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Sustainability Series: The Living Principles for Design

Event Overview
Everyone in the creative community can benefit from positive cultural change—and a recently developed framework is intended to catalyze just that. The Living Principles for Design distills the four streams of sustainability – environment, people, economy, and culture – into a roadmap that is understandable, integrated, and most importantly, actionable. Designers, business leaders, and educators can use The Living Principles to guide every decision, every day.

On October 20, join us for an open discussion led by local sustainability-focused design professionals who have incorporated the Living Principles into their practice. Participants can share their thoughts, have their questions answered, and learn how their efforts and The Living Principles can help move our culture toward a sustainable society.

The event will feature speakers who will share everyday actions that attendees can implement in their own practices. Presentations will be short but impactful, leaving ample time for dialogue and participation. As the event draws nearer, registered participants will have the chance to post questions in advance, allowing presenters to prepare for the dialogue to come.

About The Living Principles
Developed under the guidance of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, The Living Principles were officially unveiled at the AIGA Design Conference in Memphis in October 2009. In June 2010, a new online community was launched at www.livingprinciples.org to provide members of the global creative community with a place to co-create, share and showcase best practices. Its ongoing development is dependent on the contributions of the design community at large.

Eric Benson
Eric Benson is an award-winning designer, educator at the University of Illinois, published author, activist and international speaker on sustainable design theory and practice. Through his work on Re-nourish.com, Benson advocates for increased awareness and action towards sustainable systems thinking in the graphic design community. He believes that by extending the scope of our profession and employing empathy for the people we design with, graphic design will have the power to help create more meaningful economic and social change.

John Harris, Principal, a5

Ticket Proceeds
Ticket proceeds will be donated to The Illinois Chapter of The Nature Conservancy for its work protecting fresh water and to charity: water, a Mohawk Fine Papers partnership to help bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

We encourage you to visit the Design for a Living World exhibition at The Field Museum and the complementary photo essay in Millennium Park, both on display until November 13.

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122 S. Michigan Avenue
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60603
Date: 10.20.11
Time: 6-7pm Reception, 7-8:30pm Presentations with Q&A

Ticket Options
Member: $10.00
Non-member: $20.00
Student: $5.00