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Alumna Gaby Brink to Present at West Coast Premiere of AIGA's Living Principles as part of Earth Day Celebration

Posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, by Jim Norrena

This year's exciting Bay Area lineup of Earth Day Celebration activities includes CCA noted alumna Gaby Brink (Photography 1992; Graphic Design 1995), cochair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), presenting the West Coast premiere of the AIGA's Living Principles for Design on Thursday, April 22, at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco.

The Living Principles for Design, coauthored by Phil Hamlett, also a cochair for AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, were "born out of the design profession’s need for an aspirational and actionable framework that provides designers and their clients with a common understanding of the core facets of sustainability and enables them to take action." Like much of today's effort to design with sustainability in mind, the project's development relies on the ongoing contributions of the design community at large.

Gaby has worked tirelessly to chart the organization’s long-term vision and promote the integration of sustainability strategies to design and 
business communities at large. She has for the past three years been the lead producer of AIGA’s interdisciplinary design conference, Compostmodern, which has become "the preeminent destination for sustainability programming for designers of all stripes."

Gaby also is founder and executive creative director of Berkeley-based Tomorrow design firm, where she leads an interdisciplinary team of creative talents and strategists. According to the website, she is "a tireless advocate for building brands that are strategically sharp, unique in their marketplace and that succeed to connect with their audience in meaningful ways."

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