Day: 13 October 2022

Akira Kobayashi To Receive Type Directors Club’s Prestigious TDC Medal

Stuart Mitchell

The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, announced Akira Kobayashi, creative type director at Monotype, as this year’s recipient of its highest honor, the prestigious TDC Medal. First awarded to Hermann Zapf in 1967, the TDC Medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of typography.  The honor represents TDC’s collective gratitude to those who, by their work and talent, have demonstrated the value of typography in communication, community, and culture.  The list of past TDC Medalists can be viewed here. “I was surprised to…

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WaterAid’s weathered dolls houses show how climate change devastates children’s futures

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid has unveiled an installation of three dolls houses – each at different stages of flooding – on the docks of London’s Canary Wharf, to highlight the effects of the climate crisis on children globally and demand urgent action from governments ahead of COP27 this November. The international charity worked with Bristol-based artist and set-designer, Max Dorey, to create the dolls’ houses – populated with everyday childhood items such as toys and letter-blocks – and showing the devastation caused by rising flood waters. The final dolls house is almost completely…

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GM Advances Equitable Climate Action through New Collaborative with National Wildlife Federation

Stuart Mitchell

General Motors has announced that it has joined the National Wildlife Federation as a founding member of the new Climate Equity Collaborative, an initiative focused on addressing the disproportionate impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities and youth. The Climate Equity Collaborative aims to engage communities, youth and nonprofits in designing and implementing equitable and inclusive climate solutions. Its key priorities include: Elevating environmental justice and education within the broader climate conversation Building on-ramps to the climate equity space for organizations that share the Collaborative’s values, starting with communities hit first and worst by…

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eBay partners with Reskinned to expand preloved offering

Stuart Mitchell

eBay has announced a new partnership with Reskinned, sustainable preloved clothing repair and resale specialists, to expand the online marketplace’s offering of preloved items and reduce growing fashion waste. Reskinned takes back worn items from shoppers and reconditions them for resale, repurpose or recycle – keeping them out of landfill and extending the product’s life.  Currently working with over 30 brands, including Finisterre, Sweaty Betty, River Island, and most recently Joules; items from Reskinned are generally priced around 40% lower than their high street price, helping shoppers make choices that…

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The LEGO Group to plant 50,000 trees as one of many sustainability initiatives in Vietnam

Stuart Mitchell

In November 2022, the construction of the new LEGO® factory in Binh Duong province in southern Vietnam will officially begin. The LEGO Group aims to ensure the factory has a minimal impact on the environment and as a part of the ambition the Group has begun the planting of 50,000 trees over a period of three years supported by Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Company Limited (VSIP), in locations close to the new site. The 50,000 trees are being planted to compensate for the approximately 25,000 trees that will…

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