Liz Cooper - design and NGO communications: Postcard from India article in University for the Creative Arts alumni magazine November 2010

21 January 2011

Postcard from India article in University for the Creative Arts alumni magazine November 2010

A few weeks after beginning work at Swechha I was asked by UCA to write a "postcard from India" for the November issue of their alumni magazine:

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Design and communications for fair trade textiles and crafts

I started this blog in 2007 to share updates on my work in fair trade textiles and crafts. In 2006 I graduated with a BA(hons) degree in fashion design and have since been focusing on sustainable alternatives to conventional clothing, accessories and other textiles products. From 2007 to 2010 I worked in Senegal, mainly on a fair trade organic cotton project with a local NGO. You will find information and photos of this on older blog posts (see blog archive below). From 2010 to 2011 I spent a year in India through VSO, managing communications and a fair trade recycled textiles project for a Delhi-based youth NGO. From Autumn 2011 I'll be studying for the MSc Business and Community at the University of Bath.

Visit www.lizcooper.info for a CV, photo album, portfolio and links.

Email: contactlizcooper(at)gmail.com

Liz Cooper, August 2011.

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"The designer... has a passion for doing something that fits somebody’s needs, but that is not just a simple fix. The designer has a dream that goes beyond what exists, rather than fixing what exists... the designer wants to create a solution that fits in a deeper situational or social sense."

David Kelley, Founder of IDEO

"Great design isn't just what looks cool, it's a calculated and balanced blend of form and function that serves a specific purpose. Although, it's really satisfying when the end result looks cool."

William Justice, Web Designer

"There are three basic principles behind any well-designed product: truth, humanity, and simplicity."

Sohrab Vossoughi, Founder and President, Ziba Design Inc.

"Something that shapes our work as designers is personal experience. In my life I experience tremendous change, moving from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, from one person to the next, from advertising to design, my roles change every minute of the day. This minute I'm a friend, next minute I'll be a son. I can be an employer or an employee at the same time. Human experiences are multidimensional, and in my work I would like to reflect that."

Tung Chiang, Principal, Ah Tung Design

"Most people think of eco-compatibility in terms of recycling. But even with recycling, the earth's resources aren't nearly sufficient to allow the bulk of the planet’s population to consume at the levels we do in the developed world. If we are ever to allow the entire population to reach our standard of living, we have to learn to make do with less."

Gabriele Centazzo, Founder and Designer, Valcucine

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Jennifer Morla, Principal, Morla Design

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Cam Shaw

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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Co-Founder, Bauhaus

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Ayse Birsel, Industrial Designer and President, Olive1:1

"Design is in everything we make, but it’s also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy."

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