I came across this article from GOOD magazine today, and it got me thinking about green design again. When I first started college, I envisioned becoming a “green” designer, only using solar energy to power my mac, printing on 100% recycled paper, and using 100% soy-based natural inks.
Well, four years later, as a web designer, I’ve pretty much eliminated the need for paper and ink (I still use the ol’ pencil and sketchbook, 100% recycled of course). But then there’s the energy issue, and the whole e-waste issue with the computer. As I write this, my computer is being powered by, gasp, nuclear energy! C’mon, how bunny-friendly is nuclear waste? It’s worse than toxic inks and paper chemicals… Add the mercury and other heavy metals from my mac, and I’m not looking so green anymore. So is this web revolution really any more green than print design? In my quest to become “green”, how can I repurpose the materials I use for web design as Dylan Royal repurposed used materials for print design? Is it greener to go back to print, or can we make these new technologies greener than the greenest print design?
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“Citizenship” Project
June 1, 2008I’ve decided I’m going to be adding my motion graphics projects from school to this blog. I want more people to see what I’m up to and I want to know what YOU think about my work, so please feel free to comment!
The above video is called “Citizenship” and it was part of my BFA thesis project this spring. The piece was on display at the 2008 “Emerging Art” show at Keene State along with my two other pieces “Corporate Comfort I” and “Corporate Comfort II”, which I hope to be posting pictures of soon. Watch it, I’m anxious to know what the world thinks of this…