The greening of typography might be a new concept on the sustainable design frontier, but San Francisco-based artist Gyongy Laky already has a foothold with her eco-friendly process for creating environmentally compelling print layouts.

Commissioned by the New York Times to sculpt custom-made fonts and graphics for the Sunday magazine’s (pre-Earth Day) GREEN ISSUE, the eco-fiber sculptor has done a brilliant job of clearly demonstrating that the medium is (indeed) the message when it comes to the careful melding of natural and man-made materials on the uncharted path to reducing our carbon footprint.

Laky craftily used a range of natural materials and methods to create the magazine’s various sections: ACT, EAT, INVENT, LEARN, LIVE, MOVE, and BUILD. These feature categories cover everything from urban farming to kite-sailing tankers to organic ready-to wear.