
Highlighting the work of GDC members who embrace principles of sustainable design. Learn more about their projects and processes!
Sustainability Case Studies
We asked a handful of GDC members to share their stories of how they approach sustainable practices, projects and operations. Over the coming months we’ll be sharing these stories with you on eNews and posting them to the GDC website as they are finished.
We asked a handful of GDC members to share their stories of how they approach sustainable practices, projects and operations. Over the coming months we’ll be sharing these stories with you on eNews and posting them to the GDC website as they are finished.
Click on the titles below to read and download PDF Case Studies:
- Leveraging Design for Meaningful Clients / SmashLAB
- Cutting Carbon with Design for Micro Concerts / Seven25
- Building Community with Graphic Design / The Forest
- More coming soon...
Want to share your sustainability story with the design community? Email t for more info.
More on sustainable practices: www.gdc.net/designers/sustainable_design.php
The National Sustainability Committee (NSC) thanks Lisa Hemingway, CGD and Jennifer Nichols for their work on these case studies.
- The definition of sustainable design and sustainable design values and principles for GDC members to follow.
- Check out how Sustainability Committee member Jennifer Nichols has “changed” the creative brief so you can include sustainability principles in your work.
- Highlighting the work of GDC members who embrace principles of sustainable design. Learn more about their projects and processes!
- Steven Cretney’s, CGD, approach to sustainable design starts by selecting clients and projects that help lead a transition to a sustainable future.
- Downloadable Best Practices Guide.
- Canadian Juror Appointed
- Looking at inks and sustainable printing techniques
- MBA Sustainability Curriculum
- In 2001, when iD2 launched its formal environmental policy the company’s logo changed from red to green. Today, they’ve just gone carbon neutral, so perhaps its time to turn their green company logo to... beige?
- The GDC National Sustainability Committee is working towards educating and inspiring GDC members by providing samples of sustainable communication design. Share your best practices in design by featuring one of your projects in a case study.
- Online resources about sustainability, such as, certifications, case studies, research, blogs, etc.
- Resource books on sustainability as it relates to design, business and even children’s stories.

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