A wheel chair with the free sharing

June 8, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Sustainable Design, Young designer Tags: Aluminum, Bench, Chair, Seating

The collective Snark surprises us once again with an innovative and sustainable urban elements is a system of free and shared – just sharing chair – designed by Emanuele Bompan, Gaspare Caliri, Marco Lampugnani and Beatrice Manzoni, for the city of Modena. The project was the recognition that sit in the city...

Edo: When the bio-inspired design

June 7, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Sustainable Design, Technology Tags: Contemporary, eco-friendly, Futuristic, Green design, hi-tech, Urban design

Edo, a shelter and energy-independent solar multifunction that combines design excellence with biomimetic tecologiche. A project that includes bio-wise design, environmental sustainability, new technologies and social aspects. The design of Edo arises from the microscope SEM of some marine unicellular algae called diatoms,...

Raising awareness with amusement: The Theory Fun!

June 7, 2011 Filed Under: Curiosity, Eco design Tags: Interior Design, Recycled stuff, Urban design

How can I change the bad habits of the people? How can we make people more aware and respectful of the environment? We think Volkswagen initiative with fun and engaging way: The Fun Theory. A series of installations aimed at raising awareness on various topics such as recycling, energy conservation, respect for the environment...

David Conti presents Ten: 10 beds in the space of 2!

June 6, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Furniture, Young designer Tags: Bed, eco-friendly, Minimalist, Recycled stuff, Saving space, Wood

A young Italian designer David Conti has been increasingly recognized. The last project in order of time is ten, a bed modular solution, with which David won the second edition of B-ECO national competition, organized by EXPO HOUSE. Ten is a bed made of modular ECOMAT a material obtained by recycling the exhausted...

Konnex, Florian Gross Library

June 5, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Furniture, Young designer Tags: Case, Desk, Saving space

I find this brilliant and highly functional bookcase designed the German designer Florian Gross. Konnex, the name is a simple but effective design library consisting of square modules of various sizes, characterized by a series of cuts along the surface of the module. Thanks to these cuts can unite the various modules...

Zona Tortona: Keep the bottle re-usable Gio Style

June 3, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Food design Tags: Aluminum, Contemporary, eco-friendly, Green design, Nature, Recycled stuff

Continue the bottle to take with you. In the Zona Tortona temporary shop dedicated to bottles signed Gio Style. Colourful, trendy and super sustainable. Keep the bottles are. An explosion of color within the temporary shop in Via Savona. An installation in a charming shop is completely covered with lively bottles continues. Walls...

Internal Competition: Green Life Building. Here come the finalists. Vote for your favorite project

May 30, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Young designer Tags: Contemporary, Energy-saving, Green design

They are the 27 finalists of the contest held by INTERIOR Building Green Life. A contest in collaboration with A2A, for projects that express and enhance the concept of sustainability in the construction of the city to allow a lifestyle, “green”. Four were involved in the Italian universities: the Polytechnic...

Slot Furniture, a table that is three!

May 29, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Furniture Tags: Comfortable, eco-friendly, Minimalist, Saving space, Table, Wood

Nicolas Waldorf is a Danish designer with a passion: the tables! His creations, almost exclusively in wood, are all characterized by an appealing design and original, sophisticated geometrical lines and never trivial. After having “fun” with different models of table (in the gallery they are different), the...

Green Box: More than just a packaging for pizza

May 29, 2011 Filed Under: Eco design, Food design Tags: Boxes, Compact Design, Green design, Recycled stuff

Green Box, a packaging three uses! Transporting, serving and storing! Maybe some of you have already seen or glimpsed Green Box, but I want to post it because I think a truly effective and sustainable solution. I’m sure the designers of the Green Box are pizza eaters, and have made a virtue of necessity! Why...