I was at the California Academy of Sciences yesterday when I noticed their garbage cans. Instead of “trash” it says “landfill”. A great example of a simple, yet smart design decision someone made that helps us think about where our garbage is going.
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March 2009
03/31/2009
03/30/2009
Giving Back
Disneynature will plant a tree for every person who sees Earth on opening weekend. Earth opens on Earth Day — April 22nd. You can preorder tickets.
03/28/2009
Iceland M Blitz - Deilum
One of the 48-hour M Blitz projects in response to the Icelandic financial collapse, Deilum involved posting items in bags for people to take as long as they returned it with something they no longer needed.
The Iceland group of Project M engaged in M Blitz. M Blitz is a 48-hour project using design for the greater good. In this case, design was used to respond publicly to their current crisis. Several of the seven Blitz projects were covered in the Icelandic national news.
03/26/2009
First Lady Michele Obama has style
The White House selected a shamrock green blanket throw made by our client, Swans Island Blankets of Maine, as one of the gifts for the delegation from Ireland meeting on March 17, 2009, given by First Lady Michelle Obama. The throw is made from the finest wool, from yarn spun in the United States and woven on American made hand looms in the traditions of our fore fathers. Even the custom box it is presented in is made in the USA.
When they got the call, the blanket was still on the loom. Jumping to action, the blanket was finished to their specifications, cut off the loom and hemmed in Swans Island signature silk hem. A custom tag was made for the blanket stating, “Custom Designed for Michelle Obama”.
03/24/2009
03/13/2009
Finally, a nice looking USB drive.
LaCie recently released a new USB device — iamaKey. It comes in 4GB (17.99) and 8GB (27.99) models, and can be used with both PC and Macs.
03/12/2009
T-issue (tree issue)
This was one of the shortlisted projects from Design Booms' green earth competition. Designers were to create a graphic artwork that illustrates environmental protection and how we can coexist with nature in a greener way.
T-issue, by Young In Koh from Korea, is a simple packaging solution that can remind blowers and wipers that tissues, like so many other products we use daily, come from trees. The cut out serves as a consistent reminder of “how the product is directly connected to nature and how many trees we are killing to provide what we need.”
First prize went to ji yoon Yang from Korea. Another smart and simple solution.
03/06/2009
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