Marc O'Brien
Climate designer and educator taking climate action to create opportunities that positively benefit all living species
I'm a climate designer, strategist, and educator.
From 2016–2022, I co-founded and ran The Determined, a design strategy and creative consulting studio for brands solving the climate crisis. Our goal: to make climate-focused projects look good, sound awesome, be seen, and get the support they need.
I also co-founded Climate Designers (yes, this website). It’s a global community of designers (and design adjacent creatives) across every industry who are committed to using their skills for climate action.
I'm also adjunct faculty at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA.
Projects
Climate Designers
A hub for designers and creative professionals from all industries, committed to using our creative skills for climate action.
The Determined launched the initiative in the fall of 2019. Since then, it’s grown to what you see now.
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Big Hemp
Big Hemp was an awareness campaign for the state of Montana about the emerging hemp industry. I co-facilitated the two-week project along with John Bielenberg/Project M with a small team of designers.
I played the role of creative director, ensuring that the work the designers in the group were producing was consistent and fit the look and feel of the new brand.