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At the exhibition „Poetry Happens“ in Ventura Lambrate, Werner Aisslinger presented the world’s first concept for a monobloc chair made of natural fibers – a project supported by the German chemical company BASF. The *hemp chair* has been designed for a lightweight manufacturing process stemming from the car industry: the renewable raw materials hemp and kenaf are compressed with a water-based thermoset binder to form an eco-friendly, lightweight and yet strong composite. Description: Today’s consumers are striving towards a well-balanced and healthy lifestyle that is in harmony with the environment. They want innovative products such as electric scooters and hybrid cars as well as new, environmentally compatible, light and durable materials. According to Werner Aisslinger, the development of the *hemp chair* marks a turning point in this trend.
Superb Idea: The Bee Station - Food - GOOD
Last summer, 31-year-old Jamie Hutchison was listening to the radio when an expert from the RSPB (a leading wildlife conservation nonprofit in the United Kingdom) was on the air, responding to several callers' concerns about slow, seemingly sick or tired bees crawling on their lawns. The expert explained that, due to the decline in the UK’s bee population, the bees that remain are overworked: Many people keep seeing bees lying on the ground and assume they are dead but chances are they are having a rest. Much like us, a sugary drink could boost their energy levels and a simple sugar and water combination will be a welcome treat. Hutchison heard this, and worried. "An egg cup full of sugar water is OK," he thought, "but we get a lot of spring and summer showers in the UK (there's more rain than sunshine in our glorious British Summers) and the sugar water will be replaced with regular rain water within a day or two."
If you love to golf, but feel guilty every time your ball plops into the lake as another piece of litter, never fear — your environmental concerns may soon come to an end. An undergraduate student and an engineering professor at the University of Maine have developed a biodegradable golf ball that completely dissolves in water in one week. Using cooked lobster shells, a natural binding agent, and a mold they bought on eBay, the team has created an eco-friendly golf ball that hits and flies like the real thing, and costs 80 percent less than other biodegradable balls currently on the market.
University of Maine Creates Biodegradable Golf Ball Made from Lobster Shells | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
WWF SUSTAINABLE RATTAN PROGRAM | Wait! Green
Il rattan naturale appartiene ai classici del design, che non passano mai di moda. Purtroppo, le pratiche di raccolta convenzionali possono danneggiare enormemente le foreste tropicali. Per evitare questa distruzione, il WWF ha istituito un programma finanziato dall’Unione europea per una produzione sostenibile e la lavorazione di rattan nella regione del Mekong, ed ha chiamato a raccolta alcuni designer svedesi, dell’Università di Lund, per sviluppare una serie di prodotti in rattan adatti per il mercato internazionale. Ecco quindi zerbini, tappeti, classici cestini accanto a soluzioni nuove ed innovative.
Philippe il rêve de belles choses utiles...et puis il ne s’en contente pas : il les crée, il les invente et vous les montre ici sur le blog Art & Déco. J’ai eu un coup de cœur total pour ces merveilleux objets qui combinent tout ce qui me plait : design, originalité, écologie, créativité et fun. Je n’ai pas pu résister à vous présenter ce créateur franco belge hyper original. Je retiens en particulier sa brosse porte-fruits, ses merveilleuses lampes très poétiques et écolo, ou encore ses coupes à fruits et son porte manteau-lampe à l’envers , ou à l’endroit ? A vous de voir !
Design fun, écolo et très beau par Philippe Tyberghien - OrSériE - Le journal du Beau & du Bien-être
Design : Des meubles en carton recyclé du studio Lazerian - OrSériE - Le journal du Beau & du Bien-être
Un petit coup de projecteur sur le très intéressant Studio Lazerian qui nous vient d’outre-manche avec une gamme de meubles en carton recyclé. La légitimité des meubles en carton n’est plus à démontrer. Cela fait longtemps que les studio de design se sont emparés du carton comme un authentique matériau de conception.
click on the images for a full-size view ‘Rocker’ is an universal attachment to turn almost any four-legged chair into a real rocking chair. Depending on the chair of your choice, you can get any kind of rocking chair; from very relaxed to a more active one.
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NoMix Toilets Save Water in Europe - Design Green | Blog on Interior Design
Between efficient lighting, smart cars, and green energy, there’s an incremental improvement in our own homes that may have gone overlooked. NoMix toilets quite simply, separate #1 and #2, siphoning urine into a separate holding tank. The benefits may be bigger than just saving water, as some experts say that municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task of processing waste separately, producing more methane that could be turned into electricty, and could more easily extract nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen for fertilizers. So far, 7 European countries have signed on for the pilot program, and recently reported , "NoMix-technology is well accepted; around 80% of users liked the idea, 75−85% were satisfied with design, hygiene, smell, and seating comfort of NoMix-toilets, 85% regarded urine-fertilizers as good idea (50% of farmers), and 70% would purchase such food." Perhaps some day we’ll see these in the US??Do you ever wonder if we could solve some of the big environmental problems of the day with ideas so radical and products so innovative that if they were ever realised, all our lives could be improved. If you do we want to talk to you! Welcome to the Earth Awards: it’s our ambitious aim to harness the power of the brightest minds of the planet to solving our most pressing social and environmental needs through sustainable design.
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Kim Karlsrud and Danny Phillips of LA-based Commonstudio have transofmed the ubiquitous candy dispenser into a greener vending machine, supplying passersby with self-contained "seed bombs" full of plants-to-be. Full disclosure: I’m a little biased here, as Kim and Danny are also the project team leaders for Project H Design ’s Los Angeles-based crew. Regardless, the vending machines, dubbed GreenAid , are a genius tweak on a vernacular object, put to use for a social and environmental purpose. The little balls are made from clay, compost, and seeds, and have the potential to transform urban spaces into beautiful green spots.
Seed Bomb Vending Machines by Commonstudio - Design Green | Blog on Interior Design
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Greenaid : Commonstudio
KNIT STOOLS : Claire
Inspired by elements of the knitted stitch itself such as rings and loops, the structures are revealed and celebrated through exaggerated scale in bold and textured forms. Lambswool and Sheeps wool, in a mix of hand and machine knit stitches, are constructed into playful statement pieces.Thank you to everyone who entered, posted, tweeted and spread our message, without you WoZela would never have been such a resounding success.