Designers Accord

AIGA has elected to endorse the Designers Accord, a nonprofit coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, business consultants, and corporations, focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact.

The Designers Accord creates a knowledge-sharing network throughout the global creative community to share best practices and help accelerate adoption of sustainability principles. All adopters, globally, are asked to proactively engage in a dialogue about environmental impact with each client and customer, and to integrate sustainable alternatives in their work.

Tens of thousands of members of the creative community are involved with the Designers Accord, a call to arms to engage proactively in the environmental movement with optimism and creativity. Adopters include BMW Group Designworks USA, Celery Design Collaborative, Continuum, frog design, IDEO, Marc Alt + Partners, Ph.d, Smart Design, Tricycle, Willoughby Design Group and hundreds of other firms. This is a global initiative, representing designers from dozens of countries, from each design discipline.

A web platform built to facilitate this exchange is slated for launch in the summer of 2008. AIGA's endorsement reflects a continued commitment to inspiring sustainable business practices in the design profession that imparts the value of sustainable design at every level.

To learn more about the Designers Accord, visit www.designersaccord.org