It’s a rainy first day of Spring here in Boston, a good time to watch Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior’s video on working conditions in the Hung Hing factory in Shenzhen.
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sad toy story
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rent-a-purse
Ever wish you could always stay up-to-date with the latest trends in fashion? Bags to Riches will rent you the latest purse – for $30-$300 – for a month, along with damage insurance, so you never have to commit to a single thousand-dollar bag – or worry about scuffs. If only fashion could be regularly […]
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edible utensils
we’ve seen edible cups, and now edible spoons made of bread by tim simpson. there’s something elegant about making everything that touches your mouth edible, and certainly it’s more sustainable than plastic spoons. but how long do they last?
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greener than thou
photo mary lou jepsen invented the display that made the OLPC so power-efficient, and she presents the case for the green design of the laptop as the result of a concerted effort to address the needs of developing countries. where there is little electricity and limited tooling, the laptop had to be durable, power-efficient and […]
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renewable packaging
i just picked up this balinesian sea salt packaged in a coconut at whole foods because i couldn’t resist the packaging design (or lack thereof). never mind the idea of shipping salt, let alone from bali. the coconut packaging has three distinct advantages over the plastic, metal foil and paper that the other foods are […]
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audio players of the future
looking at old consumer electronics can make you realize just how far we haven’t come – i just discovered transistor.org, sarah lowrey’s website dedicated to her transistor radio collection. flipping through these vintage audio players you can find a lot of the trends that seem so pervasive today, as well as design ideas we still […]
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material maps
wikipedia is a great resource for finding out about materials in detail, and one of the best reasons are these world maps showing world production based on the british geological survey’s 2005 world mineral production (available as a free pdf). at a glance you can see the major producers for almost any mineral. here are […]
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design for the (tech-savvy) masses
design democracy is a yearly competition based on the belief that mass customization is a viable alternative to mass production. unlike ponoko, this competition is based on free trade in design patterns that you can then make yourself at your local highly computerized wood shop. but given that finding and manufacturing this kind of product […]
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