Helping
community members to recycle their own goods and services more
info Eco Art
Design
Marie-Denise
Douyon
creates a series of works
using
recycled materials: old bike chains, metal pieces and computer parts. more
info Furniture
Design
Personal furniture, objects, interiors and finishes.
Paul
Hickman OSISU Design "Trash gets
new lease on life"
Contemporary
vernacular design handcrafted from reclaimed teak off-cuts. more
info Website
Design Ars
Thanea is
creative studio focused on creation, design and new
technologies. Graphic
Design
illustrative
design
NiK
Ainley illustratorNew
world woman
Fine
Design Jewelry
from Mexico Artesanas
Campesinas(ARTCAMP)
is a rural womens' artisans
cooperative founded in
1991 - 1992 more infoEco Jewelry
Design AK Vintage Eco
Shoe Design Terra
Plana Communicative
Design Anna
Berkenbusch, one of the most prominent communication designers in
Germany, sees her subject as a "service discipline", enabling people to
find their way through a maze of information made up of visual and
textual media. more
info Rooms
that speak
to the soul
Natural
paint producer AURO Shanghai
inspired
eco
friendly gift paper design
more info Designer
Profile Tom
Dixon 1959
- "Honestly,
I can't remember ever holding an ambition to be a designer.
It just slowly came over me as I rejected notions of being an artist
or, a craftsman.Eco-Friendly Furniture
Designed in
2005, an outdoor furniture line, which is made of stainless
steel structure and woven with hularo (ecologic plastic). The furniture
is resistant to outdoor, UV rays and water.
Iowa
State University researchers contributed their regional climate
modeling expertise to a study that found surface wind speeds are
decreasing across the country. That could have implications for the
wind power industry, agriculture and city air pollution.
"Addicted
to Plastic" is a
journey of discovery of what happens to the various plastics we use and
what we can do about them. The documentary is riveting, disturbing, and
even sometimes comforting. Everyone should see this important film."
Reah Janise Kauffman, Vice President, Earth Policy Institute
World-class
manufacturing technologies and affection for nature combine to create
clothing for the future. Skin-friendly materials made from
corn starch, soybean, and
kenaf.
Hong Kong
- A
solar-powered lamp, which is as thin as a magazine cover
and sticks onto most surfaces has been developed by a Hong Kong
inventor, a media report said.
The
lamp has electroluminescent
material on one side and solar panels and sensors on the other.
The
lamp can be stuck to a window where the solar panels absorb sunlight to
charge the lamp which can then be taken down and placed in a room to
provide light at night.
Of
the four countries, Finland and South Korea stand out by having a
complete “design system” in place. As Gisele Raulik-Murphy’s defines
it, this means a system that implements four fundamental
elements..... more
info
Preventing
or reducing
waste through sustainable product design is the main goal; but waste
created despite these efforts can be made very useful, as about 150
examples from at least 17 countries make clear in this survey.
Recycling
one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2
barrels of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 4,100 kilowatt hours of
electricity.
Recycling one ton of plastic saves, on average, the
energy equivalent of 197 gallons of gasoline.
Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as it
takes to burn it.
Recycling 1 ton of
plastic can save 1-2 thousand
gallons of gas.
24 gallons of water is needed to produce one pound of
plastic.
It requires about 1.78 kilograms of petroleum
feedstock to make a kilogram of polystyrene.
Every ton of steel recycled saves 2,500 lbs. of iron
ore, 1,400 lbs. of coal and 120 lbs. of limestone.
Recycling one ton of aluminum saves 37 barrels of oil.
It takes approximately three quarts of oil to produce
one new printer ink cartridge
Quality
design furniture
from Belgium more infoDesign
MVW
design mvwis an
award-winning design services studio in Shanghai more info Interior
Design Alter StudioIndustrial
Design
La Chanh
Nguyen
"Moss
carpet"
more info Desert
House Design developing
projects that reflect the native beauty, climate, geological
environment and culture of the region. more
infoSand
Design
Eight
women in a community called Xochitl ("Flower" in Nauhuatl) on the
outskirts of Cuidad Obregon, Mexico, have been working together to
build each other's houses. more
info
Architectural
Design
A00 A00 is known for
their research into
environmental sustainability and its application to Architecture,
Interiors and Furniture. more
info Life
Design System
Rivers from the sea more
info Solar
cooking design
Inventor
turns cardboard boxes into eco-friendly oven more
info
Bamboo Electric
car
and
Rikshaw
design Architectural
Design
Tallest
Building in China
Shanghai Tower more info Architectural
Design
Best Design-Build
The
WPUDA
building, the first in Washington to be certified LEED
Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council, was also one of three
finalists for the Best Overall Award from the Design-Build Institute of
America at their convention in Las Vegas Nov. 3.
more
info Tree
Design Plantware
design for living playground receives "excellent work" honor from the
Japan Design Foundation more
info
Fokus Fabrik
Wallcovering Design
The fabrics are
made from organic cotton and
hemp. Produced
in FinlandEPA
Kicks Off Green Building Design Challenge
The goal of this project is to promote sustainable living in suburban
communities. more
infoOrganic
Architecture
r
turns cardboard boxes into eco-friendly oven 
