fall 2012 - F+W Media

graphic design
The Design Activist’s
Handbook
How to Change the World (or at Least Your Part of It) with
Socially Conscious Design
Noah Scalin, Michelle Taute
• The Design Activist’s Handbook will use a compelling mix of text and
project samples to address everything from ethics and visual pollution
to how designers can affect positive change at their current design job
• Author Noah Scalin teaches a class about socially conscious design
and has built his business around these beliefs
• The author is a frequent industry speaker and expert source
October | Graphic Design
ISBN: 9781440308741
UPC: 035313650871
$24.99 (CAN $25.99)
Paperback
8 x 8, 192 pages, 4-color
100 color Photos/Illus
World Rights
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Socially conscious design means opening designer’s eyes to the connections
among social issues ranging from the environment and workers rights to
equality and healthy food production. It’s about creating a graphic design
career that aligns with beliefs and values, whatever those happen to be.
Most design activism books do little more than showcase the work of a
few superstar designers. But this one provides actionable steps for all the
designers sitting at their computers, wishing their jobs felt a little more
meaningful.
Noah Scalin
Richmond, VA | ALRdesign.com
Noah Scalin is a lifelong activist and founder of the
award winning, socially conscious design firm Another
Limited Rebellion design. ALR has been featured in
the magazines HOW, Print, I.D., Dynamic Graphics and
Communication Arts as well as in books from Graphis, P.I.E.,
Rockport, Victionary and HOW Books.
Michelle Taute
Cincinnati, OH | MichelleTaute.com
Michelle Taute is a journalist and author who
specializes in design topics. A former editor at I.D.
magazine. She has written for top industry magazines
ranging from Metropolis, HOW and STEP Inside Design to
Architectural Record and Dynamic Graphics.
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Marketing
• Outreach to art directors,
designers, design blogs, design
firms with cross promotion
through social and not-for-profit
organizations
• Social media outreach through
author’s “Skull a Day” blog and
Twitter and through HOW and
Print’s Facebook and Twitter
• Speaker for a HOW Designcast
• Promotion through a blog tour
including design and social
organization blogs
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