La Siesta Terracotta Water Bottle: Based on Tradition But With a Modern Shape
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-14 19:11:48 UTC
This fresh take on water storage uses porous terracotta to keep drinking water cool and is based on an old Spanish design.
Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos)
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-16 20:33:50 UTC
Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns.
Light in a Glass Box
by: Core77, 2012-08-16 10:00:00 UTC
From Milan via Coroflot: the "Teka" OLED lamp, a sculptural lighting object "inspired by Vienna museum displays, first microscopes and scientific instruments in brass." Industrial designer Alessandro Squatrito spent the eight months leading up to this year's Salone working for Aldo Cibic and Tommaso Corà of Italy's CibicWorkshop, the designers behind the piece and three others for the Wonderoled exhibition at the Triennale.
The 15 OLED discs—the "result of the latest advances in nanotechnology"—are arrayed on a brass chassis, set within an aquarium-like vitrine. It's like a vaguely steampunk-y version of Humans Since 1982's artier "Collection of Light" or People People's Invisible Speaker, a design object that's entirely at home in a museum setting.
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Columbia Sportswear Company is seeking a Lead Designer - Footwear in Portland, Oregon
by: Core77, 2012-08-16 12:00:00 UTC
Lead Designer - Footwear
Columbia Sportswear Company
Portland, Oregon
Columbia Sportswear Company is currently seeking an experienced Running designer to join their footwear team. The designer will be responsible for designing product concepts as a project lead and within a design team, as well as worldwide market research. The ideal candidate has 6–8 years of experience in footwear design and development and thorough and knowledge of standard software tools.
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UM Shoulder Bag by Josh Jakus
by: mocoloco, 2012-08-15 19:49:45 UTC
Yaskawa Reduces Size, Weight of Power Converter by 96%
by: Tech-On! : tech news - straight from Asia., 2012-08-09 05:55:00 UTC
Yaskawa Electric Corp prototyped an electric power converter that has an output power of 45kW, small size and light weight.
Water Light Graffiti LED Wall in France Needs Only Water to Paint a Picture
by: Inhabitat , 2012-08-15 16:01:56 UTC
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The Electricity-Free Laundry Pod Washer Cuts Down on Water, Time and Energy
by: Inhabitat , 2012-08-15 18:20:33 UTC
Doing laundry can be aggravating enough without having to worry about quarters, hauling heavy loads, and wasting energy. The Laundry Pod from StoreBound avoids the stress of laundromats by providing a portable, human-powered machine that saves energy, water and money. The device uses a hand crank instead of electricity, requiring only a few minutes of work to wash a load of laundry. Similar to the GiraDora, the Laundry Pod is lightweight, easy to operate, and electricity-free.
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Changing consumer behaviour to sustainability (LinksDossier)
by: Euractive, 2012-08-16 10:00:22 UTC
Concerns about the sustainability of natural resources are rising, prompting policymakers and companies to encourage consumers to think green. Labelling is one way of doing this, but consumer groups advise against confronting shoppers with too much information and warn that green claims aren't always independently verified.
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Water-resistant down finds its way into sleeping bags
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2012-08-16 00:48:12 UTC
Water-resistant down appears to be one of the next great materials of the outdoors. Last year and earlier this year, a handful of outdoor apparel manufacturers announced garments built around the material. More recently, the number of manufacturers has multiplied and plans to release a variety of water-resistant-down sleeping bags have surfaced... Continue Reading
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CaseStudy Droog offers Downloadable design published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-20 16:36:14 UTC
No longer from the furniture store, but with a download from a website, design goods take the form of a digital blueprint that the consumer takes to ...
Product Tile kitchen minimizes number of materials published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-20 15:51:23 UTC
This kitchen brings back into view everything that one normally hides away these days. It thus contrasts a lot with the usual modern-design kitchen ...
Product Natural Leaf Disposable Plates published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-18 11:32:47 UTC
A fully biodegradable dinner plate series is developed. Hampi plates are disposable plates made from naturally shed leaves of the Areca Nut tree, which ...
CaseStudy LCA e-reader vs printed books published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-17 17:13:42 UTC
Personally I love the smell of freshly printed books. Yes, I know it's chemicals I smell and that they are unhealthy. But I adapted and switched to ...
Product Carafe keeps drinkingwater cool (or warm) published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-15 08:42:20 UTC
Evasolo from Denmark, has a history of over 100 years in good design, leading to over 150 awards for the slick designs of .Design for them is a combination ...
Product Magnesium chair; Ahrend 360 published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-14 14:48:52 UTC
The Ahrend 360, an ultra-light visitors' chair with a magnesium frame and a one-piece seat shell, has won a Red dot Award from the internationally ...
Product Eat your coffee cup published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-14 14:47:15 UTC
First you drink your coffee and then you eat… the cup! Cookie Cup is the edible cup designed by Enrique Luis Sardi together with the team at the Lavazza ...
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