Sappi Fine Paper’s Ideas that Matter has become one of the industry’s most respected design competitions, awarding more than $12 million to designers to support their work for nonprofit programs and organizations. An independent panel of leaders from the design community, including 50,000feet Creative Director Tracy West, reviewed this year’s inspiring proposals and selected 13 grant recipients. The programs that Sappi will fund in 2012 demonstrate the design community’s commitment to using design-driven innovation to solve social problems and instill positive social, cultural and environmental change. Since the program’s inception in 1999, Sappi has funded more than 500 nonprofit projects worldwide. 50,000feet congratulates Sappi for continuing its tradition of supporting design excellence and all of this year’s recipients. www.50000feet.com/news
