The Design Activist's Handbook : How to Change the World (Or at Least Your Part of It) with Socially Conscious Design

Intro Title Page Contents FOREWORD by David Berman PREFACE: Noah Scalin: The Life of a Socially Conscious Designer INTRODUCTION: Making a Difference and Making a Living Defining a Movement We want you: Will you join the ranks of design activists? NEXT STEPS The Activist's Toolbox TOOL 1: Recognizing Design's Power First Things First: A Manifesto TOOL 2: Claiming Your Power TOOL 3: Defining Professional Ethics DESIGN REBEL: Mark Randall: Paying It Forward NEXT STEPS Going It Alone Who You Work For Making Ends Meet Your Business's Ethics DESIGN REBEL: Jonah Sachs: Activism Goes ViralNEXT STEPS Client, What Client? Founding a Nonprofit Launching a Product Pursuing Self-Directed Design Projects DESIGN REBEL: James Victore: Telling It Like It Is NEXT STEPS Working on the Inside Being the (Politely) Squeaky Wheel Developing Guidelines or Best Practices An Activist on Staff Changing the Office DESIGN REBEL: Elan Cole: Asking the Right Questions NEXT STEPS Your Plan of Action 6 Ideas to Get You Started THE DESIGN REBEL WORK SHEET: How to Get There From Here DESIGN REBEL: Ennis Carter: Mission Possible Make a Commitment to YourselfResources Contributors About the Authors Artwork Credits Copyright
We Want You!

Will you join the ranks of design activists?

Doing good is too important to think of as work better left to those fictitious other" designers. People more famous. More talented. More connected. Richer. Younger. Braver. (Insert your own mental roadblock here.) In truth, anyone can be a design activist.

It just starts with a commitment to yourself and your values. A commitment to making conscious choices and realizing how all the decisions you make as a graphic designer affect other people and the planet. It's about being awake instead of sliding by with the way things always have been done.

This book is for every graphic designer who's ever sat at a computer, thinking: Is this it? Isn't there more? It's a tool to help you figure out how to start making a difference and making a living at the same time--no matter where you live and work right now.

Just open this book and we'll help you start walking in the right direction. It doesn't have to be perfect. Little actions from a lot of people add up to big change. This isn't a contest about who's the greenest or the most radical. It's a movement, and we're inviting you to join right now.

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Foreword / by David Berman -- Preface : The life of a socially conscious designer -- Introduction : Making a difference and making a living -- The activist's toolbox -- Going it alone -- Client, what client? -- Working on the inside -- Your plan of action -- Resources -- Contributors -- About the authors -- Index. Grafikdesign - Kommunikationsgestaltung - Typography - Graphic design - Design services - Moral and ethical and social aspects - Professional ethics. Social Design Anyone can be a design activist. It just starts with a commitment to making conscious choices and realizing how all the decisions you make as a graphic designer affect other people and the planet. This book will help you figure out how to start making a difference and making a living at the same time - no matter where you live and work right now