Our name is DERT. We are reader activists here to campaign for change in the field of literacy. To revive literacy, we first call for books to be curated locally for community enrichment. We propose a model of book-selling to help communities rediscover books not...
Initial prototypes for DERT's custom designed dust jackets. DERT is currently working through it's collaborative studio program to develop a new line of book products. These efforts are part of DERT's mission to create new models of book selling that energize readers and enhance literacy...
DERT was founded with a vision to re-invent literacy as a social phenomenon with a global outreach. Much of what is considered “literacy” is changing, especially with new electronic media. We are in the process of creating a book-selling model around this idea, connecting the...
DERT is a social enterprise that seeks to activate books into fundraising tools that raise money for the cause of early childhood literacy. DERT was founded by two brothers: an Olympia book curator, Ernesto Chavez, and a Brooklyn graphic designer, Marcos Chavez. Inspired to brand...