Ed Dingli
Climate Designer responding to environmental & humanitarian events with vibrant visuals that aim to connect with, support and inspire viewers.
Over the years I have supported various climate actions and environmentally-focused NGOs with vibrant visuals that hope to provide support to a campaign, inspire action or spread solidarity & hope. Back at uni I completed a thesis on ethical & sustainably-driven design. Since then, I've always felt driven to create impactful visuals that respond to political, social and environmental events. “The idea that design has an impact on society is much more significant to me than design as a selling tool” - These words by Milton Glaser have guided me through my path.
Projects
The world is full of complicated problems, but the solutions are all quite simple.
Dealing with the state of our planet and the way we’re mistreating it can seem like an overwhelming task - but when you think about it, the solutions are all quite simple. All we need to do is try our best to harmonise our routines with the natural rhythms of nature, living more in tune with mother nature’s patterns - respecting our precious resources and using organic, natural processes to our advantage. The birds and the bees and the trees and the worms and the shrooms, the soils and forests and corals and dunes. There’s a system already in place and every element is ready to work in harmony with each other, we just need to let it flow.
Created for a climate action by TED.com x FineActs, listed as a finalist out of 2000+ entries. Illustrated while volunteering at a permaculture centre (Terra Alta) where I was facilitating workshops for the summer.
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Useless is a guide to living a more zero-waste life in London. It maps out every borough’s zero-waste stores and provides links to essential kit to help ditch disposables.
When working as a Senior Designer at ethically-focused London studio Nice and Serious, I initiated a side project and together with my colleagues in response to the ridiculous amount of plastics we were forced upon while working in the city. The design team got together to brainstorm a creative response to the plastic mess the world is in. Useless was born… a curated survival guide to a zero-waste life in London.
Winner of Design Week Social Design of the Year Award. Featured on Dezeen’s top design projects 2019