Transformer Furniture in Iceland: The Sóley Chair By Valdimar Hardarson
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-20 16:12:00 UTC
Thirty years ago, the Icelandic Architect designed what became was declared Furniture of the Year in 1984

Totally Green Hacks Solar Leasing Model for New Food Waste Service
by: Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit, 2012-08-17 09:08:50 UTC

Totally Green’s new food waste composting service plan launched earlier this week, and the company makes a convincing case for the advantages of having an on-site food waste recycling system without having to invest in the machinery.

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Design Intelligence: Fashion: A Swedish Event for Sustainable Fashion in New York
by: Sustainable Design News, 2012-08-19 13:36:57 UTC


spaceflavor architecture: small space living in a cube
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2012-08-18 01:40:00 UTC

the reconfigured apartment is based on feng shui principles of yin (private and closed) and yang (public and open) where the client's habitual personal and work activities of study, sleep, and meditation is condensed into a compact eight-foot cube.

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clopen shelf doubles as a secret drawer by torafu architects
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2012-08-20 11:15:00 UTC

the streamlined design is able to be opened with magnetic keys, and when pulled, a secret 23mm thick drawer is revealed to house precious valuables.

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geut gonen: super seat shopping cart chair
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2012-08-20 12:23:00 UTC

the shopping cart chair is aimed for youth between three and five years old who are too big to sit inside the traditional built-in seating compartment.
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Maternity Clothes With A Difference
by: Yanko Design, 2012-08-15 12:31:17 UTC

We are not speaking about the fashion angle here, but the possibility of wearing the same set of clothes pre, during and post pregnancy! Sounds magical but designer Rita seems to be onto something big, Dior – I hope you are listening, apparently she chose two different materials, one in ivory color, which had resistance fibers when washed in high temperature. And the other was a black material, which had shrinking fibers when washed in high temperature. Combining the two in the belly area in a knitted fashion, resulted in this amazing top!

As she explains, “In order to retain the product easily stretching and elastic, it is recommended to wash it at lower temperature, 30C, gentle mode, during the entire time of pregnancy. After giving birth, when shrinking of the product is needed in the belly’s area, it is recommended to wash it just once at temperature above 50C, gentle mode. Belly area of the garment will shrink, but breast area- will stay the same. After that, wash it at 30C temperature.”

Using two different fibers of the same color, although invisible in the product, performs an important function. I think the idea is great and being through two pregnancies, I know how much it pinches financially to let go of good maternity dresses.

Designer: Rita Kazokaite Kaupeliene

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Network Launches Updated Paper Calculator
by: Environmental Leader, 2012-08-17 13:50:34 UTC
The Environmental Paper Network (EPN) has released a new version of the Paper Calculator – which appears on millions of pieces of paper products from companies including Office Depot, Sprint and Starbucks — to better assist paper buyers with measuring the environmental impact of their paper usage. More than 50,000 users every year use the [...]

Plug and Play Solar by Go Green Solar
by: Jetson Green, 2012-08-16 19:30:15 UTC

I’ve been watching plug-and-play solar systems like the one offered by SpinRay Energy to see how viable and affordable these can get.  It turns out GoGreenSolar.com just unveiled a similar system called the SunPlug Plug n’ Play Solar Kit.  The kit includes one 235-watt polycrystalline panel, a 120 VAC/60 Hz grid-tie inverter, racking mount, WiFi module for monitoring, and a connector to plug directly into an AC outlet.

Although the output from one panel isn’t much — about 1 kWh of electricity per day in average conditions, according to Go Green Solar — the kit is scalable up to eight solar panels per branch circuit.  There’s a 25-year warranty on the solar panel, a 10-year warranty on the inverter, and the entire kit currently costs $1,199.95, excluding potentially available tax credits and other incentives.

[+] More about the SunPlug Plug n’ Play Solar Kit by Go Green Solar.

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Subaco Compact Bath, Toilet, Kitchen & Loft Fits in 6.5 Foot Square
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-14 18:41:25 UTC
Small doesn't mean you have to necessarily do away with having a bath and kitchen -- here it's re-arranged to fit in a tiny footprint.