Posts Tagged ‘Worldstudio’

Repurposing banners for good

Friday, December 9th, 2011

The banners were turned into totebags by Urban Samaritan

Every year the Union Square Partnership installs new banners for the winter/holiday season to promote the district surrounding Union Square Park. Worldstudio works with the USP throughout the year on a wide variety of materials from event collateral for Summer in the Square and Harvest in the Square to promotional coupon books to email campaigns. (more…)

Community Engagement and Notre Dame

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Notre Dame logoThis spring, Worldstudio embarked on a project with Notre Dame’s Office of Public Affairs and Center for Social Concerns to assess the University’s community engagement efforts and how those efforts are being understood and perceived by key audiences. (more…)

Celebrating Local Food & Wine in Union Square

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

On Thursday, September 22nd, over 1,200 foodies attended the 16th annual Harvest in the Square. Featuring more than 50 restaurants and 40 wineries, Union Square Partnership raised $326,000 to benefit Union Square Park.
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Building Green Communities

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Worldstudio is excited to be working with Enterprise Community Partners on a series of robust workshop and training materials which educate developers, property managers and residents on operating and living in green affordable housing.

Enterprise Green & Healthy symbols

The identity is built from a suite of icons that form the four main areas the program addresses: Healthy Homes, Water, Energy and Recycling.

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Worldstudio partner joins Icograda board

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Worldstudio partner, Andréa Pellegrino, recently accepted an invitation to join Icograda’s Executive Board (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) as a co-opted board member. Andrea’s experience in building strategic alliances, association marketing and developing socially responsible strategies and programming are of particular relevance to Icograda future direction and projects.

President Russell Kennedy welcomed her and observed that, “Andréa brings a wealth of experience in fostering strategic alliances and demonstrating the value of design, skills we anticipate will enable new initiatives and growth for Icograda.”

Answering Adversity one image at a time

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Worldstudio consulted on the mission, strategy and messaging for the Young Photographer’s Alliance, a new non-profit organization which supports emerging photographers. For the Alliance’s inaugural mentoring initiative, Answering Adversity, Worldstudio developed the concept and structure of the program along with the theme and supporting materials, such as outreach collateral and mentoring guides. Worldstudio then worked with the Alliance over the life of the project to ensure success. What follows is a story about the program and the impact it has had on the participants.

The team from San Francisco gathers to review images

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Branding the “World’s Longest Department Store”

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Worldstudio has been working with the Steinway Astoria Partnership on a new branding and messaging program including naming, logotype, stationery system, lightpole banners, bus shelter poster and most recently a custom website with robust content-management system. (more…)

Design Ignites Change updates

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

It’s been an exciting year for Design Ignites Change, a collaboration between the Adobe Foundation and Worldstudio. The program, which encourages the application of the design process to social issues, now supports participation by over 700 college students, 675 high school students and nearly 300 design professionals worldwide!

In addition to ongoing partnerships with AIGA and the Designers Accord, Design Ignites Change is pleased to announce a new partnership with ASID (American Society of Interior Designers). (more…)

Branding events in Union Square

Monday, October 25th, 2010

Worldstudio has been working on a number of exciting event branding projects for the Union Square Partnership Business Improvement District. Home to New York’s largest Greenmarket and in the midst of a historic park, Union Square is one of the city’s most vibrant and trafficked neighborhoods. Projects include: event branding, print and online collateral, as well as a range of environmental graphics.

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Cynthia Rowley Designer Band-Aids benefit Design Ignites Change

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

New York-based designer Cynthia Rowley has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson to create limited edition “Dress-Up Band-Aids” with a contribution from the project benefiting Design Ignites Change.

Worldstudio’s Nina Mettler and Andréa Pellegrino, Johnson & Johnson Chief Design Officer Chris Hacker and Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge were on hand to celebrate Ms. Rowley at a luncheon on September 11th at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.

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