Thoughtful Design—with attention to sustainability
(is that redundant?)
Michelle Sauve ensures that your organization's unique vision, value system and voice provide the perspective for creating meaningful design solutions for print and digital media. After listening to the story of your organization, its objectives, ideals, and communication needs, she'll design an identity, a web site, a publication that resonates with your essence. An environmental activist, Michelle also brings a passion to tread lightly on the planet to her design practice and will advise you on environmentally and socially responsible design choices on the road to achieving your business and communications goals.
SUSTaINABILITY in DESIGN IS so easy
Less waste. Less toxicity. Less energy consumption.
A FEW guidelines
Raw Materials
- Specify recycled papers with a high post-consumer fiber content
- Use paper that has been bleached with a chlorine-free process
- Ask your printer to use soy-based and vegetable-based inks
- Become aware of the energy consumed and waste produced in the manufacture of the raw materials you require
- Support those businesses with a commitment to alternative energies and environmental stewardship, and reducing their carbon footprint
Design Process
- Design for recyclability
- Soft proof publications as long as possible onscreen during their development
- Be aware of the impositioned layout of your project on the press sheet to eliminate wasted paper
- Educate by identifying your attention to environmental issues on your printed piece
In the Office
- Close the recycling loop by purchasing office products with recycled content
- Recycle your own ink cartridges and office consumables
- Conserve electricity
Love the planet.