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The brief set by Paper Co was to create a new format of desktop calendar which promoted sustainability and diverse use of paper, whilst being able to be sent out by post in a normal envelope.

Because the target audience was printers and designers, who collect large quanities of paper and have huge amounts of scraps, I designed the calendar as a set of stamps which could be attached to scrap pieces of paper meaning that the user can collect together their own calendar using scraps they like. This fits in perfectly with the mapgie tendencies of the target audience and the sustainability aspect of the brief, as the scraps are being reused rather than thrown away.

Furthermore a 1-colour process (blackk and white) is used to make the printing as environmentally friendly as possible and, due to the size of the booklet, the least amount of paper possible is used. The paper is 100% recycled and the calendar would be mailed out with dummies and samples to keep down the carbon footprint.

It’s been a while since I last posted so thought I’d just do an update of some more press. Firstly I was interviewed for an article in issue 162 of Computer Arts, so a big thank you to Garrick Webster and Tom Dennis for that. The article showcased some of DAHRA’s upcoming work – such as a film on Tibet and a project with HypeforType

Whilst this is extremely embarrassing, and I’m not sure I should feature it, I was also interviewed by Media140 whilst showing work at OFFF. You can hear the interview below:

Many thanks to Media140 for the interview and we thoroughly recommend you have a look at their website, a really worthwhile endeavour! (And apologies for sounding as eloquent as a footballer!)

It’s an honour to finish a runner up in this year’s Stereohype Badge Competition as the quality of the entries was very high. To see my entry along with other runner ups and, of course, the winning entries please visit: Stereohype

Big thanks to David Pache for thinking my work and DAHRA worthy of being featured in his 100 brands of interest – part II

204 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Home. Without sounding too sentimental or “hollywood” this is home – or at least it is for the next 5 weeks. During which time I’ll be working on Michael Bierut’s team at Pentagram New York

For those of you who don’t know who Pentagram are, or for those who’ve heard of them but not quite sure what they do, I’ve found this video:

This was a pleasant surprise but thanks to Thinking For A Living for featuring my portfolio in their online resources section

For those of you who don’t know Thinking For A Living is run by Duane King who is a creative director at BBDK, who have an amazing portfolio and it is a great honour to be featured on the blog

Furthermore I have also found people have been saving my website on their Del.ic.ious so a big thanks to everyone for their support. The next blog post should be coming from NYC in a few weeks – more to be revealed soon

Many thanks to Mark Sinclair and Patrick Burgoyne over atCreative Review for the feature

You can read the full article here

Also a massive thanks to DT magazine for their support in featuring the DATA book in their March issue

Buy the Book here

Design By Nik Ainley

Design By Adhemas Batista

Design By Saad Moosajee

Design By Shane Mielke

Design By Si Scott

Design By Bram Timmer

Design By Alex Trochut

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Designers Against Tibetan Abuse (on sale Feb 2nd 2009) is the first project by Designers Against Human Rights Abuse. Founded by Rishi Sodha in the summer of 2008, a non-profit organisation, DAHRA exists to promote and raise awareness amongst those involved in the creative industry of their social, political and ethical responsibilities as well as to raise awareness of different instances of Human Rights Abuse.

As such the first project focuses on Tibetan Rights and is a combination of a book, a limited edition Si Scott silk screen poster and an exhibition in London in the Summer of 2009.

52 creatives from around the world all contributed pieces focusing on different aspects of Tibetan Rights forming this inspiring book, available for £20 delivered worldwide. All proceeds go to the Tibet Relief Fund, who are also distributing the book, and all the money goes directly to them with DAHRA not handling it at any time

Here is a list of all contributors to the book:

Nik Ainely (Shinybinary), Anna Badar, Jonathan Barnbrook, Adhemas Batista, Bek 03, Luisa Bernardes, Diana Bodea, Bartek Bojarczuk, Jon Burgerman, Jonathan Calugi, Giovanni Capriotti, Christopher Cox (ChangetheThought), Nicholas Creevy, Sebastien Cuypers, Adam Dedman, Neil Duerden, Andy Ellison, Nima Falatoori (NMO design), Theo Gennitsakis, Alex Haigh (thinkdust), Christine Hale (Love,Christine) , Nick Hard (Research Studios), David Harris, Sean Canty, Mike Harrison, Peter Harrison, Nessim Higson (IamAlwaysHungry), Piotr Holub, Eli Horn, Eric Jordan (2advanced.com), Evgeny Kiselev, Niklas Lundberg (diftype), Justin Maller (Depthcore), Chow Martin, Kevin Megens (Karma.tv), Shane Mielke (2advanced), Nathaniel Milburn, Saad Moosajee, Jared Nickerson (J3concepts), Joao Oliveira, Snehal Sanghani, Loic Sattler, Si Scott, Rishi Sodha, This is Pacifica, Bram Timmer, Tokyo Plastic, Alex Trochut, Ana Ventura, Ari Weinkle, Oliver Wiegner (Ice Cream For Free)

Please note that this is not an attack on the Chinese or a slur against any other people as this is strictly prohibited by DAHRA. Please show your support by buying the book and joining DAHRA by registering at http://www.dahra.org/blog/wp-register.php. Be sure to check out the current running projects open to everyone.

The Designers Against Tibetan Abuse (DATA) Book has been featured in the output section of Computer Arts #159. We’d like to thank Nick Hard and Jeff Knowles over at Research Studios and Tom Dennis, Garrick Webster and the team at Computer Arts for the feature

Buy the Book here

A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

Really well shot video. Although whether it’s emotional or slightly stalkerish is up for debate