novum 05.20 »sustainability«
Creative ideas to tackle the climate crisis
There is no Planet B, despite the way mankind behaves. Increasingly, however, people are looking for alternative ways of doing things. Eco doesn´t have to be dull – as demonstrated by the cover of this issue, produced to the Blue Angel environmental standard. We pulled out all the stops! Fold-out sections back and front give the theme of »sustainability« the space it deserves, and leave plenty of scope for illustrations which also point out, with black humour, that there really is no Planet B…
In the novum+ section we present lots of ideas and concepts that offer a sensible way of saving resources. For example, how do you combine business interests with environmental protection? The Icarus Complex Magazine shows how, with thought-provoking content presented in an innovative editorial design, and in Finland a new compostable material is being produced that can replace plastic. Of course in printing, too, and when commissioning print products, you can save resources in an intelligent way. As an agency, you can adopt a sustainable approach, and as a designer, you can even go into politics yourself. There are many roads to achieving the same goal, we have selected a few exciting concepts to present to you.
The cover
For the cover of the May issue we teamed up with Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte to find a way of producing a really striking cover in an eco-friendly way. So, it was printed on the recycling paper RecyStar from Inapa, in line with the Blue Angel environmental standard. And in the production of the cover, with fold-out front and back, bookbinders Reinhart & Wasser did a superb job.
The illustrations by design studio B.O.B. show in a charming but ironic way, that there really is no Planet B. A cut-out section on the cover allows a glimpse of the future. The designers explain: »We designed this cover to highlight just how absurd all those things are that we are doing to our planet, and to urge us all to fight to protect it. We need to make this planet into the best place to live, not pin our hopes on some mythical Planet B.«
Copies of this issue can be bougth here
Bookbinding
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