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Lotte van Laatum 2008-08-07 12:45:11 Another cool designer - Lotte
van Laatum. Lotte van Laatum. She works as an independent designer within the designfield. In 2001 she graduated Cum Laude at Industrial Product Design at The Hague University.At the moment Lotte works on the development of her own interior label. She also works on assignment for different companies and organisations.Kaguya-hime, made of bambooPS, made of around 300 u
Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen 2008-08-07 12:03:58 Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen are very amazing designers who use sustainable material (e.g. bamboo) and recycled material to create stunting furnitures.As the site in not in english nor chinese, I can't give you more information about them as I can't understnad, haha. If you understand you can tell me. (i dont even know that language is that)BamboestoelMelkflessenlampMeubilair voor Museum Boijmans
WEEE Man 2008-08-07 10:26:55 The WEEE Man, designed by London based designer Paul Bonomini, is a huge robotic figure made of scrap electrical and electronic equipment. Made of a steel tripodic framework and a wide range of electrical and electronic household products from the 10 categories of the WEEE directive, WEEE Man weighs 3.3 tonnes and stands seven meters tall – representing the average amount of e-products every sin
Small Idea Big Message 2008-08-07 09:54:56 These are some cool candle designed by Portuguese industrial designer Sergio Silva, who is based in Brooklyn, NYC. As the title of this post says, Small
idea, Big message. This is another example of turning craps into wonders.I am not sure if the following vases are made with recycled materials, but they are cool.Image from Sergio Silva websiteVery pretty vases made with whatever material. Read more:Message
Grab a cocktail and save the world 2008-08-04 06:26:08 Good news from msn.Drinking cocktail
s and saving the world at the same time might sound a bit dubious - but the people behind Whitley Neill Gin reckon it can be done.The gin brand has joined forces with the UK's top bartenders to launch a competition to raise money for charity, and they need your help."The Whitley Neill Top of the Tree Challenge" cocktail competition will raise funds for UK-based
RD legs by Cohda Design Limited 2008-08-03 13:53:28 For people who keep their eyes on green designs must familiar with the RD (Roughly drawn) legs chair by Cohda Design. Its outrageous shape is created entirely with recycle domestic plastic and is hand made. The design is so cool and so green that it is widely recognized as one of the 00's major iconic ECO product. RD legs is the latest member of the recycle plastic furniture family created by Cohd
the eco-design handbook 2008-08-03 05:10:52 I was in London last couple of days so I couldn't update the blog. I went to the MAZE restaurant by Gordon Ramsay and it was absolutely amazing. I went there with 3 of my friends during lunch time. We had 4 courses set lunch and it only cost £28 per person. Bear in mind that MAZE is a one Michelin Starred restaurant so that was a very good value for money.Fucking brilliant, lets go everyone!Anywa Read more:design
ecoSkin 2008-08-03 05:09:11 I think fashion is a good starting point of green lifestyle, as that is what you need everyday. The thing about clothes is that, if it is not chic and comfy, even if you paid thousands of pound for it, you won't wear it. So if the clothes are comfy, are cool and are eco, you are going to love them and wear them frequently. After a while you realize that green products can be good products, you wil
Sustainable Design - A Conservation with Design Publisher 2008-07-25 12:34:01 A very inspiring conversation between the Graham Hill of Treehugger, Susan Szenasy of Metropolis and Allan Chochinov of Core77 at the Postopolis Event in NYC, hosted by Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of Sustainable
Design blog giant Inhabitat.And there is a longer version one this. Read more:Conservation
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Energy Harvesting Curtain 2008-07-25 11:55:26 It is lovely when sunshine penetrate your window and illuminate your house. However, sometimes it is just too much and your house starts boiling. At this desperate moment, the greenest way to save yourself from melting is to close the curtain and then you are chilled.However, have you ever thought that curtain can do more than just blocking the sunshine? I haven't, but apparently someone have.The Read more:Energy
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Pamoyo - Live Green, Look Good 2008-07-25 11:04:45 Pamoyo is a ethical fashion brand based in Berlin. It was founded by Frans Prins and Cecilia Palmer to design an ethical fashion label with a creative edge. The label is managed by Cecilia Palmer and cooperates with the Grass Routes Foundation to promote sustainability in the fashion industry.Pamoyo emphasis on the use of organic and sustainable material. Organic cotton and recycle vintage clothes Read more:Green
Think carefully about what you eating 2008-07-24 14:13:36 Just read an article today at Reuters' website, talking about the burdens that eating
junk food can bring you, as well as the Earth. This is a very interesting and inspiring article and I would like to share with everyone.Want to fight global warming? Drop that Cheeseburger!From Reuters by Deborah ZabarenkoWhen Americans think about cutting their carbon footprint, they change their light bulbs, tu
Sustainable Wine 2008-07-24 07:44:27 It is always good to see different people come up with different ideas of how to live green. Now here is a new idea for you - drink wisely, drink environmental friendly wine.I just discovered this concept a few weeks ago, but apparently some vineyards with providence have been doing this for ages. These vineyards focus on how to produce quality wine with minimum environmental impact.The Shafer vin Read more:Sustainable
TOM DIXON 2008-07-24 07:41:10 Tom Dixon is one of the hottest name in industrial design. He is renowned for his stunting creativity and welding technique, which allows him to create some usable yet aesthetically pleasent designs. Tom not only focus on the design, but the use of material and the message deliver by his design. As a large proponent of sustainable design, Tom uses recyclable and degradable material. He also explor
5.5 Designer 2008-07-24 07:36:19 A lot of people are so obsessed with being as "green" as possible. They live a environmental friendly lifestyle because their conscience feel guilty (perhaps) about what human being had done to the earth. They feel that they are responsible for the deterioration of our habitat and it is their obligation to turn things around. Some of them become activists, holding champagnes to provoke public conc Read more:Designer
What is Green Design? 2008-07-24 07:33:53 As climate change and pollution problems become more and more prominent, terms such as "green" and "eco" get fashionable. Green
Design, aka sustainable design or eco design, is a very popular concept promoted by numerous designer in the past decade. It is a term that frequently used and seen, but not many people really know what that means.Green design, is a design that intends to develop more env
Ruth Lodder 2008-07-24 07:31:29 WOW, hello!I am pretty excited, as I just come across a very creative and insane designer. well, according to my philosophy creative people are all insane to some extend, and they need to be. Normal people can't think outside the box, insane people can. I would describe her as a designer that "join one thing to another randomly", but in some very imaginative and unexpected ways. For instance, she
The Green Fashion 2008-07-24 07:27:10 Sometime it is easier for us to accept some serious concept when they are packed in candy wraps. Perhaps it is not fair to put things in this way, but that makes me feel better. And most important, they can get peoples attention quickly and effective.I am talking about the eco-friendly trend in fashion.Green
is not a new theme in fashion. Pioneers have been using fashion as media to spread the mes Read more:Fashion
Mathieu Lehanneur 2008-07-24 07:21:02 Mathieu Lehanneur is one of my favorite designer. He is extremely creative and his sense to characteristic of materials and the way he put different things together is phenomenal. His works often carry green message with a sense of humor underneath. Check out his websiteI m Lovin' it!Bel-AirLehanneur describes this as a domestic Spacecraft. It is a live filter which absorbs undesirable chemicals o Read more:Mathieu
The magical connection between your house and the nature 2008-07-24 07:18:34 ECOSPACE - Doctor’s consulting practice in LondonMusician's studio in KentProducer’s Studio in LondonSeriously, I am fucking amazed by this company - ECOSPACEThe concept is simple as ABC. Basically it is an enlarged shoebox. It is very simple to build and you can actually buld your own ecospace. It is as simple as how you fold card board together and make a showbox. But the chemical reaction b Read more:connection
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Damn Brilliant Idea - Junk and Pyramids 2008-07-24 07:11:07 Absolutely ground breaking idea, haha!! That is what creativity all about!From Thoughts on Global WarmingLocal Dump (TGW) – A Dutch engineer has come up with an idea to solve two of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: solidify waste in a concrete type material and using the resulting slabs to build pyramids that not only deal with waste disposal but could become tourist traps and Read more:Brilliant
Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars 2008-07-24 06:54:50 Hydrogen fuel-cell is not a new idea. The concept was first proposed by a German scientist in 1838. The idea is to use hydrogen as fuel and oxygen as oxidant to produce energy. There are a lot of different forms of fuel cell and are used in different context. For instance, NASA's spaceships, they use fuel cells.However, if you wanna put that into a car, that is another story. Although Hydrogen fue
Paper Furniture 2008-07-24 06:46:02 Gotta love paper furniture. They are light and robust. When you don't need them anymore, they are extremely easy to get rid of and recycle.Example timePaper Collection by Studio JobFlexibleLoveFlexible Love by a student for Nation Tawian University of Science and Technology (kinda of a copycat of molo's idea, see below)Softwall by moloOne Day Paper Waste by Jens Praet Read more:Furniture
Green Rubik's Cube Building 2008-07-24 06:22:38 You probably have hear about this. This is truly groundbreaking and breathtaking - The Dynamic Tower. This movable skyscraper is the first building in the world that each floor can move individually. More importantly, this building is self-powered by wind energy. There is a wind turbine mounted horizontally between each floor and there are 79 turbines in this building in total. How impressive is t Read more:Green
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Cork chair by Jasper Morrison 2008-07-24 06:06:03 Jasper Morrison
is highly acclaimed product designer bases in London and Paris. He has worked with numerous big companies and involved in large projects such as the Hannover Tram.Cork Chair (2007) is a limited edition piece made from precision milled blocks of recycled wine-bottle cork. However, the use of cork by Morrison can traced back to 2004, when he used corks to make a series of small table Read more:Jasper
Patchwork Series by Amy Hunting 2008-08-21 16:17:11 There is some very nice furniture by Amy Hunting, a Norwegian designer based in London. This series of furniture is called Patchwork
. All materials used in this series are wood cut-offs collected from factories in Denmark. The combination of different type and size of wood creates a very nice texture. Well done!Via DezeenGreat book box, you can use it vertically or on the sideAll image from Amy Hu
My Top 7 Sustainable/Green Blogs!! 2008-08-21 13:52:37 Apparently, both bloggers and readers love listsss. So, here you go, this is a list of my top 7 favorite Blogs
about sustainable and green lifestyle and environment issues!1. TreeHugger TreeHugger is my favorite of favorites!! It has good design, good and different type of information, a variety of green tips and a bunch of well-educated reader. I can learn something new even from the comments! 2 Read more:Green
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The Big Ask - Urge Our Government to Act on Climate Change! 2008-08-20 12:47:25 If you are UK citizen, you must know about the ClimateChange
Bill. If you are not, you should know it, Bucause you can ask your local government to do something like that. Climate Change Bill is the first long term legal binding framework to tackle the danger of climate change.What is Climate Change Bill and why should you support it?The Climate change Bill is the result of the combining efforts Read more:Government
OMNIVORE engine by Lotus 2008-08-19 07:50:08 The desire of clean energy is soaring. Having realized the importance and potential of renewable energy, more and more car manufacturers are starting to step into this green realm. Lotus
, one of my favorite, is one of them.Lotus Engineering has just announced a collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast and Jaguar Cars Ltd to develop an engine called OMNIVORE, which aim be able to use a wide
Great Houses 2008-08-17 18:03:12 Nowadays, whether a building is a 'Green' is defined by the materials, the energy source, the process of construction, etc. There is another factor that I think is very important for defining 'Green Architecture' - the interaction between the building and the nature environment. This factor is usually ignored. To be fair, it is a hardest requirement to meet - how can you build a building that can Read more:Great
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