Like all of you, this is a force for good:
Degrees of Separation is a postcard publication about post-Katrina responses from designers with a connection to New Orleans. It looks beautiful, it a great cause… you should order - we just did!
In November 2005, Veer, a provider of visual elements and design-related products to the creative community, released of a special edition Creative Care T-shirt to help raise funds for hurricane victims in the United States. Veer is pleased to present the AIGA Disaster Relief Fund with the enclosed check.
The T-shirt features the word “Creatives Care” hand-lettered by Marian Bantjes, who donated the design for this cause. Profits from the Creatives Care campaign have been divided between the AIGA’s Disaster Relief Fund and the American Red Cross. The T-shirt sells for $22 USD and is available at: veer.com/care.
This T-shirt is a small way for Veer to help bring the design community together. Veer reaches hundreds of thousands of design professionals through our monthly catalogs and other communications - we thought we could use this reach to help. >From this campaign, we’ve seen that great things can heppen when the design community is beckoned.
Yours truly,
Marla Clarke
Veer
An article in the New York Times yesterday, “Smaller Helpers,” describes how “many smaller groups are collecting donations to help hurricane victims.” The article mentions Displaced Designer as one of the first groups.
Not too long ago we heard from our good friend Ness, one of the many designers affected by the hurricane season. He sent along a link to this set of images he had taken upon making his way back into New Orleans. We have seen a lot of images like this in the last few months, the thing to remember here is that a lot of this still looks the same today.
It’s been a while, and we have heard from many of you, however lots of folks still could use a bit of help.
Thanks to those of you who wrote in to post about the online art sale/exhibition going on at 25abovewater.com. Each artist created 12 limited edition posters to be sold online in an effort to raise money for American Red Cross, 10 posters for sale, 1 poster for the traveling exhibition and 1 poster for the artist’s personal collection. Head on over, browse the gallery, (get em while you can!) there is some really great work up for grabs.
