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Core77 wrote a new blog post: The Mino Garden Gnome

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:16 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: The Mino Garden Gnome Reposted from Core77's article: "Things That Look Like Other Things: "Mino" by Giovanni Tomasini" Young Italian designer Giovanni Tomasini is pleased to present his latest project, the "Mino" garden gnome, a traditional lawn ornament made of compost:

The garden dwarf tradition is older than what is commonly believed. Originating in XVII century Germany, garden dwarfs were exported by an [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: John Thackara on Energy

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:39:11 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: John Thackara on Energy The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Is being creative really a virtue? Design educator and writer John Thackara stresses the urgency of our energy future [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Nathan Shedroff Explains Systems Thinking

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:32:06 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Nathan Shedroff Explains Systems Thinking The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. In what he deems "probably the fastest introduction ever" to systems thinking, Nathan Shedroff introduces systems as a context [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Wendy Jedlicka's Seven Handy Tips to Help You Change the World

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:25:52 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Wendy Jedlicka's Seven Handy Tips to Help You Change the World The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. In today's Sustainability in 7 short, Wendy Jedlička offers sound advice on "leaving the campsite better than you found it." [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Hunter Lovins Makes the Business Case for Sustainability

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:26:38 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Hunter Lovins Makes the Business Case for Sustainability The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Hunter Lovins kicks off Sustainability in 7 this week with by explaining her notion of Natural Capitalism, namely why sustainability [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: John Peterson on Pro Bono Design

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:57:20 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: John Peterson on Pro Bono Design The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Architect John Peterson kicks off our final (half-) week of Sustainability in 7 with a cleverly staged rundown of "seven [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Dara O'Rourke's Seven Design Principles for Sustainable Design

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:53:19 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Dara O'Rourke's Seven Design Principles for Sustainable Design The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Following Bill's introduction to Cradle to Cradle design in theory and in practice, Dara O'Rourke offers some quick tips [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Chris Hacker on the Design Process

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:30:34 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Chris Hacker on the Design Process The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. As the Chief Design Officer of one of the largest consumer goods producers in the world, Chris Hacker certainly [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Andrew Dent on Materials

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:00:44 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Andrew Dent on Materials The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. In today's episode of The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 , Andrew Dent of global materials library and consultancy, Material Connexion reminds [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Fiona Bennie on Future Scenarios

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:44:39 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Fiona Bennie on Future Scenarios The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today’s leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Fiona Bennie’s job is to look into the future and keep us posted on what’s in store for us in [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Gil Friend on Sustainable Business

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:04:51 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Gil Friend on Sustainable Business The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today’s leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Gil Friend offers a few pointers on business as a platform for sustainability, sharing key insights such as: “You don’t [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle Design

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:43:01 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle Design The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. William McDonough needs no introduction for anyone with an interest in environmental design: he's been exploring sustainability through architectural [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: With +Pool, Design Trio Aims to Make Manhattan's East River Swimmable

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:14:40 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: With +Pool, Design Trio Aims to Make Manhattan's East River Swimmable Manhattan is an island flanked by two rivers, but as hot as the summers get, you’d never dream of swimming in either of them. The conventional wisdom is that they’re both polluted and, if the movies are to be believed, lined at the bottom with cement-shoe-wearing mob informers. That hasn’t stopped designers Dong-Ping Wong of Family and Archie [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Dawn Danby Talks Life-Cycle Thinking

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:03:47 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Dawn Danby Talks Life-Cycle Thinking The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. In our second Friday edition of Sustainability in 7 , Autodesk's Dawn Danby explores life-cycles thinking as a design principle, covering [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Janine Benyus on Biomimicry

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:53:26 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Janine Benyus on Biomimicry The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Today we kick off the Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 series with Janine Benyus' introduction to Biomimicry. How does a [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Allan Chochinov on the Seven Presumptions of Design

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:11:47 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Allan Chochinov on the Seven Presumptions of Design The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. In this Sustainability in 7 , Core77's very own Allan Chochinov sets the record straight on seven common misconceptions about sustainability [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Adam Werbach Explains Cultural Sustainability

Tue, 31 May 2011 05:28:14 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Adam Werbach Explains Cultural Sustainability The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. While the principles of sustainability apply to every discipline, the term is often reduced to shorthand for an eco-conscious, [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Alissa Walker on Walking the Walk

Sat, 28 May 2011 06:03:08 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Sustainability in 7: Alissa Walker on Walking the Walk The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today’s leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. Alissa Walker remains true to her surname in this playful Friday edition of Sustainability in 7, in which she imparts [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Informal Study: Do Ball Chairs Really Provide Ergonomic Benefits?

Wed, 25 May 2011 06:26:25 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Informal Study: Do Ball Chairs Really Provide Ergonomic Benefits? For about two years I used an exercise ball (just the ball) as my main office chair. I eventually gave it up after discovering a couple of things: I have a tendency to defeat any ergonomic device over time. While I’d start my work sessions vigilantly paying attention to posture, as I became more engrossed in the [...]

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Core77 wrote a new blog post: Say It Ain't So: The Guy Behind Planned Obsolescence Was an Industrial Designer?

Tue, 17 May 2011 05:54:08 +0000

Core77 wrote a new blog post: Say It Ain't So: The Guy Behind Planned Obsolescence Was an Industrial Designer? An article in the Times entitled “ From the Pen of a Giant of Industrial Design ” looks at Brooks Stevens, a prominent industrial designer of the last century and one of the original nine founders, along with Raymond Loewy, of the IDSA. Stevens opened up his first design firm in the 1930s and went on to design [...]

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