G&G Graphic Design offers the design of ...
- Adverts, Logo's, Business Cards, Letter heads ...
- Book layout, Publication typesetting and Cover Design, more here
- Website Design, Development, Maintenance & Hosting ...more ...
The initial concept for G&G Graphic Design came about after wondering what could be done to curb the effects of Global Warming and the pervasive earth changes we face. The answer came to me on earth day, almost a year ago, in the guise of the gecko ... I realized that if there was going to be a future for humanity on this planet, we had to commit ourselves completely to its sustainability, and, like the gecko, we have to adhere to trees, the so called ‘lungs of the world’; the primary producers, and the basis of all life.
The gecko can adhere to almost anything, and has survived, albeit not quite in its current form, for at least 85 million years. That's 42 times longer than anything resembling human, and 325 times longer than the current ‘model’ human. They preceded us, gave us our reptilian brain and took to the skies as birds. We could learn a lot from the gecko, as we begin to get our priorities back into order. Gecko is, quite fittingly, also the name given to the layout engine built into the Mozilla series of web-browsers. Taking all this into account, there really is no greener mascot for graphic design than the gecko.
Why go green with gecko design?
Gecko's Design Philosophy is simply put: "Keep it simple and keep it sustainable"
Paper is the 'Design for Print' Industry's biggest resource. Indeed the print industry couldn't run without it. This is why Gecko decided to team up with various eco-organizations to help offset the environmental cost of designing for paper, and the web. This is done primarily through the planting of apple or maringa trees via affiliated organizations, such as Trees for Life and Food & Trees for Africa, or through donations to the organizations themselves. You get a great design and better peace of mind of a green future. How valuable is your future to you?
Examples of how design can be green:
- In the case of a Book, 1 tree per 10 pages of your book is planted in your name. E.g. a 300 page book would = 30 trees) More info on Typesetting and Layour can be found here ...
- For a Website, 1 tree is planted each month for the duration of the website's online lifespan. To further offset carbon emissions, only green hosting providers that use solar or wind based power, such as ThinkHost, are subcontracted by gecko, to store your website. More info on this here ...
- In the case of any other design work, a donation of 20% of the proceeds will be made to either Trees for Life or Food and Trees for Africa, or an eco-organization of your choice.
