Angela Hill
Incitrio design{brand}media is a boutique design firm led by President/Creative Director, Angela Hill. Ms. Hill has over 15 years of experience in the design industry from in-house agencies to advertising to marketing and design firms in Saint Louis, San Francisco and San Diego. Prior to starting her firm, she was the art director on design/branding projects for such companies as: Energizer, Ford, Foster Farms, Hallmark, Intel, Mars Candy, Merrill Lynch, Pepsi, PG&E, Sega, Sun Microsystems, Visa and Williams Sonoma.
Ms. Hill is an adjunct professor in graphic design at San Diego State University, a guest lecturer at USD, UCSD and UC Irvine, and a frequent lecturer within the community on such topics as: Branding 101, Launching Your Brand, Online Branding, Blue Ocean Strategy and the Art of Business Networking. She holds a degree in Visual Communications with a minor in Branding from Washington University in Saint Louis.
Ms. Hill is a former board member of the American Marketing Association and the High Tech Marketing Alliance. Currently, she is the VP of Operations on the Executive Board for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) – where she is implementing a long-term strategic plan to upgrade the organization’s brand perception within the community.
Cristina Montoya
Juliana Miloseski
Juliana is a Detroit born designer. Specialties include: print, motion graphics, and the hand made. She is designer by day mad scientist by night.
Kathy McGraw
Kathy’s interest in the environment began at a young age while growing up on the coast of Maine. Her interest continued throughout college, culminating with an internship at the EPA and a degree in Marine Biology. After years as a researcher in the biotech industry, Kathy answered her original artistic calling and turned to graphic design. Kathy is a senior designer for Van Vechten Creative in San Diego. She has worked as a graphic designer for The McCulley Group in Solana Beach, ChampCohen Design in Del Mar and has had her own freelance design company Bioviz catering to the sciences.
Steph Walker
A recent graduate from the San Diego State University Graphic Design program, Steph works in graphic design and screen printing in San Diego, CA. Her main interests in sustainability include textiles, materials sourcing, waste systems, community involvement, and public art. Some of her current projects include tees, soft goods, and illustration.
Joel Geluz (no photo)
Joel Geluz is a recent graduate from San Diego State University who studied graphic design. Although born in Travis AFB in Northern California, he was raised in San Diego. Joel’s focuses in design are Motion Graphics, Information, and Branding. He believes learning for life in design is an important value.
Cheryl Dine
Directing a design firm since 1990 has shown Cheryl that there are many ways to get a message out with less impact to the environment. Her team is working hard to find ways to improve this mission.
Prior to starting her own firm, she was art director of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker, Inc., in San Diego, Senior Art Director at Edward Howard & Co. in Cleveland and worked for Penton Publishing. She has a BFA in Graphic Design from Kent State University, including the summer Graphic Design Workshop in Brissago, Switzerland.
Dine has served as past chairs for public relations, special events and fundraising for the American Institute of Graphic Arts, San Diego. She completed eleven years of service on the board of directors of San Diego Youth & Community Services. She has also served as an advisor to Design With A Purpose.
Advice
Green Guide to Anything - Greenyour.com
Sierra Club Mr. Green – http://sierraclub.typepad.com/mrgreen/
News + Latest
Organic Style Magazine – http://www.organicstyle.com/
TreeHugger - www.treehugger.com
Green Tech Blog – http://www.news.com/greentech
The Consumerist – http://consumerist.com
Fun Groups
Green Drinks – http://www.biothinking.com/greendrinks/index.php?country=USA&city=San%20Diego
Volunteer
Zero Waste – http://zerowastesandiego.org/
I Love a Clean San Diego – http://www.cleansd.org
San Diego River Park Foundation – http://www.sandiegoriver.org
California Native Plant Society San Diego – http://www.cnpssd.org/
Surfrider Foundation San Diego - http://www.surfridersd.org/
Audubon Society – http://www.sandiegoaudubon.org
San Diego Coastkeeper – http://www.sdcoastkeeper.org
Institute for Wildlife Studies – http://www.iws.org
Nature Conservancy – http://www.nature.org
Sierra Club - http://www.sierraclub.org
Pesticide Action Network – http://www.panna.org/
Greenpeace – http://www.greenpeace.org
Design
Design Office Sustainability Model – http://www.rizcodesign.com/beleaf/beleaf.html
Paper Sources – http://www.unisourcegreen.com
Tricycle – http://www.tricycleinc.com
Ecological Guide to Paper - http://www.celerydesign.com/paper/matrix.htm
Sustainable is Good, Packaging – http://www.sustainableisgood.com
Design 21: Social Design Network – http://www.design21sdn.com
Design Can Change – http://www.designcanchange.org
Design for the Other 90% – http://www.d-rev.com
Story of Stuff - http://www.storyofstuff.com
The Meatrix - http://www.themeatrix.com
Iconologic – iconologic.com
AIGA Center for Sustainable Design – http://sustainability.aiga.org
350 Video – http://www.350.org/en/animation
Products
BioPaver – http://pruned.blogspot.com/2005/06/biopaver-by-joseph-hagerman.html
Transportation
Local Public Transportation – http://www.sdcommute.com/
Go Loco – http://www.goloco.org
Zip Car – http://www.zipcar.com
UCSD Bicycling – http://ucsdcycling.org/
Architecture/Interiors
Metropolis Magazine – http://www.metropolismag.com
U.S. Green Building Council – http://www.usgbc-sd.org/
Industrial Designers Society of America Eco Site – http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/okala.html
Green Build 365 – http://www.greenbuild365.org
HERE Magazine – http://www.coopercarry.com
BIG DIG House – http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/residential/bigdighouse
FX Fowle Architects – http://www.fxfowle.com
Okala — http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/okala.html
Alleys – http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=3168
Economy
Green Money Journal – http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com
Living Economies – http://www.livingeconomies.org
Schumacher Society – http://www.schumachersociety.org/about.html
Climate Counts – http://www.climatecounts.org
Recycle Bank – http://www.recyclebank.com/home.cfm
Materials/Product Sourcing
Unisource – http://www.unisourcegreen.com/
Sustainable Cotton – http://www.sustainablecotton.org/
Organic Cotton Directory – http://www.organiccottondirectory.net/
Organic Trade Association – http://www.ota.com/index.html
BASIC Pest Control – http://dietrick.org/basic_cotton.htm
Organic Exchange – http://www.organicexchange.org/
Bio Bags – http://www.sourcenetintl.com/Source_Net_Intl/BioBags.html
Natur Tec Bio Resin – http://www.natur-tec.com/
World Centric – http://worldcentric.org/
Energy
Envision Solar – http://www.envisionsolar.com
Climate Care – http://www.climatecare.org
Technology
Life Straw – http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw.htm
Company Eco-Initiatives
Penguin Books Plants Trees – http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/classics/index.html
Food
CAFF – http://www.caff.org/
OB People’s – http://obpeoplesfood.coop/
Organic Consumers – http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Edible Estates – http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/initiatives/edibleestates/main01.html
Urban Agriculture – http://www.cityfarmer.org/subrooftops.html
BuyWell Coffee – http://www.buywell.org/html/index_html.html
Eco Friendly Shopping
eConscious Market – http://econsciousmarket.com/site/
GAIAM – http://www.gaiam.com
OMALA – http://www.omalausa.com
GoVios (phones) – http://www.govios.com
Excitations (experience gifts) – http://www.excitations.com
Livity Skate/Snow Clothing – www.livity.or
Crinkle Co. (wrapping paper) – http://www.crinkleco.com/
Cleaning
Seventh Generation – http://www.seventhgeneration.com/
Method – http://www.methodhome.com/
Shakelee – http://www.shaklee.com/index.shtm
Green Works Cleaners – http://www.greenworkscleaners.com/
Tips – http://www.care2.com/greenliving/clean-house-top-10-eco-friendly-ways.html
Community
Project H Design – http://www.projecthdesign.com
Environment
Biomimicry – http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org
Biomimicry – http://www.biomimicry.net
Biological Integrated Pest Management – http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/
Composting – http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com/composter/index.htm
Futurism
The Long Now Foundation – http://www.longnow.org
Education
California College of the Arts – http://cca.edu/sustainable
Minneapolis College of Art & Design – http://www.mcad.edu/showPage.php?pageID=1311
UC Berkeley – http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~recycle/ssec/programs/rsec.html
UC San Diego – http://esi.ucsd.edu/esiportal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45
Parsons Lighting and Architecture – http://o2nyc.net/show.html?page_id=14
UC Davis – http://extension.ucdavis.edu/unit/green_building_and_sustainable_design/certificate/green_building_and_sustainable_design
MIT – http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-183Spring2004/CourseHome
TV
Sundance Channel’s The Green – http://www.sundancechannel.com/thegreen
Terms
Monoculture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoculture
Regenerative Process: http://www.regenerativedesign.org
Permaculture: http://www.permaculture.org/nm/index.php/site/index
EcoGrafik is: Innovative, Active, and Collaborative.
Mission:
We are a collaborative that fosters and promotes positive action towards sustainable practices in the design community
Goals/Objectives:
In sustainable practice we will:
1. Learn
2. Share
3. Promote/Inspire
4. Take Action
5. Innovate
