Port-au-Prince, Haiti
THE HAITI POSTER PROJECT (link broken, sorry) was launched three days after the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, as a “collaborative effort by the design community to help effect change through our work.” Signed and numbered, limited edition posters have been donated by designers and artists from around the world. All money raised will be donated to Doctors Without Borders. Check out the project’s onlin gallery of posters (ranging from refreshingly naive to remarkably refined) here.
(thanks to friend Martyn Schmoll for the link)
Berkeley, California
The talented folks at Free Range Studios (who previously produced highly effective viral narratives that I’ve blogged about such as The Meatrix and The Story of Stuff) have just released their latest—The Story of Bottled Water. Once again, Annie Leonard delivers an important message with remarkable clarity and focus. View it here.
It’s high time that this story of the evils of bottled water be elevated and shared more broadly. I never have, nor ever will, buy bottled water. Local well or tap water suits me just fine—bottle your own (in a perpetually reusable container). I carry a Sigg bottle with me in my car, and there’s always one on my desk. When traveling in regions of the world where drinking free local water might present a health hazard, I carry an effective, compact, light-weight water filter with me as well—one minute of light pumping provides a liter of clean, refreshing, potable goodness.
Oh, today also happens to be World Water Day.
Winnipeg, Canada
Warming weather and melting ice (several weeks earlier than usual) has been accompanied by the first flights of Canada Geese returning from southern wintering grounds… I was delighted to see and hear flights of hundreds of the big birds squawking overhead as I drove in to the city this morning—positive confirmation that we have all survived another winter (and two days before the equinox to boot). Welcome back…
Illustration: from a series of wildlife drawings I did back in the mid-1970s… remember Rapidographs?)
New York et al (as seen from Berlin)
Christoph Niemann hits home with cartographic brilliance once again… in today’s New York Times.
Rhône-Alpes Ain, France
I honestly have no idea how I chanced upon this website—but needless to say, it was a happy find. I’m a sucker for vintage illustration… and my girlfriend Evelin is nuts about hats, so, a sort of a twofer.
City Creek, Utah
It seems the elusive Banksy and Osama bin Laden both showed up during the recent Sundance Film Festival… though apparently the latter has already been removed by local authorities (or perhaps a posse of terrorist-hunters)?
Tehran, Iran
Homa Delvaray is a talented, prolific, and articulate young Iranian designer whose works are currently on exhibit in the Vitrin Rooz (virtual gallery) until 9 March. Shown above are a few of her posters and book covers.
Keep up the great work, Homa…
