Topic “design”
ATHEIST INSIGHT
Guy Keulemans thesis on atheists draws a connection to furniture, representing a metaphor for their continual drive to uncover and expose the mysteries of science, religion and life.
Sustainably harvested bamboo, no nails, no screws and the least amount of glue.
(via Guy's blog)
TOPLESS
Upcycled clamps + imagination + any surface = table.
Less space, more uses.
Get them at branch home.
FRIDGIN NICE
We are all aware of what goes into the atmosphere when one leaves the fridge door open. Environmentalists cringe at the thought of how much CFC's are released into the air.
Make way, for the thermodynamic cooler. No electricity, just an evaporated water cooling method - reducing domestic energy consumption.
(via designboom)
PostDIY
"Products won't be shipped in containers; they will be downloaded as digital design files and then printed on our desks while we sip our morning coffee."
Downloadable Design brings lamps, furniture, earrings, jackets, to your desk from your computer via flatpack templates. No more shipping trips from China or traipsing through those megamalls.
Services like Ponoko bring together those who create the designs, those who can manufacture them, and those who want to buy them. Less inefficiency and waste, more super convenience and ownership of your product.
Where you're in control and are the whole supply chain, downloadable design could "reorder the global economy, green the planet and unleash an unprecedented wave of creativity as regular people design their own stuff."
Bleeding is Believing
A blood powered lamp. Receive lamp, break top, use broken glass to cut finger, drop in the blood, lamp powers up - designer Mike Thompson laments, "The user must consider when light is needed the most, forcing them to rethink how wasteful they are with energy, and how precious it is."
Kind of harsh, but point taken.
On a less extreme and more mass-implementable note, a pilot program in North Carolina has measured energy savings as much as 40 percent, due to a web dashboard that lets home and business owners monitor and control their own use. A simpler more socially-conscious (neighbours-are-watching) version with Tweet-a-Watt/Kill-a-Watt.
Make it visible/visual and results shall form?
Be an Eco warrior
The bag that transforms you into a warrior. Reusable bags from Japanese design studio Rezon at It's nice that.
CHROMA LAB
They make house calls. Free design and consultation - they pick up old furniture and recreate them into awesome new pieces. (Apparently they like road trips)
Encouraging you to reuse that item you though you were going to chuck out :-) "The greenest piece of furniture is one that already exists" - CHROMA LAB
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