*”Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,” said the Queen*
The history of recycling
An interesting video on recycling which I caught on one lazy morning. It played on Channel 4, a 3 min wonder. Its amazing how much information is packed in this lil video.It documents how WW2 and mass production which, basically, spawned acres of waste and slowly led...
Recycling shampoo
Going CG (http://www.naturallycurly.com/) means having to get rid of all hair goods that contain silicones and sulphates and replacing them with natural/ 'cone' free products. So that leaves me with the question: what do I do with all those commercial shampoos I have?...
theme in making
reused/recyled...in anything...be it art, objects, architecture...though i am interested in all things,sustainable...i am mostly interested in how people can manage without wanting more, but doing with what they have...sharing and collaborating...new start...
new theme
i am still working on a theme for this blog. what should the basis of eco-design be?in discussion:a. if you dont buy, you save. if you save, would u spend? and if you spend, does saving on any kind of carbon emission help in the first place?b. should i judge the...
Plant in a pot, only upside-down
This upside down plant was designed by Patrick Morris in his final year at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London and it won him the UK New Designers award. How has this been designed? It has a unique system that requires the plant to be watered only...
Bamboo housing
This is the staff accommodation for the Magic Bus Staff located near the Karjat Dam, India. What is special about this accommodation is that it is constructed with bamboo, a material available in plenty around India. Architects Architecture Brio have developed a...
the most efficient solar cells so far
The solar cell can achieve 25% efficiency, the highest the world has seen so far. It has been developed down south by the University of South Wales.Whats so special about these solar cells? Dr Anita Ho-Baillie, who heads UNSW ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence,...
take your house along when you go for a stroll
The result of the studies done by Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, have resulted in a home for nomads. It has a rainwater harvesting unit, solar water heating system and can even have a greenhouse to grow your own food. It has a composting toilet and powers itself...
Wanna know an eco way to shower?
Well, it all lies in metering the water that is utilized. Eco Showerdrop is low cost water meter, whose LCD screen displays the time and amount of water being used and also, how much one should ideally use in this energy-starved world. It is shaped like a droplet and...
Cellophane House
Cellophane House is the work of Kieran Timberlake, commisioned by MOMA. It is a two bedroom house, whose concept lies in being permeable and transparent. Materials are seen as tools to build enclosures and is completely fabricated offsite.The key to making this an...
Prince Charles critiques the green movement: parts of his speech
"It would seem, however, that the emergent climate-change agenda seems to have offered licence to another generation of architects and designers bent on further divorcing us - through random and untested building shapes and types - from our deeply-rooted connection...
Undergarments, not just green in colour
Piado, an American garment company, has developed a very crucial part of the men's garments out of bamboo fabric: the underwear. In keeping with their motto of pushing design to its limits, they have turned the underwear into a fashion statement.The fabric is...