Sustainable Design

A book for the graphic design professional that helps to integrate sustainability into their workflow through a design process called systems thinking.
Also in print: NC997 .B38 2017

Outlines graphic design's relationship to production and consumption, demonstrating how designers can contribute solution-oriented responses to consumption, through tools and methodologies applicable to both education and practice.
(Also in print: NC1000 .F55 2016)

How communication measures can change our behavior and make us more environmentally friendly. It reveals a new visual language for sustainability.

Tools, systems, and strategies for innovative print design.

Shows examples of environmentally friendly inks, varnishes, pigments, and finishes that can be used in a wide range of standard printed media. Printing innovations and specialized printing techniques using environmentally friendly ingredients are also included.

Thus book delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world. Readers will learn how to forage for materials such as soot, rust, cigarette butts, peach pits, and black walnut, then how to mix, test, and transform these ingredients into rich, vibrant inks that are sensitive to both place and environment. of mankind's oldest tools of communication.