June 16, 2025
My design project that started in May has now become a fun showcase of 4 unique design collections that educate about the work and systems of The Ocean Cleanup.
Click here to visit the collections now....
...or read more about them, below.
1. Dolphins & Whales, Blue and White Design
A visual draw into a world of blue and white, diagonal lines pulling you in a zig-zag through foreground whales, the working deck of System 03, and finally, to the background images of the working retention zone in the distance.
This design shares the basic technology of the tools used to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
3. The World Operations Map Design
This started out as a way to help me memorize the numbers of the vessels, interceptors and barriers currently deployed in 10+ countries around the world. The rainbow key helps memorize the countries in order and the layout of countries around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is easier to memorize.
4. Kids Ocean Plastic Designs from 2011, Remastered
I worked as a volunteer art teacher to help 3rd graders learn about environmental art. One of the projects we did was all about ocean plastics and the work of Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang in Point Reyes, California. I was excited to remaster these designs to show that they could still support the work of The Ocean Cleanup.
As I have explained the gradeschool project to many before, we placed a large, blank canvas of white poster paper before teams of 4 kids and asked them to design any marine animal or species affected by ocean plastics. They had to use pieces of plastic my sons collected at the beach, as well as some of the plastic we borrowed from the Langs organized studio collection of beach plastic.
The kids did absolutely incredible work in just 30 minutes or less. We provided some books for reference ideas, but all groups managed to come up with completely different animals and designs. It was a project that eventually raised funds for Music and Arts in the schools.
Today, I was able to reuse most of the designs for kids Τ-shirt concepts for TheOceanCleanup.com I think the kids who worked on these more than ten years ago would be delighted to see their art used to help support the work of the world's largest cleanup of ocean plastics.
I hope you will have a look at the designs online here. Thank you for supporting the work of The Ocean Cleanup.
