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Brandy Martell’s Story

Brandy Martell’s Story, A Case Study of Design and Accountability Photo by Tiffany Woods. Brandy Martell, a 37 years old transgender woman was gunned down and killed a few blocks from our office in Oakland in April 2012. Brandy worked
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August 8, 2014 | By nadia | Categories: Case Studies

Money For Our Movements Designing for the Left Session

Download DesignAction_MFOM_Presentation from Money for Our Movements 2014, presented on August 2 in Baltimore, MD. Here are some points made during the session about designing your Fundraising Communications Design is not just a pretty picture and a nice font. Often
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August 4, 2014 | By nadia | Categories: Case Studies

The Loving Tension Between Writers and Designers

How many times has a copywriter bemoaned that designers always say there’s too much text? How many time does the designer beg the editor to cut more text? How can we come to a perfect harmony? Graphic design should make
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February 16, 2014 | By nadia | Categories: Case Studies, Design Styles & Samples, Print Resources

2013 Year in Review

2013 was a landmark year for Design Action Collective. We celebrated our 10 year anniversary and strengthened our relationships with organizations working for social change. Here are some highlights: 10 Years of Designing for Change To mark our 10 year
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January 23, 2014 | By sabiha | Categories: Case Studies, Events & Updates, News

Design Action Represented at First Trans* Hackathon: Trans*H4CK

This past weekend, Design Action sent one of our team to Trans*H4CK, the first-ever hackathon focused on bringing together trans* and gender non-conforming tech workers to create projects that advance social justice for the trans*/GNC community. A bit of background:
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September 19, 2013 | By Design Action | Categories: Case Studies, News

Design Action Infographics

We think of an infographic in three levels depending on the goals of the specific campaign. Some images need to add context to data or factoids through associated visuals/graphics. For instance, this ROC infographic presents key findings from a report
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September 16, 2013 | By nadia | Categories: Case Studies, Design Styles & Samples, News, Print Resources

$10 for 10 Fights! CJJC’s new grassroots fundraising campaign

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a unique grassroots fundraising campaign that Causa Justa / Just Cause recently contracted us to design a campaign logo and commemorative poster for. The concept behind the campaign is that community supporters choose
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August 21, 2013 | By josh | Categories: Case Studies, News

Appealing designs for Appeals! (and other fundraising materials)

It’s getting to be that time of year… what I like to call Fundraising Season. Time for special events, end-of-year mailings, newsletters, and thinking about the annual report. To get your fundraising juices going, we wanted to show you some
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August 13, 2013 | By nadia | Categories: Case Studies, Design Styles & Samples, Print Resources

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