Conscious Communication Design

Lisa Zimmermann is a design educator and researcher, specialising in Sustainable Graphic & Web Design aka Conscious Communication Design

[@creativefuturesacademy @creativefutur16]

Book your place for this special talk on how the design sector can collectively foster a culture of inclusion that welcomes difference, promotes agency + facilitates shared community building.

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https://t.co/KC6tBX4uFY

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

@IDIIreland if i click on the link, i get this:

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@eatwholegrain BUT it's that kind of thinking that hinders progress. I gotta remind myself that sustainability (similar to veganism for example) is gradual/ a scale, not black and white. And there's ALWAYS room to improve. And Tom inspires me and many on that way 👏

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@eatwholegrain tbh when i first read the title I thought the oxymoron was that its is a newsletter in the first place, which obvs has a footprint in itself. Which made me wonder if any digital product can be sustainable in the same sense as a natural ecosystem would be considered sustainable🤔

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@ConKennedy tbh i had all my students try this out because it's so hard to teach the pen tool, but this actually confused them more than necessary. It's quite hard as it demands shortcuts unnecessary to master the tool efficiently. 🤷

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

Incredible new Newsletter by @eatwholegrain Tom Greenwood, one of the - and my favourite - leader(s) in Sustainable Digital and Business research and practice: https://t.co/hjo2nYVULq

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

Folks, can we be clear: if the chances of 1.5C are looking lower and lower, the next goal is 1.500000001, not 2C

It's been astonishing to see the casual, chilled-out half-degree step in Aus interviews on IPCC the past few days, as if it's no big deal

https://t.co/BXPAxMSG5m

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

very cool: a #braille display that can also emulate shapes from images, with its individual parts easily replaceable and it can be operated through gestures!
#accessibility, #Sustainability and #clevertech combined 👏
https://t.co/N5glnrXdFa

[Dot Inc. @dot_incorp]

We are proud to publicly announce our collaboration with Apple for the Dot Pad, the first tactile graphics display for the visually impaired and blind! Check out the exclusive scoop on TechCrunch.
🎊 🤝 🥳
https://t.co/jT8orwVL0f

[B Corp U.S. & Canada @bcorpuscan]

84% of B Corps allow for flex time working schedules (20% more likely than ordinary businesses).

The future of work is flexibility. #BCorp

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

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@lucderuijter in my own teaching, i do whatever i can to encourage my students to question whatever they learn, that includes what you call "communication theory". Any good lecturer will encourage critical thinking on the learned theories, especially on university level

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people in advertising have a responsibility to use their talent for good

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@lucderuijter excellent questions! I believe, what 'good' is, every person needs to define for themselves. Most unethical behaviour occurs when workers don't know their own values or how to stand in for them. We need to enable people to define their own value system

[Banana for scale 🍌📏 @scale_banana]

This teacher projects his face during exams 😃

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

"We track if we are driving use, but not if we are driving value."
Dysfunctional systems: Why are we designing for addiction? by @heyjovo in @uxdesigncc https://t.co/RLN3q5xhHR

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@_brendamalone @pollyplummer every email stored uses up energy on a server. By keeping these emails you are destroying our planet. Please delete and unsubscribe!

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@pollyplummer PLEASE get rid of these! Every email stored uses up energy, constantly. Just because you can't see it, doesn't lessen it's negative environment impact.

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

@hanopcan fantastic, thanks for sharing your slides. ♥️

[EcoPing.earth @EcoPingHQ]

Want to know how to calculate digital emissions?

Here's a wonderful post that @timfrick, @eatwholegrain, @RymBaouendi, and I came up with

https://t.co/stgPWNLHwr

[Conscious Communication Design @CCDbylisa]

@gerrymcgovern i don't believe there is such a thing as waste in the material world, just wastefulness, or misuse of resources.
In the digital world however, yes, there is waste, and it increases exponentially, while noone is watching.