A curated library of creativity, purpose and design-for-good resources.
Created by Honours, this evolving list brings together the ideas, tools and voices that inspire us and our work. It’s a collection of references spanning creativity, ethics, sustainability, inclusion, social impact, branding, storytelling, design for change and more. This list was built to support anyone shaping work that matters. It exists to be useful, generous and shared.
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AdGreen
https://www.weareadgreen.org/
AIGA
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/
Austin Kleon
https://austinkleon.com/
A Web for Everyone https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_Web_for_Everyone.html?id=Dno3DwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
Awesome Diversity
https://github.com/folkswhocode/awesome-diversity
The A11Y Project
https://www.a11yproject.com/
A Brief History of John Baldessari Less design for good, more good art.
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B-Corp
https://bcorporation.uk/
BIPOC Design
https://www.are.na/rita-troyer/bipoc-design-zlfix7o_r4c
Blue Earth Summit
https://blueearthsummit.com/
Brené Brownhttps://brenebrown.com/
Bruce Mau: Massive Change
https://designmanifestos.org/bruce-mau-massive-change-24-mc24/
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Circular Design Guide
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-design-guide/overview
Creative Boom
https://www.creativeboom.com/insight/how-can-designers-be-truly-sustainable/
Creative Boom Podcast
https://www.creativeboom.com/podcast/
Creative Ecosystems
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VHrlB9u6RpGjZK_SW-JKf7t-QehBdBF7EVF8Qd-j02s/edit?gid=648567440#gid=648567440
The Creative Independent
https://thecreativeindependent.com/
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Decolonizd
https://decolonizd.com/
Design Council: Design Economy
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/design-economy/
Design and Violence (Paola Antonelli & Jamer Hunt)
https://www.moma.org/d/pdfs/W1siZiIsIjIwMTgvMDYvMTMvMjB4Zjd3OTU5MV9Nb01BX0Rlc2lnbkFuZFZpb2xlbmNlX1BSRVZJRVcucGRmIl1d/MoMA_DesignAndViolence_PREVIEW.pdf?sha=bf111d13ae278e06
Design Declares
https://driftime.notion.site/Design-Declares-Toolkit-dcb18f2911394d52a711d8cf4e9f15b8
Design Emergency
https://www.instagram.com/design.emergency/
The Design Justice Network
https://designjustice.org/
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
https://designmattersmedia.com/
Design Reviewed
https://designreviewed.com/random-artefacts-from-the-archive/
Dezeen
https://www.dezeen.com/tag/sustainable-design/
D&AD with Debbie Millman
https://www.dandad.org/annual/2021/editorial/voices-debbie-millman-on-branding-and-the-climate-emergency?&next=/editorial/voices-debbie-millman-on-branding-and-the-climate-emergency/
D&AD
https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-sustainable-doesnt-mean-ugly-impact-features-opinions/?ct=t%28D&AD_News%29=&goal=0_d33314635a-f104cefba4-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=f104cefba4&mc_eid=9aaaa97890
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Ecograder
https://ecograder.com/
Emily Gosling:
How can designers be truly sustainable (and truly persuasive with clients)?
https://www.creativeboom.com/insight/how-can-designers-be-truly-sustainable/
Ethics for Design
https://ethicsfordesign.com/
The Ethical Move
https://theethicalmove.org/
Exposure Earth
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-reinvent-wheel-how-brands-can-turn-consumer-journey-jv6ne/?trackingId=soV9qXjbRneODN2p1NWw1A%3D%3D
Extinction Rebellion
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/
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Freewater
https://www.freewater.io/
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garden3d.net
https://garden3d.substack.com/
George Aye: That little quiet voice (RSA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8RiOMPMZ3Y
Goodvertising
https://goodvertising.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goodvertising.pdf
Guacamole Airplane:
Guide to best-in-class sustainable packaging materials and suppliers
https://guacamoleairplane.com/supplier-guide
The Guilty Feminist
https://guiltyfeminist.com/
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Honours
https://honours.studio/
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Ideo
https://www.ideo.com/
It’s Nice That: Conscious Creativity
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/conscious-creativity-how-to-shape-the-future-our-industry-introduction-lucienne-roberts-301120
It’s Nice That: The Only Way is Ethics
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/ethics-graphic-design-essay-131016
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John Paul Flintoff: How to Change the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH6FBwbqxUA
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Ken Garland: First Things First Manifesto
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/why-ken-garlands-first-things-first-manifesto-keeps-getting-updated/
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper beats plastic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4B-Vpvx1A
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Made Thought
https://www.madethought.com/work/a-plastic-planet
Material Design
https://m3.material.io/styles/color/system/overview
Microsoft Inclusive Design
https://inclusive.microsoft.design/
Masuma Henry: 3 Principles To Guide Designing For Social Change
https://www.fastcompany.com/3065781/3-principles-to-guide-designing-for-social-change
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Offset
https://offset.labr.io/
Olivia King
https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusivesans/feature
Omse
https://www.omse.co/work/grounded
Online Archive
https://oa.letterformarchive.org/
On Design Podcast
https://ondesignpodcast.com/
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Plastic Free
https://plasticfree.com/
Positive News
https://www.positive.news/
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Rick Rubin
https://www.thecreativeactbook.com/
Responsible Brands
https://www.instagram.com/responsible.brands/
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Shamma Buhazza
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/shamma-buhazza-thread-of-inspiration-graphic-design-031220
Smiley Movement
https://smileymovement.org/
Stark
https://www.getstark.co/
The Sustainable Web Manifesto
https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/
Squiggly Careers
https://www.squigglycareers.com/squiggly-careers-company-toolkit/https://www.squigglycareers.com/listen/
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Ted Talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists?topics%5B%5D=sustainability
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Unearthed
https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/
Use Less
https://useless.london/
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Walker: Designs for different futures
https://walkerart.org/magazine/series/designs-for-different-futures
WGSN
https://www.wgsn.com/en/blogs/blueprint-sustainable-future
Woman’s Hour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb
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