Life, sustainable comfort

Life is a sustainable chair deign from Knoll, manufactured using clean technology in keeping with the eco design principles of reduce, reuse and recycle green guard certified, Life helps people meet the U.S. green building Council’s leed™ requirements. Uses minimum materials in construction and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminium structure and VOC-free paints and adhesives Raw materials with a recycled content of 52% (plastic version) and 62 % aluminium version that provides a 100 percent recycled content chair.

Unique ceiling structure

 

The project is a 3500 sf art gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The client requested two gallery spaces, an office area, a storage packaging area, a reception desk, a meeting table where clients could scan the website for other pieces in the collection and finally a bar area for art openings. The existing space had a beam and column configuration that ran down the middle north south in a wiggly line. Initially, this existing condition was thought to be a problem. The solution was to use the pattern of the existing beam and columns to organize the space and direct the form.

Primarily the existing beam and column pattern was used to create a custom luminous ceiling that contains all the HVAC, sprinkler and lighting elements. The lines in the ceiling are made of mill finish aluminum flat bar that hold up translucent panels and, in some instances,  extend from the ceiling to become light fixtures over key locations in the space. The office and packaging area were placed in the middle creating the division between front and rear galleries.

Change what you got

packaging for Re-use is a product that recycles the cardboard your laptop arrives in by changing it into a protective carrying sleeve. Assembly is easy, and all necessary materials are included in the original packaging. The cardboard casing is treated with natural wax to protect it from spills, and instead of the usual polystyrene foam , Packaging for Re-Use utilizes sheep’s wool felt which can be recycled and composted. All it takes is a few simple cuts, folds, and glue to make the transformation. Check out the other pics to see how it works. From the portfolio of Eoin McNally in Dublin, Ireland.

Goodmorning innovation

Widex, collaborated with Goodmorning Technology, a strategic design studio with a truly international mindset.Established in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark. Producing an exclusive packaging design for a digital hearing aid. As the packaging is opened, a simple two-layer raster effect shows a sound wave spelling out the Widex slogan ‘High Definition Hearing’. This is probable the best interactive packaging design with the most simplicity and innovation that we have seen. Just an amazing design that communicates a message of integrity with black and white.

check out the video of the design from Goodmorning technology below and you will know what we mean

Design21

Recently we joined design21 a social design network that inspires social consciousness through design. They connect people who want to explore ways that design can positively impact our communities – ways that are thoughtful, informed, creative and responsible. This is great non-profit organization on the net, that provides amazing opportunities for designers in all fields to collaborate and create to improve lives.

6 positions

The „Sitscape“ is a seating zone with a length of six meters. The form transforms the usual use of a couch. The design is based on specific seating positions and smooth transformations between them. Based on the preferred relaxing positions of the client we generated six basic positions and formed a perfect fit for them in the “Sitscape”. Consequently, the “Sitscape” provides familiar possibilities for relaxing. The transitional areas between these positions are undetermined in their use.Design Page

New corrugated displaces

 

bookstores, Magma (UK) expanded its brand a few months ago by opening it’s first Multi-Purpose product shop, designed by architects Julie Blum and Nikki Blustin.

friendly shelving is made out of treated cardboard and these specially designed units (and counters and changing-rooms come flat-packed, to be unfolded and built up.

Toronto subway design

 

the subway has many creative surrounding designs, each area has its own uniqueness to it and if you travel from one place to another you will notice it but its not something that enters your brain as being a design because it has become part of our lives.

The Power of The Bottle – Powerful Design

Packaging has power — enormous power — over what we buy. The fashions we wear express who we are. Packaging does that for products. We identify with a product because it does for us what we wish it to do. As any brand manager will tell, we buy the “brand promise” and the package carries a lot of that promise

“No House” Wine is a new South African wine brand created specifically to benefit the Dutch foundation: HomePlan. A percentage of the profits go to build homes for South African AIDS orphans. The wine is a huge success in the Netherlands and has already raised enough money to build 10 houses.

Beyond the good cause, the packaging design (by Edwin Vollebergh of Studio Boot) has won international awards including: New York Festivals, Art Directors Club Netherlands, and Epica.

When asked about the design, Edwin said that they are meant to look handmade and rough. The materials chosen are common and inexpensive, therefore keeping the cost as low as possible so more money can be donated to the cause.

Apple iLife 09 Packaging Design

Mac|Life Magazine is running an interesting piece on packaging design ideas for Apple iLife 09.  Three designers not connected with Apple were asked to present ideas for the packaging design.  The three different designs represent an fascinating view of the wide range of approaches/functionality packaging can provide a product.
Apple is known for its modern minimal packaging design so it will be interesting to see their design for this product.

ROBIN DICK: Mac|Life Art Director
We’re going to call this one the “luxe model.” Robin’s case-within-a-case design doesn’t skimp on material, but nonetheless aims for a certain functionality in service of aesthetics. The recycled cardboard shell whispers environmental sympathies, while the colorful, action-packed belly band communicates all that iLife stands for. “It’s a simple, sleek, modern way of giving the consumer a permanent disc case, while duplicating the experience of opening a gift,” Robin says. “The contrast in materials adds a splash of color and vibrancy that attracts the eye.”

KATORI DHOJI: Freelance Designer, Unified Design Labs
“This study reverses the trend toward excessive paper and plastic,” Katori says. “Slim it down, make it more eco-friendly.” Her low-profile wonder uses biodegradable plastic, paper, and recyclable rivets, giving iLife ’09 a negligible carbon footprint (all user documentation is stored on the disc itself). Just grab your disc off the Apple Store display – like grabbing a pack of batteries at a drugstore – and off you go. “Most people get their disc home, slip it into their computer, and never deal with the box again. This package recognizes, and runs with, that reality.”