Latest Stories in Sustainable Product Design - Page 11
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When Typography Saves Paper and Ink. About Gulliver, Century Gothic & Ecofont
What saves more resources; condensed type faces or fonts with holes? I spoke to typography designer Gerard Unger about why the ecofont is a bluff and about how typography can really save paper and ink.
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Be Ready for Anything with Take Out Furniture, it's Perfect For Preppers
Clever idea from Finnish designer combines portable storage with fixed dresser unit
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Designer Raffaele Iannello Blows You Away With An Upside Down Hughes MD 500 Helicopter Ceiling Fan
Ceiling fans are a great way to keep cool; this one looks cool too.
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Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards.
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Craft for Craft's Sake Means Nothing: The Principles of Deep Craft
One designer argues that the rebirth of making things by hand is in danger of devaluing the craft it sets out to celebrate.
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Why Are We Putting 21st Century Light Bulbs in 19th Century Sockets?
Christopher Mims looks at the issue of "Path Dependence and the Stupidity of LED Light Bulbs"
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Sweeping Up After New York Design Week
It takes a while to absorb everything from New York Design Week; Here are a few more highlights
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WantedDesign Outshines ICFF in New York Design Week
It wasn't exactly counterculture, but Wanted Design was just a bit edgier.
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Owl Smartlight Lets You Adjust Everything From Intensity to Color Temperature
Fishtnk designs a lamp that you control with your smartphone or tablet.
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A Growing Trend: Vertical Gardens For Your Home
They vary from the very clever but simple, like the Urbio, to hydroponic systems like the Live Screen
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Perennial Wood Lasts At Least 25 Years Without Toxic Chemical Treatment
The answer to the problem of pressure treated lumber is vinegar.
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Blueair Makes The Usually Utilitarian Air Purifier Beautiful
These kinds of things don't have to be ugly.
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Mass customization is The Trend of the Year, As Customers Get To Decide What They Want
More and more designers and companies are letting the end user decide what they want their furniture to look like.
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There is ICFF, There is Wanted Design, and Then There Was the Salon des Refusés
These designers didn't make it into the big show, but that didn't stop them from doing a great bit of guerrilla design theatre
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Designboom Shops: The Best From New Designers On Show
Everything from iPhone holders to 3D printing to snack foods that you write on: Designers from all over the world show their stuff.
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Jake Dyson's LED Desk Lamp WIll Light Up Longer Than You Will
Heat kills LEDs. The CSYS light has a heat pipe system to carry it away, and is estimated to burn for 37 years.
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Maker Faire 2012: The Ninja Standing Desk
An adjustable standing desk you can hang from any wall or door... I. Want. This.
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Hand-Sculpted "Brick Biotopes" Turn Brick Walls Into Wildlife Habitats (Video)
Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low-tech techniques.
