Hideyuki Oka, created the book "How to Wrape Five Eggs", that shows traditional Japanese packaging made with 100% natural materials. This means that it is still possible to package product without any use of energy and pollution.
mercredi 14 avril 2010
"Background Stories" (Arlene Birt)
This packaging foe chocolate is sustainable because it gives all the information of the production of the product, from resources extraction, to labour, and distribution.
Sustainable Clendar (Marine Cochet)
This "sustainable" Calendar is made to be able to use forever. It implies that you don't need to buy a new one each year.100% made with trashes.
Lite2go packaging
Lite2go is an innovative lamp designed by KnoEnd that eliminates packaging.When the lamp is assembled, the packaging itself becomes the shade for the light bulb and fixture contained within. This clever example of double-use shows how the use of the packaging can be optimized.
mardi 13 avril 2010
Shell Springboard programme (Thomas Matthews studio)
Print material for the Shell Springboard programme that provides finance to low carbon business ideas in the UK.
http://thomasmatthews.com/
dimanche 11 avril 2010
Thoma Matthews' Manifesto
'Tis the season for Top 10 lists; today's installment comes from the London-based design firm thomas.matthews, who've developed a manifesto [PDF], of sorts, about how they work to fight climate change. Required reading for designers interested in not trashing the planet.
1. Re-thinking
2. Re-using
3. Using friendly materials
4. Saving energy
5. Sharing new ideas
6. Designing to last
7. Staying local, buying ethical
8. Supporting what we believe
9. Inspiring, having fun
10. Saving money
Taken by itself, without some context in what the firm has done, as examples of each, the list is a little uninspiring; it's a bit like saying something like "We do things better" and leaving it at that -- a nice sentiment, but lacking the details that make it a meaningful, actionable philosophy. But take a look at what they've done: for "re-thinking," they noted their "No Shop" shop, a storefront they created for Friends of the Earth to convince folks to consume less; for "supporting what we believe," they note their clientèle who "work for things we care about," like better recycling, fighting climate change and tackling hunger.
Perhaps the most important note about this manifesto, though, is not that thomas.matthews is not that they recycle whenever they can, or that they source locally and support local economies, but that they've realized that there is something that they can do with every project, every client, every day, to lighten their footprint and help fight global warming. And that's a lesson we can all take something from. ::thomas.matthewsvia ::MoCo Loco
http://www.treehugger.com/
A Greeting Card that Becomes a Garden
After setting up the garden and adding water, seeds usually sprout within three days. The plant, a grassy herb-like fauna, will last approximately two weeks and requires minimal sunlight and care, making it an easily cultivated novelty for anyone without a green thumb.
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