"The Designers Accord is a coalition of design and innovation firms focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact."
I'm compelled by founder Valerie Casey's call to action and by the influential, thoughtful roster of designers who have adopted the accords. I learned of The Designers Accord today while reading Allison Arieff's recent NYT Blog post, "Function Dysfunction". I joined immediately.
Now I have to figure out what aligned, on-going, meaningful action I can immediately take!
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Portland, Maine
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The Designers Accord Principles & Code of Conduct
"The Designer's Dilemma: Changing the way we think about design to better tackle the challenges of environmentalism," By Valerie Casey
This article was the first written piece about The Designers Accord, which at the time was named the "Kyoto Treaty" of Design. It was featured in the frog Design Mind newsletter, summer 07.
The Designers Accord: How it started