Finding a Cure, One Great Design at a Time

Jennifer
September 30, 2010

Today marks the beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In all likelihood, everyone reading this post is aware of breast cancer – someone you know has had it, and perhaps that person is you. But with breast cancer being the second most common type of cancer striking women in the United States (skin cancer is the first), and with 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer being expected to be diagnosed among women in the United States this year, it’s not enough to just be aware of the disease. The color pink – and the pink ribbon, specifically – is ubiquitous with breast cancer. Long the color assigned to girls as a symbol of femininity, the breast cancer movement has co-opted the pale shade as a sign of empowerment, with the pink ribbon a badge of survival or a memorial for deceased loved ones. I love the color pink, and I love shopping just as much if it means my hard-earned dollars go to a good cause. Most of the following designs donate a portion of their proceeds to cancer research. Breast cancer has ripped a hole in many families, but at least clever graphic design can make us feel beautiful or even just make us laugh. And sometimes laughter really is the best medicine – much more palatable than chemo.

Cafe Press

Womens Health Zone ad

T-shirt design by Bosscher Design

ShopKomen.com

Avon ad

Cafe Press

Bag design by Daia

Save the Ta-Tas

Cafe Press

Amazon

Temporary tattoo from Tattoo Johnny

Cafe Press

Funny Cancer Shirts

Chair design by Lulu deKwiatkowski

Image on The Health Blog

Logo by Sidsel from Spagat

Cafe Press

Pencil Advertising ad

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About Jennifer Moline

Jennifer Moline writes for the PsPrint Blog as well as maintains its Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus and Pinterest presences. She also guest-blogs for such notable graphic design blogs as Fuel Your Creativity and Inspiredology. She’s previously written about technology and small business for news websites, magazines and newspapers. In her off-hours, Jennifer can be found roughing it in the mountains or tucked away in a movie theater.

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Sonia January 07, 2016 03:21 am #

Thank you, Jennifer, for the awesome post. As the content editor of a graphic design blog AND a breast cancer survivor, I think these designs are rad. I bought a "Pink is the New Black" shirt.

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