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Sustainable Design (and what the heck does that mean) Lunch Observations:

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Wednesday, January 13th was our first Green Salon Meetup Event. This is a chance for designers to talk about what sustainable design means to them. A member of the AIGA Portland Green Team, Martha Koenig, attended the lunch and these are her observations.

Sustainable Design (and what the heck does that mean) Lunch Observations

BY MARTHA KOENIG (twitter.com/Martha_Koenig)

B-sides: A Celebration of Shot-Down Ideas

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We want your B-sides. You know the projects we mean: You came up with a great idea, but they chose the design equivalent of filler jingles written by Ringo. They picked not your anthem to white space, but the graphical version of a boy band: tolerated by all, but loved by none.

Let your creative genius be known! Give those unwittingly discarded designs their day in the sun - unfettered by realities like budget, timelines or the committee meatgrinder.

Sustainability Initiative

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A new program aimed at promoting sustainable practices within the design industry has been launched by AIGA Portland. To assure the degree of emphasis needed to significantly move the program forward, a new Sustainability Chair position was created on the Board. Lisa Holmes, the current Secretary, was named to the position.