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The Big Book of Green Design
Suzanna Mw Stephens, Anthony B. Stephens

Collins Design, 2009 - 384 pages

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The Big Book of Green Design explores the specific techniques and methods that graphic designers are employing worldwide to make their business a more earth-friendly one. When paying clients need a more environmentally conscious image, they turn to ad agencies and in-house designers for cost-effective solutions. The results are often surprising, innovative, and new, and The Big Book of Green Design features the best of these earth-friendly designs. Mainly focusing on printed materials, but also showcasing examples of trade show environments, repurposed designs, and the new ?anti-packaging? trend, the book showcases over 450 examples of marketing and collateral materials produced using environmentally favorable methods. With a foreword by Eric Benson, an expert on sustainable procedures within graphic design, The Big Book of Green Design is very much a ?see what your colleagues are doing? idea-sharing, inspiration-generating compilation for agencies, freelance designers, printers, and other creative professionals.




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Excellent Resource

Whether you're looking for examples of green design or searching for companies that promote green design, this book is an excellent resource.

I found excellent examples of both contemporary and traditional design work.

Additionally, I have followed up my research by looking up several of the companies in this book.


A nicely designed survey of green design today

The authors of The Big Book of Green Design take a wide view of "green" design, including both works that promote eco-conscious products and companies (full disclosure: this is where my contribution falls, on page 103) and pieces that are green within the design itself.

Because of this broad approach, the book contains some examples that I feel have only one of two qualities required. That is, they are promoting something green, but the design is unremarkable, or the design is gorgeous, but the eco-friendliness of the product is borderline.

However, for the most part the examples in this book are beautiful, inspiring and wide-ranging: packaging, posters, products, apparel, and even event/environment design.

The book itself is also nicely designed, with a very solid bare-bones cover.

I would recommend this book for any designer with an inclination towards eco-friendly printing and packaging, or who hopes to develop a niche of "green" clients.



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Good Inspiration for Green Design

I purchased this book to draw inspiration for my sustainable start-up company. It met my expectations. There are loads of great packaging, web and logo examples. Each entry is labeled with the company name, designer (design team or firm) and the purpose of the design project. The front and back covers of the book are made from a stiff paperboard composite material. I found it impressive and that the book itself was in line with its theme.



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