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Corbet Curfman @corbet ?
MemberThe nexus of design and sustainability informs Corbet’s vision of the world. In 2008, Corbet founded Riverbed Design in Seattle, WA. Riverbed Design empowers brands for companies and organizations that represent social responsibility, transparency of truth and sustainability. They create positive identities that change the interaction between brands and their consumers to a mutually supported system of bettering themselves and the world. Corbet also serves as the Sustainability Director for AIGA Seattle.
Corbet Curfman's Website:
http://riverbeddesign.com
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Corbet Curfman commented on the blog post Certified Renewable Energy 12 months ago · View
Thanks for the introduction and clarification on Green-E. It is good to know an organization like the Center for Resource Solutions is out there making sure everyone knows how to truly track renewable energy.
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Corbet Curfman wrote a new blog post: AIGA Seattle Living Principles: 1 year, 2 months ago · View
What will art and design look like 25 years from now? Curious? Join us for a panel discussion around AIGA’s Living Principles . The Living Principles aim to guide purposeful action, celebrating and popularizing the efforts of those who use design to create positive cultural change. The theme of this event is looking at the next 25 years [...]
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Corbet Curfman commented on the blog post Reexamining the S Word 2 years, 6 months ago · View
One thing missing from this is how politically charged the term “sustainability” is. It is going to be difficult for sustainability to be, once again, a core value of the American dream. In fact, that it used to be a part of the American fiber before WW2 helps (conservation). As Thomas Friedman said in “Hot [...]
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Corbet Curfman wrote a new blog post: Seattle’s First Designers Accord Town Hall 2 years, 7 months ago · View
Moderator Corbet Curfman (Sustainability Director, AIGA Seattle) kicked off the event, an evening of four speakers and enthusiastic exchange, produced by AIGA Seattle , AIA Seattle , and IDSA Northwest , September 23, 2010 at School of Visual Concepts . It would be hard to say who spoke faster, Joe Brewer (a consultant who helps organizations improve by using ideas from cognitive and behavioral science) or Zac [...] -
Corbet Curfman wrote a new blog post: AIGA Seattle and Sustainability: What We’ve Been Up To 2 years, 9 months ago · View
In October 2008 AIGA Seattle launched its first initiative based on sustainable design. Over a six-month period AIGA Seattle hosted three Green Salons, where designers learned about a variety of topics: what “green design” is; how to source sustainable materials and printing; what all those green leafy labels and certifications mean; how plastic affects the earth; [...] -
Corbet Curfman posted on the forum topic monthly conference calls in the group AIGA Green Liaisons: 2 years, 10 months ago · View
Seattle would like to be a part of this also. Count me in. Thanks Lisa.
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Corbet Curfman joined the group AIGA Green Liaisons 2 years, 11 months ago · View
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Corbet Curfman wrote a new blog post: A Picture of Sustainability 2 years, 11 months ago · View
I met with a photographer, Alan Alabastro, a few months ago. He photographs cultural events and architecture. We had a nice discussion about our businesses and found we connected on a variety topics. At one point, I was discussing the plethora of green leaf logos, water drop icons and planet earth globes that are the typical [...]
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Corbet Curfman became a registered member 2 years, 11 months ago · View
