Little Fox Design

09/23/2020

HOLY S**T GUYS - I GOT INTERVIEWED ON LIKE A REALLY COOL PODCAST!!!!!!! Link in bio to go check it out! I talk about climate crisis, how I got my start in design and what kinds of things I did as a child that were weird but also totally 100% designer-y (lmao cat page numbers). And more! It was absolutely fantastic to be on the podcast, and I highly recommend you check out all the other episodes as well - SOME REALLY BIG DESIGNERS GOT INTERVIEWED! :D ⁠
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06/24/2020

A recently new, but incredibly exciting launch is the new Renewal line from Mohawk Paper. One of their new sustainable lines is made from reclaimed straw from agriculture. ⁠
🌾 Reclaimed wheat that would usually be burned by farmers to clear cropland, creating harmful CO2 emissions.⁠
🌾 Paper-making process uses 25% less water and 70% less energy⁠
🌾 Pulp mills offer fair pay to their employees, with entry level jobs starting at around $20/hr⁠
🌾 Naturally dyed - yes, it's just that beautiful all on its own.⁠
🌾 30% Wheat / 70% FSC Fibres⁠
🌾 Choose Mohawk Wheat for your next project! ⁠
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06/14/2020

We stand with the movement for environmental justice, intersectionality, and Black Lives Matter. Today, and everyday going forward. Intersectional environmentalism was already important to our learning. Many of the Indigenous environmentalism publications I've read have been fundamental to my opinions on climate and action steps. But we weren't being vocal about this, and there are so many ways we as a studio that we can do better. It wasn't good enough. We have chosen to treat our pledge to learn how to be anti-racist like our Environmental Policies. As such, we have updated our yearly Environmental Impact guide to include a section on Intersectional Sustainability. This section is a permanent addition and will be revisited and improved upon, and updated every single year along with the rest of the report. This is to keep us accountable and to be extremely transparent where we stand to our clients, our followers and our colleagues here on Insta. There's simply not enough time to be passive or timid about human rights. We chose each pledge as something realistic we can achieve as a small studio that has been hit by COVID-19. Our pledge is available here in this carousel, but more information is available in our report (link in bio).⁠
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05/29/2020

03/27/2020

I’m so incredibly honoured and excited to have been picked as one of Douglas Magazine’s Top 10 To Watch award recipients! The other winners are absolutely amazing and I highly encourage you check the, out too!

Thank you again to all my amazing clients who’ve helped me get to this point, Erin Acton for encouraging me to apply for business awards and my wonderful friends and family who’ve been incredibly supportive of my small business.

Emma Fanning focused Little Fox Design, her graphic design and branding studio, on something others in the industry are not - the climate.

03/26/2020

I've had this idea in the making for a while now - and it's finally ready to debut to the public! This is Little Fox's Environmental Impact Report for 2019. Learn about our impact as a design studio, our sustainable practices, and all about our plans for the future in this 26-page report - link to read in my bio!⁠
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⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @ Victoria, British Columbia

03/08/2020

WOW everyone! This is a post I've been sitting on for a long time, and I'm so happy I finally got it out there into the world. This was one of the craziest things I learned when I first became a sustainable designer and started researching. I didn't know about the greenwashing behind aqueous coatings and environmentally-friendly claims. As it turns out, if you are using certain coatings to get glossy effects, or soft-touch matte coatings your cards ARE a single-use plastic and they will not be able to be recycled properly. These reins are very difficult to remove in the deinking, recycling process.⁠
⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @ Victoria, British Columbia

02/10/2020

I wanted to do my take on trends I'd like to see take off in 2020 for graphic design. A lot of these rotate around someone deciding what colours are in or whether or not we should be using gradients still. What if we decided to choose our trends in a way that's planet-friendly, as well as client-friendly! Swipe to learn more!⁠
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⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @ Victoria, British Columbia

12/22/2019

Woohoo - it's almost time for the new year. I know I've got a healthy list of business to-dos to tackle before the new year. (Like doing my 2019 bookkeeping SEND HELP TT_TT). In the spirit of a sustainable start to a new decade, here's my top picks for green choices this year for planners. This post isn't mean to promote consumption though - if you already bought a planner or know you will receive one, please reconsider buying another one. The most sustainable purchase is the one you don't make. Additionally, don't purchase anything outside of your means just to be sustainable. This list is for those in the market for a nice planner for 2020 that have been looking for a sustainable option. I always encourage people to try out digital versions as well - I know it doesn't work for me, but I know people who adore their digital planners and workbooks! ⁠
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12/04/2019

So yesterday morning my partner showed me the new Bernie Sanders video "Amazon Workers for Bernie", that detailed the unsafe working conditions and rates of injury Amazon workers face in order to meet quotas and deliver packages to meet our demand for same-day/2-day shipping. ⁠Coming up with a fake warning label was actually his idea and I ended up making it for fun yesterday.
Reasons why this is important:
⚠️ Amazon worker injury rates in warehouses can be as high as 25%⁠
⚠️Injury rates go UP during the holidays⁠
⚠️Workers commonly experience wrist, knee, back pain, spinal injury, concussions, and chronic pain⁠
⚠️If workers do not meet quotas, they are fired⁠
⚠️Emergency health-care services in warehouses will send employees that are concussed/injured back to work to meet quotas⁠
So what, as consumers, can we do? Scroll to the second slide to see what you can do to shop Amazon ethically this holiday season. ⁠
⁠ ⁠ ⁠ @ Victoria, British Columbia