Designing a low impact exhibition

GOOD NATURED: design art architecture celebrates creative projects by designers, artists and architects working to design a better future. These practitioners are focussed on creating outcomes that are both beautiful and good for the planet.

This project has been developed by a collective of creative people united in their view that all projects should first and foremost consider the environmental impact. These good natured people worked with the whole ADC team to make this exhibition with the lowest possible carbon footprint.

Guest curator Liane Rossler is an artist, designer and curator who has worked in creative industries for over thirty years, and has spent the last fifteen years focused on projects that intersect art, design and the environment. Read a conversation between ADC's Artistic Director Lisa Cahill and Liane Rossler about GOOD NATURED here.

Signwave Newtown are focussed on sustainability and see first-hand the amount of waste generated in production. With initiatives in place dedicated to address this they were committed to realising the exhibition design by Maria Mosquera and Vania Contreras in the most sustainable way.

The materials used in the exhibition design include:

Envirocore Board
Produced in NSW, Australian made and manufactured from reusable, renewable and 100% recycled paper. Closing the loop, this product is 100% recyclable and can be placed in any paper/cardboard recycling bin.

Claycote B Flute Board
Australian made of 78% recycled materials, FSC® Certified and 100% recyclable in any paper/cardboard recycling bin.

CityLight HQ200 Paper
Made from renewable and sustainable fibre-based material. Environmental accredited including PEFC, ISO 9001, and ISO14001, ISO50001, German Blue Angel environmental label and EcoLabel. The product is 100% recyclable and can be placed in any paper/cardboard recycling bin.

HP PVC-free Wall Paper
FSC®-certified paper from well-managed forests. This paper contains 10% recycled content from post-consumer waste. Printed with HP Latex Inks, the prints are odourless and produce a PVC-free alternative, easier to dispose of than most PVC-based substrates.

HP Latex inks
UL ECOLOGO® Certified HP Latex Inks meet a range of stringent human health criteria. Odourless, UL GREENGUARD GOLD Certified and meet AgBB criteria - certified to standards for low chemical emissions into indoor air. An important component of total environmental performance is the recyclability of used consumables. All HP printing supplies—including ink cartridges, printheads, and maintenance supplies— are recyclable through the HP Planet Partners program.

Mimaki UV Inks
GREENGUARD GOLD certified for low chemical emissions based on the strictest global standard of chemical substance diffusion. The GREENGUARD Gold-certified inks also consider the environmental impacts post printing.

Elho Greenville Self Watering Plant Pots
Made of 100% recycled plastic, made with wind energy, 100% recyclable.

Plants
Strawberry Gum, Native Thyme and Lomandra were purchased from IndigiGrow in La Perouse.

IndigiGrow, is a social enterprise from First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation. It sustains people, land and culture through the propagation & growing of native plants, including bush foods and the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS). Visitors to the exhibition are advised to buy and plant locally from First Nations businesses.

Touring
In addition to a small number of lightweight artworks the touring show includes flat-packed, paper and cardboard materials to be recycled post tour.