UrbanTile - Concept Design for Sustainable Energy

This blog is aimed at showing how green design can help our lives and contribute to our wellbeing. The product that you see left is a great example of exactly this. It was designed by Meidad Marzan, an industrial design student from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Its name is UrbanTile - a small solar panel that can be flipped to reveal a light-emitting screen. Banded together into rows, the panels make a window blind that forms a light or an entertainment display. It will use the solar energy that city buildings absorb during the day for their lighting needs at night. 

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

From Clean Technica

Creating new beauty from recycled glass

The Italian company Trend - an international manufacturer and distributor of mosaic tile and surface collections that reflect an awareness and respect of the earth's natural and limited resources - introduces a unique collection of mosaics FEEL. They are obtained by the recycled glass thrown into bottle banks and contain a minimum of 80% post consumer recycled glass. They come in twelve colours inspired by nature, twelve examples of using our resources more efficiently.

At Cerasi 2008 Trend launched a vast collection of Wallpaper mosaics. Wallpapers are in three colour variants, including the green version which for 2x2 uses the new FEEL recycled glass collection.




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Stylish & Ecofriendly - for Your Home & Your Family

Ecofriendly and stylish - the best possible combination for any product. Is there something else that can be added to it? Yes - luxurious as appearance and feeling. Cozy Nest Sham -
Lightweight tussah silk is the ultimate bedroom companion. Spun by silk worms who feed on scrub oak, not mulberry leaves, this wild silk acquires the subtle linen-like texture and tone that makes this collection an exceptional addition to any bedroom. Colorful striped shams and duvet covers combine hand-woven, yarn-dyed stipes paired with bands of undyed natural silk.



Bamboo Hand Towel -The silkiness of these organic cotton and bamboo towels improves with each wash. Made by a windmill-powered factory on an island off the coast of Japan, they are produced from sustainable resources in an appealing chevron pattern, using low impact dyes. Extremely lightweight yet highly absorbent and quick-drying, these towels are both ecofriendly and elegant.

Billboard Tote - this urban hip bag, made from vinyl that would have ended up inlandfills, refashions giant billboard images into smaller works ofpop art, each unique. Made from extremely durable yet lightweightbillboard material, the tote is perfect for groceries, books,or beach paraphernalia. Wipes clean with a damp cloth.


Bamboo Towel Ladder - practical, striking, and adaptable to many inventive uses, the 55-inch-tall bamboo ladder handles multiple chores with style - you can air-dry towels on the rungs of our honey-colored bamboo ladder, or drape magazines over them.