colorado USA by inspiring healthy eating and active living, last week launched a statewide campaign encouraging all Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well. Although Colorado still holds the title of “leanest state in America,” the percentage [...]