gabriele aramu: sliding hub
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2011-11-18 09:21:00 UTC
modular, sliding containers fit together to create customizable living and urban camping spaces.
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adidas Group, C&A, H&M, Li Ning, Nike and Puma Partner to Reach Zero Discharge by 2020
by: Sustainable Design News, 2011-11-20 20:17:03 UTC
adidas Group, C&A, H&M, Li Ning, NIKE, Inc. and Puma released a joint roadmap towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals (ZDHC) in the supply chain by 2020.
It is an ambitious plan, one that sets a new standard of environmental performance for the global apparel and footwear industry.
Design for (Your) Product Lifetime Showcase: David Markus Redesigns the Net Zero Energy Lamp
by: Core77, 2011-11-17 17:00:00 UTC
The Autodesk Sustainability Workshop is a free and vast online resource that aims to teach sustainability strategies, from micro to macro. The simple, easily-digestible series of strategy videos, tutorials and case studies can help students, educators, designers, engineers and architects not only learn about sustainability, but how to directly apply it.
Core77 asked 5 students to take it for a test spin, investigating the workshop and using Autodesk software to incorporate what they'd learned in a re-design of a commonplace object. In the third installment of our series of Autodesk Sustainability Workshop projects, we look at 21-year-old David Markus (Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA in Industrial Design, Fall 2012) and his net-zero energy lamp inspired by the "Liter of Light" project.
David, tell us about yourself.
I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina before moving to Savannah, Georgia for school. I turned 21 this year.
What made you decide to study industrial design?
I grew up in a pretty technical household; my mother was an engineer and my father was a computer programmer. As a child I was fascinated with taking things apart, though putting them back together generally wasn't in the plan. These days, however, I love to build things. I've turned into a bit of a shop geek, and have spent countless hours making contraptions and toys. Since I enjoy making things, Industrial Design gave me the opportunity to combine a lot of my passions and helps me to explore my ideas.
Where did you decide to study, and why?
After visiting Savannah, the decision was easy. SCAD has some incredible facilities, and Savannah is one of the most unique cities I've ever visited. The ID department at SCAD was especially impressive with the amount of digital fabrication equipment students had access to.
What areas of industrial design are you interested in focusing on?
I've always loved digital technology, and see it gaining even more importance in the future. Digital fabrication technology and equipment is becoming more and more affordable and sophisticated and I'm interested to see the way it affects design.
Tell us about your project.
The idea was to utilize sustainable manufacturing practices to create a net-zero energy lamp. This is a concept that I've had in the back of my head for a while, and it was reignited by a recent article showing used soda bottles being filled with water and installed into houses in third-world countries. The bottles captured a significant amount of light, and I wondered if a more industrial and refined version could be designed. Natural light has always seemed superior to any kind of artificial light, and I wanted to create a system for gathering and dispersing the light into a home or building using flexible fiber optic cable.
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Sketchnotes of Ezio Manzini at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
by: Core77, 2011-11-17 20:00:00 UTC
This past Monday evening, on an unseasonably warm night in Chicago, sustainability expert Ezio Manzini gave a thought-provoking lecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr Manzini is a Professor of Industrial Design at Politecnico Milano, and is a renowned expert in the application of strategic design for sustainability. His perspectives on systems and service design relate nicely to his core message of sustainability, yielding a compelling framework for a vision of the future city. Of course, as your resident sketchnote correspondent, I was there to cover his lecture in drawing-form; the scans of which follow below:
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Since a bit of time has passed since I last wrote for the Core77 Sketchnotes Channel, let me take this time to briefly revisit the concept of sketchnotes. Simply put, sketchnotes are visual notes that are drawn in real time. These notes take advantage of the "visual thinker's" mind by pairing images, text, and diagrams to help make sense of the information being presented. As a tool for designers, they're a great way to capture information and synthesize your thoughts in real time—also great practice for the same kind of process one uses in an ideation situation.
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Kitmen Keung's Dual Cut Chair
by: Core77, 2011-11-18 10:00:00 UTC
I'm digging the Dual Cut chair/ottoman combo designed by Kitmen Keung. Global citizen Keung, who's lived in Hong Kong, Canada and Italy, designed the piece for Belgian manufacturer Sixinch.
Splitting a raw rectangular foam block with only two L-shaped cut lines, Dual Cut is a transformable furniture piece that employs the simplest production processes true to the materials in use with minimal wastage. It features two ergonomically comfortable seat back angle options of 6° and 23°, and the multi-formation ability to form a one seater with a side table, a chaise lounge or a corner table. It also easily forms a neat, compact parcel for convenient storage and transportation.
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LEGO recycling containers by flussocreative
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2011-11-18 12:41:00 UTC
LEGO-like storage modules combine to create a simple and playful system of recycling containers.
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TIFF: thai furniture fair 2012
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2011-11-18 16:59:00 UTC
with over 830 booths, two special pavilions devoted to ecological sustainability, and the fourth annual 'designer's camp' workshop, the thailand international furniture fair (TIFF) 2012 will take place in bangkok in mid-march.
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mPowerPad - all-in-one portable solar charger, radio, reading light, torch, and ultrasonic insect repellent
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2011-11-17 21:58:01 UTC
With recent advances in photovoltaic panels and rechargeable batteries, it's only natural that there should now be an influx of solar-powered electronic devices. Just last week we profiled the
Sunbox solar power system, that uses energy from the Sun to power three kinds of lights, recharge AA batteries, and juice up mobile phones. Now, it's time to take a look at a similar product, Third Wave Power's mPowerPad. It can charge mobile devices through its two USB ports, along with serving as a radio, flashlight, reading lamp, and even an ultrasonic insect-repelling device. As you might have noted in the photo, however, it has
no external controls ... so how are you supposed to use the thing?..
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mPowerPad - all-in-one portable solar charger, radio, reading light, torch, and ultrasonic insect repellentSection: OutdoorsTags: Accelerometer,
Camping,
Charger,
gesture control,
Solar-powered
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Newly developed metallic "micro-lattice" material is world's lightest
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2011-11-18 05:44:05 UTC
Researchers have created a new metallic material that they claim is the world’s lightest solid material. With a density of just 0.9 mg/cm3 the material is around 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and lighter than the "multiwalled carbon nanotube (MCNT) aerogel" - also dubbed "
frozen smoke" – with a density of 4 mg/cm3 that we looked at earlier this year. Despite being 99.99 percent open volume, the new material boasts impressive strength and energy absorption, making it potentially useful for a range of applications...
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Newly developed metallic "micro-lattice" material is world's lightestSection: Research WatchTags: Caltech,
Nanomaterials,
University of California
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LEDO offers LED lighting in a bulb-like form
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2011-11-18 21:23:12 UTC
LEDs last far longer than incandescent bulbs, are much more energy-efficient, and contain less toxic substances. Compact fluorescents give them a run for their money in some areas, although LEDs tend to have a warmer, “nicer” light. In the past few years, a number of companies have started marketing LED light fixtures that screw into traditional incandescent receptacles – these have included products from
Geobulb,
Switch,
GE and
Sharp. A new arrival, however is the Bulled line of “bulbs” (for lack of a better word), from German manufacturer LEDO. If nothing else, they definitely have a look of their own...
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LEDO offers LED lighting in a bulb-like formSection: Around The HomeTags: Energy Efficient,
LED,
Lighting
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