Compostmodern is fertile ground for sustainability. Presented by the San Francisco chapter of AIGA and the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), this interdisciplinary conference explores the range of design thinking necessary to create a socially and ecologically responsible society. Designers, manufacturers and business leaders come together to find inspiration, share knowledge and explore real world opportunities for transforming products, industries and lives.
Compostmodern 09 will be held at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco on Saturday, February 21. The event will be webcast live and will be available for 90 days following, encouraging online participation and satellite events at AIGA chapters and educational institutions everywhere. This year’s conference demonstrates how sustainable solutions converge as design, ecology, social activism, business, and economics intersect. Speakers include Eames Demetrios of Eames Office, Saul Griffith of Makani Power, Allan Chochinov of Core 77, California College of the Arts (CCA) Design MBA Chair Nathan Shedroff, climate strategist Michel Gelobter, John Bielenberg and Pam Dorr of Project M and the HERO Housing Resource in Alabama, Emily Pilloton of Project H Design, and Autodesk Sustainable Design Program Manager Dawn Danby. GreenBiz editor and sustainability author Joel Makower will reprise his role as emcee.
The conference is the fruit of the hard work of more than 100 volunteers who have willingly devoted their time, energy and expertise to keeping the sustainability conversation alive, fresh and relevant to the design and business communities.
Compostmodern was conceived by Phil Hamlett (then AIGA SF Environment Chair), Jennifer Pattee and Amos Klausner (then AIGA SF Executive Director).
The inaugural event, co-presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) was held at the California College of the Arts (CCA) San Francisco Campus and drew over 400 attendees.
SPEAKERS
Bob Adams – IDEO
Jim Ales – Monterey Bay Aquarium
Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne – ReadyMade magazine
John Bielenberg – C2
Brian Dougherty – Celery Design Collaborative
Cynthia Flanigan – Ford Motor Company
Daniell Hebert – MOTO Development Group
Corey Jones – CCA Materials Lab
Bob Lewis – Anderson Lithograph
Jeff Mendelsohn – New Leaf Paper
Ambassador Richard Nelson Swett
Ed Quevedo – WSP/Environmental North America
Karl Rabago – Cargill Dow
Nathan Shedroff
Ted Smith – Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Jim Weinbauer – Stora Enso
Philip White – Orb Analysis for Design
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Alameda County Waste Management
Hewlett-Packard
Stora Enso
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Anderson Lithograph
California College of the Arts
New Leaf Paper
The event moved to the Academy of Art University’s Morgan Auditorium and drew 500+ attendees. With the establishment—and subsequent involvement—of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), production of the event broadened. The event was produced by Phil Hamlett.
SPEAKERS
Roian Atwood – Director of Community Relations, American Apparel
Frank Barnett – Director of Manufacturing Systems, Environment, Health and Safety, Cenveo
Jay Bolus – Executive Vice President, Benchmarking and Certification, MBDC
Amy Franceschini – Principal, Futurefarmers
Chris Hacker – Senior Vice President of Global Design and Design Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
Grace Hawthorne and Shoshana Berger - CEO and Editor-in-Chief, ReadyMade magazine
Dan Imhoff – Author of Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World
Kalle Lasn – Founder, Adbusters Media Foundation
Greg Moore – Executive Director, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Joanne Oliver and Marc Woollard – IDEO
Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey – Owners, Heath Ceramics
Ron Radziner – Principal, Marmol Radziner + Associates
Paul Saffo – Institute for the Future
Michael Schwab – Michael Schwab Studio
Andrew Wagner and Frank Escher – Senior Editor, Dwell magazine
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Adobe Systems
Mohawk Paper
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Aquent
Branch
Cheskin
Hemlock
Inkwork Press
Sappi
Williamson Printing
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Academy of Art University
Cenveo
New Leaf Paper
MEDIA SPONSORS
Dwell
ReadyMade
Gaby Brink (AIGA SF Sustainability Chair) was lead producer with counterparts Phil Hamlett (AIGA Center for Sustainable Design) and Don Savoie (AIGA SF Executive Director). The 2008 event drew 600 attendees from all over the country. The addition of Joel Makower as emcee and speaker podcasts on the website further extended the conference’s reach and appeal.
SPEAKERS
Marc Alt and Phil Hamlett – Co-Chairs Presenters, AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
Jean-Charles Boisset – President, DeLoach Vineyards | Boisset Family Estates
Valerie Casey – Founder, The Designers Accord
Mark Galbraith – VP of Product Design, Nau Clothing, Inc.
Joel Makower – Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com
Dawn Maxey – Spoken Word Artist
Jacinta McCann – Architect, EDAW
Jane Savage – Director, Nike Considered Design Platform
Alex Steffen – Executive Editor, Worldchanging
Scott Stowell – Proprietor, Open
Jeff Walker – Principal, VSA Partners
Adam Werbach – CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi S
PRESENTING SPONSORS
Adobe Systems
Mohawk Paper
New Leaf Paper
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Finch Paper
KBA
Paragraphics
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS
Addis Creson
Cheskin
Lunar
Tomorrow
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Academy of Art University
Boisset America
Cenveo
Kashi
Panini Time
Williams & House
MEDIA SPONSOR
GDUSA
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