Tag: Finland - Page 3
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HIK! Glasses from Reclaimed Beer Bottles
The Finnish family business Lasistudio reclaims glass bottles and jars without crushing them in order to create new objects. All the products are hand-made in an old barn in Finland. By taking advantage of the original shapes of the waste packages,
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Mobile Phone Messaging For Tidy Toilets
The SMS (short message service) is an institution in Scandinavia, and its use is saving time and paper in a number of applications - the Vasttrafik transit system in Sweden lets tram and bus travelers send an SMS (the ticket fee appears on the phone
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Radiohead's Thom Yorke Asks For Bigger, Binding CO2 Cuts
One of the unfortunate secrets behind the EU's recent directive to cut CO2 emissions 20 percent by 2020 is that adopting the directive doesn't mean countries will face penalties for failing to comply. Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Friends of the Earth
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I.P. Freely - On The Organic Cabbages
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Artek: Sustainability from Aalto to Dixon
Courtesy of the NY Times, we get an up close and personal look at Finnish furniture company Artek, who've taken old-school notions of sustainability like durability and timeless
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Throw that Cell Phone Away. Win Prizes.
Once there was a little paper company in Finland called Nokia. They started making plastic boots, and that didn't work out too well, and then decided to give mobile phones a shot. Soon, everyone in the country had one, and soon, everyone was having that
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UnTreeHugger: Savu Smoker Bag
What with their cellphones and Aalto furniture, we usually like things that come from Finland. This might have stayed behind: For three bucks a pop you get a three ply aluminum bag filled with wood chips (alder or hickory), spices, hardwood syrup and
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Anni Rapinoja: Wardrobe of Nature
Wardrobe of Nature is about the naturally occurring variations of nature, and humans as a part of nature. Anni uses plants to make clothing, shoes, bags etc for people in a very beautiful way. The works vary, with some the shape is taken from the human
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Skin-Piercing Vampire Moth Vants Your Blood
No thanks to climate change, Finland is attracting species better-acquainted with warmer climes, including a moth that binges on human blood, according to a Finnish nature periodical.
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Design Boom Interviews Shigeru Ban About Artek Pavilion
The innovative Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, he of the paper chairs and buildings, is currently working on the construction of a pavilion for the Finnish furniture company Artek. The structure will be used as a platform to exhibit Artek's new 2007
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Bamboo Furniture from Artek, Heirs to Aalto
"Form is a mystery that defies description but brings people pleasure"-Alvar Aalto. Artek was set up in 1935 to market Aalto's furniture, lamps and textiles, and continues to this day, blending "functionalism with form and sculptural simplicity with the
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Good Enough to Eat
There are so many natural skin products on the market that it is tricky to figure out which to choose. Finnish women have beautiful, pale, flawless complexions, despite the harsh winters. So here is skin cream from Finland with luscious ingredients
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The Eco-Efficient Major Event Manual
The Eco-Efficient Major Event Manual was launched, with some fanfare, in the middle of 2006. And the premise is very admirable. It is said to help organisers understand the environmental impacts that major events create. It advises how to implement
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Globe Hope: Finnish Fashion
Finnish fashion has its own aesthetic; warm fabrics, bright colours (in response to those months of cold and darkness), and a slightly eccentric look. Like everywhere else, designers there have started to worry about waste and the state of the
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Treasures of Wasteland
SECCO and The Treasures of Wasteland is the name of a Helsinki shop selling recycled goods, from clothing to computer-key magnets, to belts made out of car seatbelts. It is a surprise to find this place, nestled amongst vintage shops, hair dressers,
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Return a Tree
This little wooden cube contains a tree seed. The idea is that the box, when planted, will slowly rot, the seeds will sprout, and it will finally grow into the very tree that the cube was made of. Either curly birch, pine, alder, spruce or aspen
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Dual Purpose Carrier
It’s Finnish design. It’s ingenious and wacky, and endearing the more you look at it. They call it a "footstool" but we probably wouldn't. In any case, it has a dual purpose; serving as a seat and a bottle carrier for one to three bottles. Made of
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Let's Talk Baby Talk
Responsible new parents are looking for ways to reduce the impact of disposable diapers. They want green clothes that are made of organic cotton and are free of chemicals but are still adorable. In response some small companies have started to create
