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Softfirm is seeking a part-time, contract Graphic Designer to work on a variety of projects including brand identity creation, application & management, collateral & print design, book & magazine layout & design, and website design & graphics.

We recently learned that three softfirm projects were recognized in the AIGA LA (Re)Design Awards! The (Re)Design Awards celebrate the best in sustainable design. The award program was started by the Colorado chapter of the AIGA in 2009, and was designed to be a traveling competition. 2011 was LA's opportunity to host.

The three winning projects, for our client the International Living Future Institute, are a testament to this client's design sensibility and support of good design and communications.

Simply put: Sourcemap believes that people have the right to know where things come from and what they are made of. Sourcemap is a platform for researching, optimizing and sharing supply chains.

Our favorite local coffee shop, Caffe Luxxe, and our Silverlake must-go, Intelligentsia, made an appearance on ABC7's top coffee houses of Los Angeles. Great job guys! We love your stuff.

Congratulations to our friends at BNIM on being recognized as the AIA's firm of the year. Well deserved by a great group of people. http://www.aia.org/press/AIAB086840

Photograph by Gabriela Hasbun

Bye Bye, Baby Gap: Trading Children's Clothes With James Reinhart of ThredUP

Reinhart, 31, is building a nationwide kids' clothing swap to save parents time and money.
"Parents spend nearly $1,000 a year to clothe just one child. A lot of people swap clothing offline, but there's a bigger marketplace to tap online. ThredUP helps them connect."

Entire Fast Company article here: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/151/fast-talk-james-reinhart.html

TEAGUE Give Water from TEAGUE on Vimeo.

Great video from TEAGUE on the way people use water. Support them here.

This year at Greenbuild, "The Ecological Engineer: Glumac" was unveiled by Steven Strauss, CEO of Glumac, and Jason McLennan, CEO of Ecotone Publishing, at a special event for friends and colleagues. softfirm is deep in the design of the book which will be released in 2011.

We are headed to PHX for @USGBC's 2009 #greenbuild. Drop us a line if you're there. We'll be on the expo floor.