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5 posts tagged with design

20 Apr 2010
Trials and tribulations of green product innovation

Posted by: Natalya Sverjensky

Trials and tribulations of green product innovation
Waitrose’s innovation looks great on paper (we’re talking recycled paper, of course): a new ‘pouch’ packaging for milk that would use 75% less plastic than its bottled counterparts, in which at least two-thirds of the 18..
12 Oct 2009
Making stats sexy

Posted by: Tom Gater

Clients often ask us to take a bunch of information, re-package it and make it something people are going to want to look at, absorb and use. Unfortunately, sustainability is full of complex processes and nasty jargon making this, at times, a prett..
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26 Feb 2009
A Living Brief*

Posted by: Lulu Kitololo

A Living Brief*
The brief: “Figure out how to incorporate some sustainably-harvested local material into product prototypes that could help draw attention to threatened ecosystems and possibly lead to thriving export markets.”This is what the Nature Co..
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08 Dec 2008
Post Cold War Utopia

Posted by: Jeff Melnyk

Post Cold War Utopia
My choice for exhibition of 2008 goes to Cold War Modern: Design 1945 - 1970 at the V&A. The Cold War was a miserable concept – and one that filled me with dreaded fear as a kid. There was nothing fun about the threat of mutually assured ..
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23 Sep 2008
Recycling containers – does design matter?

Posted by: Tanja Burgdorfer

Recycling containers – does design matter?
Like visuals, products tell us something. For instance, these recycling containers, placed in the middle of our cities, tell us: Recycling bottles is part of our daily life or culture… at least it could or should be. "The UK has a curr..
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