Handpulled for Haiti | Mayday by Karen Koch

From W+K Studio: A benefit show for the Haiti relief effort, all PRINT proceeds go directly to Mercy Corps. Our friends Karen, Curt and Steve are part of the effort with some lovely posters. The opening was February 4th in Portland. You can visit their online store to make a purchase and help the cause.

Frustration by Curtis Pachunka | We Need Somebody by Steve Denekas

DesignforHaiti.com: A creative call to action to design.

Design for Haiti is another design project from Aaron Perry-Zucker (Design for Obama, makeUSgreen). The mission: to collect Haiti posters that either advocate relief efforts or visualize information leading to a better understanding of the situation in Haiti. “We are especially seeking top notch info graphics that give the audience an ‘ah-hah’ moment where they learn something and perhaps see the situation differently.” Consider it a creative call to action to design. The following images are several fine examples.

Ayudemos a Haití by Neos Brand | The Living sleep among the Dead 2 by Christopher Griego

Help Haiti by Xhengis | Aid Within by deedee914

Google has set up a Crisis Response page to support disaster relief in Haiti. Personally I’ve been blown away by how the “Text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross” technique has raised so much money in such a short time. To me, its the best use of technology, the perfect combination of: 1 – A (for the most part) credible organization (the American Red Cross), 2 - An affordable monetary request, 3 - A super easy and direct way to get the money there. This Google page seems to me like another step in the right direction of using existing technology and tools to empower people to aid, contribute information, find people affected by the disaster and follow the events as they continue to unfold.