Tom Buhrman Design + Art

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Tom Buhrman is a graphic and web designer living in Durham, North Carolina. Contact him through gmail listed as "buhrman."

Recent Work: Environmental Poster Show

From 2007-2008 I worked with other AIGA Raleigh volunteers to organize an environmental poster show titled "re|THINK Our Environment in the Carolinas." We challenged designers to create posters that would inspire Carolinians to care about and to protect the environment. Judges selected 20 final posters from the 121 submissions for printing, and 50 copies each were made, which allowed us to spread environmental messages throughout the community.

In April 2008 we had our initial exhibition of 20 posters at Designbox Gallery in Raleigh. Reception photos. During Earth Week we had two more displays at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The posters and the exhibits were very successful, and we were asked to make a presentation at the AIGA National Retreat in May 2008. I worked with my collaborator Scott McClure to create a 5 minute movie (embedded below) explaining what the show was and how other chapters can do their own poster shows. AIGA chapters around the country found the show idea exciting, and they asked for sets of posters to put on their own re|THINK displays.

Next local exhibit: this winter the posters will be displayed at the Cary Town Hall, and we hope to add more local exhibits. re|THINK website.