SEEing Green 2: Moving Beyond Green

In our second annual SEEing Green Conference we'll explore how brands can move beyond green by widening the way we think about design.

You'll learn new ways of approaching sustainability for designers and their clients. We will discuss business strategy, best practices for responsible design and production (without compromising aesthetic and cost), and methods to create informed and relevant brand positioning.

Be inspired to innovate and move beyond green at SEEing Green! We'll feature:

Schedule
8:00 - Registration and Coffee Service
9:00 - Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10:15 Recast Compostmodern (Saul Griffith and Allan Chochinov)
10:15 - 11:15 Kevin O'Donnell
15 minute Break
11:30 - 12:30 Duke Stump
12:30 - 1:30 Sandwich Buffet
1:30 - 2:30 Aaris Sherin
2:30 - 3:00 Recast Compostmodern (Emily Pilloton)
3:00 - 3:45 Q&A
3:45 Closing Remarks

Reservation and Tickets
AIGA Members: $45
AIGA Student Members: $25
Non-AIGA Students: $35
Non-Members: $60

Tickets will be $15 extra at the door, pending availability. Ticket includes morning coffee service and afternoon sandwich buffet and drink. Be one of the first 50 people to register and get a goodie bag with items from Steaz Energy Drinks, Clif Bar, Studio Number One and more!

Go Metro
Metro Rapid Bus #761; visit www.mta.net

Speaker Bios

Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin is the director of WD Ecologic, where he champions cutting-edge green design, and helps companies create environmentally favorable building development strategies. Kevin is a lecturer for The Climate Project, former Vice President Al Gore's non-profit organization. He has taught at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), and is an adjunct professor at the San Diego campus of Woodbury University School of Architecture.

Aaris Sherin
Aaris Sherin is an educator, writer and designer. She is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Sherin is the author of SustainAble: A handbook of materials and applications for graphic designers and their clients and co-author of Forms Folds and Sizes: 2nd Edition. Her writing has been featured in publications such as PRINT Magazine, STEP Inside Design, Leonardo, and Design and Culture.

Duke Stump
Duke is the Principal and Chief Architect of The Northstar Manifesto. Informed by a collective of progressive individuals and new thinkers, The Northstar Manifesto is a dynamic brand strategy studio focused on cultivating and nurturing responsible ideas in the world of sustainability. Prior to creating The Northstar Manifesto, Duke was Chief Marketing Officer for Seventh Generation - a pioneering brand in the world of corporate responsibility.

Compostmodern Speaker Bios

Allan Chochinov
Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts. He is editor in chief of Core77.com, Coroflot.com, and Designdirectory.com, and writes and lectures widely on the impact of design on contemporary culture. He teaches in the graduate departments of Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Saul Griffith
Award-winning inventor Saul Griffith is always looking for ways to make the world better. With multiple degrees in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering including a PhD from MIT in Programmable Assembly and Self Replicating Machines, he has found endless avenues for his creative energy and expertise, co-founding companies in optics, engineering and technology, clean power, DIY, a personal energy calculator and most recently, wind energy.

Emily Pilloton
Emily Pilloton is an industrial designer, writer, critic, unyielding optimist, part-time baker and California girl. Trained in architecture at UC Berkeley and product design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she started Project H in 2007 to provide a conduit and catalyst for humanitarian design.