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Design Rebels: Young RichmondStudents in Design Rebels, my socially conscious graphic design course in the Graphic Design department of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, are asked to create community projects that reach beyond the school walls and deal with the issues that we’ve discussed in class. Each student proposes a project and…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Category: Activism, Education, Politics
Date: 29-10-2012 14:58
Making A Do-Ference at The Design Ethos Conference 2012I recently had the privilege of being invited to speak and participate in the 2012 Design Ethos Conference/Do-ference at Savannah College of Art and Design. The creator of the conference, Scott Boylston, is a longtime friend in the relatively small socially conscious design community and I was delighted that he…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Academy
Category: Design, Education
Date: 30-04-2012 13:30
We Art The 99%As a socially conscious designer, I don’t always wait for a client to hire me to create something to support a cause I believe in. Most recently I created this design to support the Occupy Wall Street movement… There’s no guarantee that something like this will actually be utilized, so…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Occupy Wall Street
Category: Activism, Government, Politics
Date: 7-11-2011 08:30
The Baptism of LibertyFalling Whistles latest campaign is in support of free & fair elections in Congo…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Falling Whistles
Category: Activism, Government, Human rights, Politics, Developing World
Date: 4-04-2011 17:11
The Gray HavenIt’s always hard for a new organization with a small budget to get the word out about their cause, so the folks at The Gray Haven Project have taken an interestingly minimalist approach. They’ve created these grayscale stickers which they are giving away for free. They’re hoping to create a…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: The Gray Haven
Category: Abuse, Activism, Human rights, Violence, Women's Issues
Date: 20-03-2011 16:53
The Point of No ReturnEvery year, students in my Design Rebels class at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia are required to make a final project that utilizes their skills & knowledge to reach beyond the school into the community at large about an issue of their choice (based on the topics covered in…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: The Point of No Return
Category: Activism, Environment
Date: 7-12-2010 14:10
Viva Vaquita!While not an advertising campaign per se, the Endangered Species Print Project does draw attention to organizations that work to help preserve plants and animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. They release art prints that are limited in number to the remaining population of the specific plant or…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: ¡Viva Vaquita!
Agency: The Endangered Species Print Project
Category: Activism, Animal rights
Date: 19-10-2010 14:55
Falling WhistlesI’m a big fan of taking the symbols of war, violence, and hate and transforming them into something positive, which is something this campaign does in spades… “Falling Whistles gives a small window into our world’s largest war. Originally just a journal written about boys sent to the frontlines of…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Falling Whistles
Category: Activism, Human rights, Developing World, Violence, Peace & Conflicts
Date: 23-08-2010 23:01
Are you seeing Red Flags?In 2006 my company, Another Limited Rebellion, partnered with Dupont Circle Communications to create The Red Flag Campaign a public awareness campaign to address college dating violence for the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. The campaign, which was initially supposed to run on only a limited number of…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
Agency: Another Limited Rebellion
Category: Abuse, Violence, Women's Issues
Date: 17-08-2010 17:16
From the Classroom to the World (via Osocio)Posters designed by students in my class Design Rebels in Richmond, Virginia, have been transformed as part of a gender sensitivity awareness program in the Philippines into a new campaign again prostitution thanks to a post on Osocio! Details follow…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Women & Men In Society Program - Visayas State University
Category: Abuse, Activism, Education, Gender issues, Osocio, Women's Issues
Date: 29-06-2010 12:44
Instant Oil SpillA Cleaner Future spreads the word on alternatives to fossil fuels by helping you make an Instant Oil Spill on any website…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Greener Media
Agency: Mark & Phil
Category: Environment
Date: 28-06-2010 17:36
Woman’s Last StandI didn’t watch the Superbowl, but it’s almost impossible to miss the cavalcade of high-end commercials that are produced for the event. And despite the fact that 45% of the viewers are female, most of the ads are aimed squarely at the stereotypical man. The Dodge Charger commercial
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: None
Agency: mackenziefegan
Category: Activism, Gender issues, Media, Women's Issues
Date: 19-02-2010 14:38
Font Aid IV: Coming TogetherWhile it’s not a traditional advertising campaign, I thought the Osocio readers would appreciate this design-centric fundraiser: Font Aid IV: Coming Together is a collaborative typeface to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti put together by The Society of Typographic Aficionados. It features ampersands from nearly 400…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Doctors Without Borders
Agency: The Society of Typographic Aficionados
Category: Activism, Design, Social aid
Date: 15-02-2010 22:33
Aman Ki Asha: Destination PeaceAman Ki Asha is a new campaign initiated by The Times of India and the Jang Group (Pakistan’s largest newspaper organization) to help create “a stronger Track 2 in the diplomatic and cultural relations between India and Pakistan”. More information about the campaign, which features full-page newspaper ads (shown below)…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Times of India/Jang Group
Agency: Taproot India
Category: Activism, Politics, Peace & Conflicts
Date: 20-01-2010 15:00
Project WinterfoodOnce a year I teach Design Rebels, a course on socially conscious design that I created for Virginia Commonwealth University’s Graphic Design department. As part of the class the students are required to create a real world group project, based on the themes of the class, that reaches into the…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Project Winterfood
Agency: Design Rebels
Category: Activism, Design, Education, Health
Date: 1-12-2009 17:59
Tck Tck TckTckTckTck is an open source activism project of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) which is encouraging a “fair, ambitious and binding climate change agreement” at the Copenhagen Climate Summit on December 9th. As part of the campaign a remake of the Midnight Oil song “Beds Are Burning” recorded…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Tck Tck Tck
Agency: The Hours
Category: Activism, Environment
Date: 25-11-2009 16:24
Hopenhagen #COP15Hopenhagen is a campaign to encourage public participation in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. 7-18 December 2009
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Hopenhagen
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Category: Activism, Environment, Government
Date: 28-10-2009 14:10
A Drink To Die ForThe L’Desh Fresh campaign for bottled water is not what it initially appears to be…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Water Partners
Agency: Sullivan Higdon & Sink
Category: Activism, Health, Human rights, Developing World
Date: 18-06-2009 13:33
Bank of ToleranceThis is not a strictly social media campaign, but it’s striking that the Argentinian bank Banco Provincia has chosen to use a message of tolerance towards transgendered people to sell their services.
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: Banco Provincia
Agency: El Cielo Buenos Aires
Category: Gender issues, Human rights
Date: 22-04-2009 14:22
Book Review: Do Good DesignThis message is moved to our new section: Academy. Read it here.
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Category: Design
Date: 13-03-2009 22:12
War Is Over… If You Want ItNew Yorkers were surprised with free “special edition” copies of the New York Times on November 12 with the lead story “IRAQ WAR ENDS”. The issue which is dated July 4, 2009 also features articles on expanded bike paths and free universities among other positive news.
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Category: Activism, Media, Peace & Conflicts
Date: 22-11-2008 23:22
Flashback: Grim Reaper PSAClassic Australian AIDS PSA from 1987. It was both controversial and highly effective, and still being discussed 20 years after its creation.
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: National Advisory Committee for AIDS
Agency: Love Communications (Australia)
Category: Health
Date: 4-03-2008 23:07
RISE-NOW against sexual assault and domestic violenceUndergraduate students in my socially conscious design class Design Rebels at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia are required to create a project that reaches the community beyond the school to talk about some of the issues covered in the course. The RISE-NOW campaign is one of two projects that…
Author: Noah Scalin
Where: Osocio Weblog
Advertiser: RISE-NOW
Agency: Design Rebels
Category: Abuse, Activism, Education
Date: 19-12-2007 15:01
