UPCOMING EVENT- 23rd July 2011 (Saturday)

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2011

What is World Environment Day?

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. 

What is the purpose for World Environment Day?

To in calculate environmental awareness to the public and to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations.

To stimulate awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action.

Who can participate in this event?

Everyone counts in this initiative and World Environment Day relies on everyone to make it happen! 

Come join us for World Environment Day

Saturday (23rd July 2011) 

10am-6pm

IKEA

Thanks for the awesome time!

Hi everyone!

We can finally call it a day (for now)! We would like to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported us in anyway- helping publicize the event, being our customers at our handicraft & caricature booth, or even just dropping by to say hi! We had tons of fun and we hope you did too.

Two of our group members, Cedric Cha and Yap Wai Hou, won second and third prize respectively in the Eco Bag Design Competition. They would like to thank everyone for their unending support.

Special thanks to Mr Jay Lim, the lecturers and staff of Saito College, CUTOUT Magazine, The Weld, everyone who made this event possible, and lastly, YOU! For just dropping by our humble blog! It means the world to us.

Thanks again and see you soon!

7 ½°C Up Close: Melvin

Melvin Foo Hoong Chuan aka Melvin. Designer.


"Anyone can be a hero if he wants to."

Check us out at our booth tomorrow!

The months of hard work and anticipation finally boil down to event day tomorrow! We are excited and ready to roll!

Be sure to drop by (details below) and say hi. Check out our very own 7 ½°C booth selling handicrafts (notebooks, postcards, necklaces, bracelets, etc.) made from recycled items.

DATE: 19th March, 2011, Saturday
TIME: 10am-5pm
VENUE: The Weld Shopping Centre: 76, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur

See you there!

7 ½°C Up Close: DaisyJun "DJ"

Daisy Yong Jun Lee aka DaisyJun "DJ". Designer. Loves children and making happy scars in everyone's life.

"Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."

2 days away!

Hey everyone!

We're only 2 days away! Time has passed so quickly while we were so busily having fun preparing for this event.

We also have good news! The 10 finalists for the Graphic Goes Green 2011 Eco Bag Design Competition have been announced, and 2/10 of them are members of 7 ½°C!

Do come visit us...

DATE: 19th March, 2011, Saturday

TIME: 10am-5pm

VENUE: The Weld Shopping Centre: 76, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur

…and check out the handicrafts sold at our booth, and also see if one of us wins the Eco Bag Design Competition!

See you there!

Design Can Change

Hello reader!

We're drawing closer and closer to event day. We can't wait for it and we hope you feel the same!

Today we look at Design Can Change, an eco-movement by designers, for designers.

"Design Can Change is an initiative aimed at uniting the world's graphic designers to use their influence and purchasing power to combat climate change. It was developed by smashLAB, a design firm based in Vancouver, BC.

"Objectives

According to the website, the Design Can Change initiative intends to:

• Bring together the design community to leverage our collective strength

• Establish a set of definitive standards that we can all readily implement

• Showcase the work of designers committed to the environment

• Promote designers and studios who embrace sustainable practices

• Raise awareness of the importance of sustainable-thinking

One of its objectives was to highlight the fact that designers influence the buying decisions of businesses and organizations with massive advertising budgets and being in control of such vast purse strings gives committed designers the ability to make a huge difference.

"Pledge

At the core of the initiative is a pledge that asks for a designer’s commitment to a sustainable practice and green mindset. The pledge's five guidelines require that its signators:

• engage in the topic,

• consider their choices carefully,

• put their knowledge to use,

• share information with others, and

• unite with the community to spark change.

Designers who take the pledge are listed in the site's searchable directory of like-minded studios.

"Results

When the Design Can Change website went live in April 2007, it was one of the first websites dedicated to the graphic designer's relationship to the issues surrounding climate change and one of a few online resources for sustainable graphic design.

Design Can Change quickly gained significant recognition with the international design community, and by May 2008, it had acquired over 1800 pledges from designers in 77 different countries. Since its launch, it has won awards and received mentions on popular design portals, industry publications, and hundreds of blogs. Articles about the initiative have been published by The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail.

As a result of Design Can Change, smashLAB’s Creative Director, Eric Karjaluoto, has been invited to speaking events put on by design associations such as HOW Magazine, AIGA, and New Media BC.

In April 2008, TIME Magazine selected Design Can Change for inclusion in the Design 100. TIME's annual Design 100 lists "the people and ideas behind today's most influential design"."

Source: Wikipedia

Read, learn, and participate in Design Can Change. [click]

Check out our installations @ The Weld!

Hi everyone!

From now until the 19th of March, our two installations, "Unbalanced" and "The Green Factory", will be on display at the Concourse area of The Weld Shopping Centre. Do drop by to check them out!

(Left: "Unbalanced"; Right: "The Green Factory")

How to get to The Weld. [click]

7 ½°C Up Close: LiLy

Siti Mawwar Aklili binti. Mohd Ghani aka LiLy. PR Team. Loves tennis and swimming, arts.

"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser."

Graphic Goes Green 2011: Art & Craft Bazaar

(Click on image for larger view)

More than 15 art & craft stores to shop from! See you there!

DATE: 19th March, 2011, Saturday
TIME: 10am-5pm
VENUE: The Weld Shopping Centre: 76, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur

7 ½°C Up Close: The Harano

Hrishii Haran aka The Harano. PR Team. Loves sports and animal "herping".

"To be a man, you've got to beat the man."

5 Minutes with Eco Warrior JayLim

"Art is in his blood. He sees like no other.

Jay believes there is life to every designer piece he works on. The garden city is a passport to his dream, making a breakthrough in advertising that will be of value to his clients. His garden of works is the result of intensive planning and execution of ideas which involves the collaboration of the two.

A graduate from Dasein Academy of Arts Malaysia, Jay majored in Graphic Design. He then ventured into the advertising industry for four years, adding more titles to his belt. He was interview by the media in print and electronically. An award-winner and visionary, his designs are a blend of the western and the orient. His final touches speak of his individuality.

Jay lives to be a perfectionist. When he means it, he does it with enthusiasm. His designs, however, revolve around his state of mind and the nature of things. As a 'kidult', he goes around collecting limited editions of designer creations. He reads a wide range of graphic design magazines and travels to other parts of the world with just one desire- to inspire and be inspired.

His passion for arts has brought him up in life, thus, making his mark in Canada, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. He had launched an exhibition of his own - 'Hanabi: The Fire of Passion - JayLim Special Edition 2006'.

Jay has worked with local and international brands. His clientele include Sony, DiGi Telecommunications, U Moblie, Sony Music, Bridal Guide, Standard Chartered, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and a string of discotheques.

The road to success has never been easy. He is thankful to his family for their support and guidance from his lecturers, whom without them, JayLim will never be where he is today."

-jaylimdesign.com

1. Describe yourself in one sentence.
Neither ugly nor handsome, sometimes smart and sometimes dumb.

2. How do you play your part as a designer in saving the earth?
Avoid printing unnecessarily. Eat more vegetables and cut down on meat.

3. What are some eco-projects you have worked on before?
- Re-Imaging Objects by KLUE Magazine, 2008
- Green I Need to Be by Great Eastern Mall, 2009
- Love Our Planet by The Weld Shopping Centre, 2009
- Antalis Paper Fantasy – Paper Tree Exhibition 2010

4. Complete the following sentence. If I didn't become a designer I would be...
...a member of The Killers.

5. What are your plans for the future?
Finding Neverland. Finding the best medicine for the design circle in Malaysia.

See more of Jay's work here. [click]

7 ½°C Up Close: Hiong

Ng Hiong Ying aka Hiong. PR Team. Loves piano and music.

"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more."

The Eco Warriors of Graphic Goes Green 2011

Presenting to you: The Eco Warriors of Graphic Goes Green 2011! (click image for larger view) These 4 creative talents will be giving talks throughout event day (details below), so be sure to come to Graphic Goes Green 2011 to check them out!

Date: 19th March 2011, Saturday
Time: 10am-5pm
Venue: The Weld Shopping Centre

COMING SOON: We get up close and personal with JayLim, founder of CutOut Magazine and one of the Eco Warriors!

7 ½°C Up Close: WillowZai

Wong Soon Lee aka WillowZai. Photographer. Loves art and music.

"Fill your world with your own style."

We're only two weeks away!

Hello everyone!

We are exactly TWO WEEKS away from event day! I hope you are as excited as we are!

See you in 14 days!

7 ½°C Up Close: Sky

Koo Sok Yin aka Sky. Designer and photographer. Loves basketball.


"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it."

7 ½°C Up Close: Yuki

Ong Chin Lee aka Yuki. Set-up artist. Loves daydreaming and listening to music.

"Simple is the best."

7 ½°C Up Close: Serene

Pang Si Yu aka Serene. Set-up artist. Loves drums and scouting.


"Where there is a will, there is a way."

7 ½°C Up Close: Meow

Kat Wui Yin aka Meow. Artist. Loves reading and watching movies.


"Double D: Do or Die."

Eco Humor

Read more at Green Toons [click].

7 ½°C Up Close: Vino

Vinotha A/P Panja Pillay aka Vino. Set-up artist. Loves reading story books, drawing, and listening to songs.


"Work is either fun or dreary. It depends on your attitude. I like fun. Trouble is part of your life- if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

7 ½°C Up Close: Miki

Leong Mei Khee aka Miki. Set-up artist. Loves music and games.

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin!"

7 ½°C Up Close: Kelly

Chong Kah Li aka Kelly. Artist. Loves drawing, movies, reading, and puzzles.


“What we really value is what we miss not what we have. A simple mind leads a joyful mind."

7 ½°C Up Close: Queenie

Chua Vyqueen aka Queenie. Set-up artist. Loves hanging out with friends and shopping.


"Action is the foundational key to all success."

7 ½°C Up Close: Cookie

Tong Sim Lu aka Cookie. PR Team. Loves enjoying nature, snapping lots of memorable photos, and listening to songs.

"Enjoy your life when you still had your time to do it."

7 ½°C Up Close: Snow

Lee Suet Ying aka Snow. Designer. Loves listening to music and watching movies.

"Just do what you want to do! 'Coz life only happens once.''

7 ½°C Up Close: Joey

 

Hoi Joo Yee aka Joey. Set-up artist. Loves listening to songs, singing, arts and handcrafts.


"Nothing is impossible. To march forward courageously. Just do it."

7 ½°C Up Close: Alan

Alan Firwandy aka Alan. Photographer. Loves sports, especially basketball.

"Don't think, just shoot." -Fabian Monheim