WIND, A New Font
Amsterdam-based book and graphic designer Hansje van Halem just designed her first published typeface, and she named it WIND. Those
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Floating Start-Up Countries – Artists Are You Ready?
On occasions when artists had been gathered in social settings and were bemoaning the latest actions of politicians or public
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The Living Stage: Building Possibility in the Age of Climate Change
The Lower East Side of New York City has historically been a neighborhood of immigrants, a mad tangle of streets
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The Nature of Positive
Climate change. Oil spills. Plastic islands. Deforestation. They await us every day in the information age. Images of violent storms
The Teachings of Treefall
Many years ago I was browsing in a chain bookstore at my local mall and a title almost literally jumped
The Visual Magic of Phantom Limb
Phantom Limb Company produces visually stunning work for the stage that combines dance and puppetry. Co-founded in 2007 by artist, director,
The Scarcity Project
To celebrate this year’s Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring when the earth’s 24 hours are split evenly between light and dark, we’d like to share a wonderful find from Brazilian-Italian-currently-based-in-London Paulo Goldstein, a self-described “designer/maker/artist” according to his website. Incredibly talented and original, we would like to add. So, brew yourself your favorite fair-trade beverage, sit back and let this six-minute video brighten your first day of spring. It really is a “joyful celebration of repaired objects, promoting a different narrative to scarcity by exploring and expanding the potential left behind by the anomalies of our consumer culture.” Our favorite quote from the video: “Scarcity is a springboard to creativity.” We are sure that you’ll never look at discarded rubbish in the same way again! Thanks to Grist’s Holly Richmond for the lead. ______________________________ Joan Sullivan is a renewable energy photographer based in Québec, Canada. Since 2009, Joan has focused her cameras (and more recently her drones) exclusively on solutions to