"Intended for architects and designers, the database can also be used by nonprofessionals, including anyone shopping for home-improvement products." The New York Times"People make sophisticated choices every time they go grocery shopping. Or buy baby bottles or toys. There’s no reason it can’t be the same with building products" says Mr. Syrett in the interview in the above article from The New York Times, where you can read more about this project.
Important: An online database of hazardous building materials
Many architects and designers - including me - belief that products that are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment should not be used in our projects. That is what made Peter Syrett, an architect, and Chris Youssef, an interior designer, create a database linking common forms of flooring, lumber, wiring, pipes and other construction materials to government warnings about the substances contained in them.
The Green Design Competition
The Green Design Competition is a competition for entrepreneurs in the design industry, for individuals (and teams) with a vision of what the future of design should look like. The aim of the competition is to find the talented entrepreneurs in the industry who aim to create a new product which sustains biodiversity.THE COMPETITION QUESTION IS:
Design a product and write a business plan, which explains how your design contributes to sustaining Biodiversity.
Applicants for The Green Design Competition can be individuals, teams or recently established brands based anywhere in the world. They should be able to design a product (which will significantly contribute to sustaining biodiversity, either by concept, design and production, or usage) and have entrepreneurial aspirations within the design industry. Sustaining our world’s biodiversity should be part of their vision, integrated in their company’s functioning.
CATEGORIES
The competition is divided into two categories each with a first prize winner. To participate with the competition you must choose one category, which is in accordance to your current position and enrol before February 10th 2012. Enrolment is obligatory for participation in The Green Design Competition. During the first round positioning in the correct category will be checked.
..........................The deadline for enrolment of The Green Design Competition is February 10th 2012.
More details on their site.
The GREEN BATHROOM
One of the most steady trends in contemporary interior design is Green design and an important manifestation of the green trend is the use of resource-efficient features like low-flow faucets, low-E windows, powerful insulation and natural choices and eco-consciousnessfor furnishing for our homes. This makes us feel guilty when using the bathtub, but you don’t have to take a shower every time. Design can help us solve this problem. One good solution is Duravit's intelligent answers to the question of whether it’s possible to take a bath without having a guilty conscience, offering bathtubs that, thanks to the optimum use of space, conserve our water resources by every means possible.
For example, the inside of the Paiova bathtub is ergonomically and intelligently shaped to ensure maximum bathing fun with minimum water consumption. Also, it allows for another way of saving water: its trapezoidal shape offers space for two people to lie side by side. It’s even more comfortable with the optional neckrest. The step that matches the bathtub panelling in American Cherry (real wood veneer) makes it easier to get in and out.
You like the idea? More ideas for green - and fun - design of our bathrooms will follow soon.
For example, the inside of the Paiova bathtub is ergonomically and intelligently shaped to ensure maximum bathing fun with minimum water consumption. Also, it allows for another way of saving water: its trapezoidal shape offers space for two people to lie side by side. It’s even more comfortable with the optional neckrest. The step that matches the bathtub panelling in American Cherry (real wood veneer) makes it easier to get in and out.
You like the idea? More ideas for green - and fun - design of our bathrooms will follow soon.
Herb garden
A green island bursting with flavour - and you can have it inside your home!There's no doubt that meals created with fresh herbs just taste better. The Royal VKB Herb Garden makes it easy to always have fresh herbs on hand. Fresh herbs of all types can be stored, organized and kept within arm's reach in the sleekly shaped and portable Herb Garden tub. Cut off just the amount needed with the accessorizing scissors stored in the integrated pocket.
Herb Garden by Royal VKB
UrbanTile - Concept Design for Sustainable Energy
UrbanTile was Merzan’s graduation project for his course in the Industrial Design Dept. at Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem. The
Urban. The panels could be made from aluminum and stainless steel, featuring an OLED screen on one side and photovoltaic panel on the other. Incorporating electrical motors to move them, they could be programmed to turn automatically at different times of the day. Designed to be mounted into windows, the panels could be turned to rest at various angles allowing light in during the day whilst absorbing solar energy.
In the evening, the OLED screens would be turned to face indoors to light up rooms and also provide a bank of screens for media playback. At night, the light emitting side could also be turned outwards to produce engaging patterns of light
In the evening, the OLED screens would be turned to face indoors to light up rooms and also provide a bank of screens for media playback. At night, the light emitting side could also be turned outwards to produce engaging patterns of light
From Clean Technica
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