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Mag Boddington is a writer for The Engine Block, a company that tracks and showcases automotive trends, culture, and niches. The Dying Art of PinstripingвЂ¦on the Cusp of a Renaissance? by Mag Boddington The Dying Art of PinstripingвЂ¦on the Cusp of a Renaissance?

From the companies we support and the products we use, to how we use them, all play a major part in how we can improve the environment through our professions. By taking small steps in each of our daily routines, together we can help reduce the waste and damage we create to benefit the environmental/social good. The environmental damage and carbon footprint left behind by the manufacture and maintenance of electronic devices is something we cannot ignore. Something to understand is that the graphic design industry (any tech-based industry for that matter) is nowhere close to being environmentally friendly.

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In day to day design life, this can mean using white/chalkboards rather than post-it notes, recycling older computers/laptops when we upgrade to more capable machines, and using items such as mechanical pencils, that promote a reuse/refill model rather than a single-use or disposable system. While inexpensive to manufacture and convenient to dispose of, cheaply produced products often fail under much use, creating a system where manufactured waste inherently outnumbers quality products. The вЂњthrow-awayвЂќ culture that has become synonymous with todayвЂ™s first world societies is something that can be mediated through the promotion and implementation of products designed to last decades. Through providing designs/products intended and made to last long durations of time, designers can do their part in working for the environmental good. While it sounds cliche, being kind and showing respect for others is just one step anyone can take in integrating social good into their routine. As far as the personal design process, being aware of othersвЂ™ sensitivities and coming to terms with the fact that you cannot (by yourself) speak for everyone, can help make you work towards supporting the environmental/social good.

Through the products we shop for and the companies we support, as well as the messages we send through the stances we take, designers (as well as anyone) can take do their part to support particular causes. Which of these directions most interests you? What do you feel your level of responsibility is here? Is there an example of environmental or social design that you find inspiring? How can businesses or design agencies implement design for good into day to day work?вЂќД®nvironmental/social good can be integrated and applies to many aspects of our lives. вЂњConsider how you can begin to work either environmental or social good into your personal design process. I donвЂ™t follow Major League Baseball myself, but it was through a meme poking irony at the design that I was made aware of it. On the contrary, many teams across all levels of competitive sports have a tradition of вЂthemingвЂ™ their uniforms per awareness event (camouflage jerseys on veteranвЂ™s day, pink uniforms for breast cancer awareness month, etc.) With this design, the Orioles became cannon fodder for memes, but it was successful in spreading awareness.

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Anything from sports programs to team schedules, to items such as baseballs and ballcaps, would all be more inclusive if they featured embossed braille or other design elements that spread awareness to blindness or other forms of disability.Д«eing that the Orioles are the first professional sports team to successfully attempt such a means of spreading awareness to blindness is amazing and shocking, to say the least, I still feel as though resources could have been put to better use if otherwise allocated towards making actual fan-usable items more inclusive. With that said, it would be nice to see other organizations and teams around the professional sports scene to follow through and include more usable and practical instances of design for those that are blind. While the relationship between how braille is read and the fact that it was on jerseys not intended to be felt by others did face criticism by the general public, I commend the Orioles organization for using their platform as a professional sports team to help spread this message. While this isnвЂ™t a solution to a direct problem faced by those that are blind, it was effective in spreading awareness of the disability. The Baltimore Orioles became the first professional sports team to don their uniforms with braille lettering. Photo showing the OriolesвЂ™ Braille jersey design.