20 great green designs - solar street lighting system
Green is the hottest buzzword in design today.
Designers have inadvertently contributed to the current environmental crisis by creating satisfactory products that fuel the global consumer economy and its attendant resource consumption and pollution.
Today, the industry is trying to make up for it, especially the new generation of young designers who are exploring ways to reduce the negative impact of the goods they create.
However, it is recognized that the problem is huge and complex, and many of the solutions currently offered are simple: the idea that we can save the planet while continuing to maintain the current level of consumption is not feasible
Therefore, many of the most interesting "green" designs presented on these pages today have instead attracted attention to environmental and social issues rather than proposing solutions.
Green design by Marcus Fairs (Carlton, £20)
Published in early 2009. Silk Story.
Designed by Elsbeth Joy Nielsen, Netherlands snielsen found a way to produce silk without killing silkworms.
Usually, worms die when their cocoons are boiled to loosen the silk;
Nielsen's technology allows them to crawl back and forth on a platter, looking for a place to create a piece of pure silk when building cocoons.
Once the panels are done, they are naturally manipulated.
This scarf shows the exquisite beauty of the material. 2. Birdhouse.
This was designed by Michael Young, who is UKOne of 20 birdhouses made of recycled materials for charity auctions, using pages from the old auction catalogue, creatingwww. michael-young. com 3. Strata.
Designed by Ryan Frank of UKThis, South Africa
The natural designer Strata furniture is made of sawwood
GreenWorks is a charitable and social enterprise that recycles wood from excess office furniture collected across the UK. www. ryanfrank. net 4.
Packing lights.
Designed by Anke Weiss, will you convert waste containers into beautiful items?
The Dutch designer tracked their patterns and signs with needles, and put a lamp in it, reaching an amazing effect by acupuncture. www. ankeweiss. com 5. Patchwork.
Designed by Amy Hunting, UKHunting created her patchwork furniture collection from waste wood and scrap collected at the Danish factory.
The pieces are then glued together to form a wood patchwork and then made into chairs, book boxes and lights in a way that does not have screws or bolts. www. amyhunting. com 6.
Moral household goods.
The US/Danish Copenhagen brand Mater, designed by Todd Brahe for Mater, insists that its suppliers adhere to strict guidelines on workers' rights in an attempt to set new standards in ethical manufacturing.
Designed by American designer Todd Burcher, the marble/wood candle holder was developed in Jaipur, India in collaboration with local artisans.
The raw materials in the area are unique. www. materdesign. com 7. XOXO laptop.
Designed by Yves Bihar, USThe follow
Before each child's laptop project, it was a bold humanitarian attempt aimed at providing Internet access to vulnerable children around the world.
XOXO has two touches
The screen and power consumption are less than a tenth of the standard laptop. www. fuseproject. com 8. Indruk.
Designed by Greetje van Tiem, the young designer found a way to textile yarn from old newspapers: a page of paper can produce 20 m.
It can then be used to weave curtains, carpets, bags and even clothes. www. greetjevantiem. nl 9.
Carpet of global warming
Designed by NEL for Nanimarquina in Mexico/Spain, this rug has a felt polar bear perched on a small iceberg that brings polar to your life
Room, make sure you and your dinner
The problem cannot be ignored by guests. www. nanimarquina. com 10. 'Wood'.
10 designers of 10 designers explore sustainable development at 100% Design exhibition in London.
This year's collection features simple and durable wood items, suggesting a return to a lifestyle that is less damaging to the environment.
Among them are the tablets of Tomoko Azumi.
"Transport lights" packaged "; self-
Assembly helps reduce carbon dioxide, as reducing volume is critical to fuel savings during cargo transportation. www. In their twenties. com ' 11. Droog Aalto.
Designed in January, ctvrtnik of the Czech Republic won the Dutch design company Droog's climate competition with this clever glassware.
Referring to the iconic vase of Alva Alto, he imagined how the Finnish lakes that inspired the original works would shrink due to global warming. www. coroflot. com/naj 12. Sandy Eco.
Designed by ChauhanStudio, UKChauhan created a home cordless phone with recycled materials added to the phone itself and packaging.
Sandy Eco also has Eco mode, which transmits less power to the base when not in use, as well as energy-
Efficient power unit. www. tejchauhan. com 13. Local River.
FranceThis French designer Mathieu Lehanneur designed to solve the environmental problems of industrial fishing methods and the waste of long-distance transportation of food by providing people with methods of raising fish at home.
Fish waste is used to fertilize vegetables grown in pots placed above the fish tank, and after a while you can eat: a meal of fish and vegetables, simple-to-
To the corner of the room.
The concept was inspired by the Eastern method of farming, where fish waste was traditionally used to fertilize rice fields. www.
Mathieulehanneur. com 14. Cabbage chair.
Designed by Nendo, a paper is used in Japan
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Japanese designer Nendo successfully created a beautiful object and avoided the self
The conscious "recycled" look of many green designs today.
Simply made with a roll of thick discounted paper, a small chair will naturally appear when you peel off its outer layer, one at a time (
The picture is completely peeled). www. nendo. jp 15. IOU furniture.
Designed by TAF Arkitektkontor of sustainable farming, manufacturing and transportation in Sweden, this outdoor furniture collection is made from Siberian Sequoia and adds a moral dimension: the company helps them re-integrate by hiring former criminals and drug addicts in the factory. www.
Tafarkitektkontor. se 16.
The DenmarkThis chair is made of recycled plastic water bottles, but you will never know about it.
The bottle is mechanically chopped into plastic felt (
A process borrowed from the auto industry)
And press it into-piece chair.
Clever technology and unique design. www. komplot. dk 17.
UKLovegrove, a Sun tree designed by Ross Lovegrove, is one of the few superstar designers ready to take a stand on environmental issues, producing concept products such as solar energy
Bring more green power cars and low-energy homes to the future.
This project, solar energypowered street-
The lighting system has been detached from the drawings and is currently on display at design fairs around the world. www. rosslovegrove. com 18.
90 lights, self-designed by Sean litle for USA/Norwich
Claim that there are only six of the most effective mission lights in the world.
It should last 25 years.
This is just one of many new lows.
Energy lighting products using LED technology, promise to completely change the lighting design and solve the problem of poor light quality and chemical residues related to low CFLenergy bulbs. www. luxo. com 19.
Designed by IDEO, The Aquaduct bike is not the most beautiful design on this list, but it is a rare example of a designer trying to improve the lives of people who are not as lucky as us.
Millions of people in the developing world do not have access to clean water, and they often have to walk miles to collect contaminated water.
The bike makes the journey easier with pedals
An electric filtration system that gives users a container full of clear water when they come home. www. ideo. com 20.
Single-person cookware designed by Alex Bradley, UKGreen design is more than just to protect the environment;
This is also to help people live a better and healthier life.
Bradley is one of many young designers who responded to health problems caused by poor eating. His single-
Kitchen range, chopping board, cutlery and WiFi-private cookware-
Enable the screen so that users can call recipes from the Internet. Its space-
The savings design makes it easier for people who live alone in small apartments and beds to eat healthily. www.
Alexbradleydesign. co.