Just happened to google into Keri Smith's creative work, and discovered a little green propaganda in a lot of well known work. Here's some info about the "author/illustrator turned guerilla artist".
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"About the Design
I have long been interested in projects that fall under what Umberto Eco refers to as an "open work". These are works that are in some way completed by the reader or user. The reader may supply their own interpretation or meaning. For a while now I have been working on a series of conceptual guerilla art "signs" of this nature, which hopefully have some kind of multiple meaning, serious but also being a bit playful.
I am an fierce environmentalist, all of my work is geared to tune people into the world, nature and the environment. My belief is that "you can't care about something you don't notice", so if I can trick people into noticing, they may in turn care a little bit more (that is my dream). The message of Global Green speaks to me as it's goal is to "reconnect humanity with the environment".
About Keri Smith
Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several bestselling books about creativity including How to be an Explorer of the World –the Portable Life/Art Museum,( 2008 Perigee), Wreck this Journal (2007 Perigee), The Guerilla Art Kit (2007 Princeton Architectural Press), Living Out Loud –Activities to Fuel a Creative Life (published 2003 by Chronicle Books), and Tear up this Book! :The Sticker, Stencil, Stationery, Games, Crafts, Doodle, And Journal Book For Girls!, (2005 American Girl). Her newest book, This is Not a Book will be released fall 2009 by Penguin Books. She is the author of the popular weblog the Wish Jar which attracts over 10,000 readers daily, and writes on occasion for a variety of magazines (including How Magazine). Keri spends her days playing with her husband and son, and divides her time between upstate New York, and the countryside of Canada.
You can find out more at www.kerismith.com"
- http://socialdesigner.com/products/green-message-tote-by-keri-smith
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