This is a piece from Danish designer Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne. It’s made of text that reads “6 billion plactic bags are being used every year in the UK. The envirionment suffers enormously from it, so please take care!”, and I truly hope it’s not made of plastic Nice work… Share on Facebook
Looks like IKEA’s Swedish practices of doing good business are influencing the American division of the company, too. Eight of its locations in California (this is 90% of IKEA’s California facilities) will very soon be redesigned to reduce the ecological damage by installing solar energy panels. Pending governmental permits, installation can begin in late Fall, [...]
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No Comments » In their quest for environmental friendliness, Electrolux has developed a set of vacuum cleaners (totally 5 ) designed with plastic waste collected from 5 seas and oceans: The Pacific, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and the Baltic Sea. Throughout the summer Electrolux teamed up with other organisations to collect plastic waste from the seas [...]
Zalim Posted in Advertising, Design Tags: Advertising, Design, ecology, Electrolux, vacuum cleaner No Comments » Once again we have bottled water designers pursuing the idea of eco-friendliness (see here my last post related to the topic). Re:newal water bottle is made of plants. It is fully recyclable and is not supposed to harm the environment. Here is what the guys at Re:newal say: water and oil simply do not mix. [...]
Zalim Posted in Design, Innovations Tags: bottle, bottled water, Design, eco-friendly, ecology, water 1 Comment » Just recently I posted about cool ecological packaging for food, and here comes another cute thing in eco-friendly implementation. DBA have come up with an innovative pen made of potatoes, which is, as they claim, 98% biodegradable. The body of the pen is made of bio-plastic which is derived from potatoes grown with no use [...]
Zalim Posted in Design, Innovations Tags: DBA, Design, eco-friendly, ecology, environment, pen, pen made of potatoes No Comments » Another impressive packaging news here. Ever thought of a green pack as your food packaging? Something like this: On these pics you can see a banana leaf used as a take-away pack. The leaf is, on one hand, flexible and can take shapes, roll, bend and stuff. On the other hand, the leaves last long [...]
Zalim Posted in Culture, Design Tags: banana leaf, Design, eco-friendly, ecology, environment, packaging 2 Comments » 
