As oil continues to leak in the Gulf of Mexico and the powers that be continue to seem, well, powerless, we all wait impatiently wishing we could do something—anything—to lend a hand. The Heads of State designed the Gulf Charity Poster hoping, with your help, it can make a small impact on the growing devastation. This two color serigraph is an intial run of 200, signed and hand numbered.
They’re donating 50% of the profits from their Oil Drop poster (thats $20 per poster) to Oceana, the largest organization solely focused on protecting the world’s oceans. Oceana has been awarded the exceptional rating of 4 stars by Charity Navigator, which means you can feel good knowing your money is having a direct impact.
Purchase here.
Tumblr have launched a nice initiative helping people easily donate $5 without even leaving their dashboard, with a small incentive and the promise to match each donation like for like. Nice one tumblr!
http://staff.tumblr.com/post/673318863/save-our-gulf
Feels like things are picking up in the ‘design response’ arena for the slick, still a long way behind the Haiti response though (understandably).
Jun 7th, 2010 / 11:56 am
nice poster, but i think this fits even better:
http://www.threadless.com/submission/239349/The_last_drip/
Jun 7th, 2010 / 12:06 pm
Half of the sale of each poster is going to the Gulf, meaning $20 per poster (as opposed to just half the profit). Just wanted to point out the distinction so it doesn’t appear as if they are being stingy :)
Jun 7th, 2010 / 5:06 pm
Unfortunately, this is just a drop in the ocean.
Jun 8th, 2010 / 5:26 am
Reminds me very much on a poster by Mario Suter from 2003:
http://www.100-beste-plakate.de/2003/pages/0654_06.htm
Jun 9th, 2010 / 12:31 pm
Rehash of a poster they did some time ago. Go check out their portfolio. At least do something original.
Jun 9th, 2010 / 2:25 pm