Design for Direct Action | Rosie Strickland

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AUB AUB Human Book In December 2020 we published the first AUB Human book. The book is an anthology of selected AUB Human projects that were undertaken during the 2019-2020 academic year. The book itself was a personal project and collaboration between Natalie Carr, AUB Human intern, and AUB Human founder, Alice Stevens, and was created during the Covid-19 pandemic whilst the campus was in lockdown. Human The book was printed by our friends at Dayfold, an FSC certified printing company in Dorset. Dayfold have an ethos that aligns with ours when it comes to waste, recycling and their printing processes so they were natural collaborators for us. In addition, the laser cut covers were made at AUB using our state-of-the-art facilities. We printed a small run using ‘virgin’ paper (paper from trees planted specifically for paper production) using G. F. Smith Colourplan, a virgin paper created with an amount of recycled paper; each harvest requiring planting more trees, resulting in an amount of carbon actually being removed from the footprint, every time the paper is created. The printed book can be found in the British Library as well as our own AUB Library. A digital version can be downloaded from the website: aub.ac.uk/aub-human

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Careers As part of AUB Creative Futures Fest, AUB Human ran a Careers Day that explored how to build a career within a range of socially, ethically or sustainably driven companies and charities. The online event in March 2021 was open to all AUB students and was convened by Alison Zorraquin, AUB Senior Employability Officer and Alice Stevens, AUB Human founder. This engaging event enabled students to hear from a broad range of high-profile industry guest speakers from a wide range of creative industries, including fashion, graphic communication and arts sectors. The speakers, a few of who can be explored over the next few pages, shared examples of their work, discussed their personal values and gave advice on ethical and sustainable practices. As well as sharing tips on how to prepare for building a career within organisations that have a positive impact on society, the event also highlighted opportunities for innovation spotting and building positive change from within any business. Day

AUB Human Careers Day Alison Zorraquin said of the event, ‘It was great to run a careers day in partnership with AUB Human and encourage an awareness of personal values and how this can help shape the future careers of our students. Many of our students are mindful of their ethical and sustainability footprint and it has been amazing to enable a critical understanding of how they can create and make work that is respectful of others and the environment.’