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Buildings on Rails by Jagnafalt Milton
A Swedish architecture firm that came up with a plan to roll buildings through a city on rails has won third prize in a competition to develop the Norwegian city of Åndalsnes.
The company, Jagnafalt Milton, suggested that existing and new railroads could be built to provide the base for buildings that could be positioned differently depending on the seasons and on the weather. It proposed designs for rail-mounted single- and double-birth cabins, along with a two-storey suite. It also imagined lookout towers, kitchens, lifeguard stations, changing rooms, and — in true Swedish spirit — a sauna.
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The Trash Cube – Nicholas Le Moigne
Swiss artist and designer Nicholas Le Moigne has created a remarkable sculptural stool made out of discarded materials used to create roofing tiles.
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Nike Launches Open Source App To Encourage Sustainable Design
Nike has released an open source application to help apparel manufacturers design their clothes in a more sustainable manner. The Environmental Apparel Design Tool encourages collaboration and sustainability among various manufacturers by evaluating the waste, energy and toxics found in their manufacturing process. This helps designers make real-time decisions right at the start of the product creation cycle to minimize their environmental impact.
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Light Reading Chandelier by Lula Dot
Lula Dot, aka product designer Lucy Norman, aims to tackle the issue of London’s waste by upcycling discarded materials into products of lasting beauty, with a recent project dealing with the issue of wasted books.
Even though many used books are given to charity, very few are resold and charities have to then pay to have them sent to landfill.
A staggering 10,000 books a week will end up in landfill from just one charity, due to there being no infrastructure to recycle low grade paper or to remove the glue on the spine.
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Tile Houses For Urban Birds
Tile-birdhouse concept by designer Klaas Kuiken.
The design mimics the contours of terra cotta roofs and houses a space large enough for a bird to perch and use it as a home. Kuiken writes: Nowadays birds are not welcome under rooftiles anymore, so they lost a beautiful nest place. Placing a house on top of a rooftile, [I have] created a nice place for a bird’s nest.
Website:blog.reflexdeco.fr/
SLEEPING BAGS – THE BAG WITH NO BAGGAGE
This autumn sees the launch of Sleeping Bags, a breakthrough social enterprise that produces beautiful and ecologically sound bags made from recycled luxury hotel bed linen.
Inspired by the product they are intended to replace: plastic bags, the product concept was developed by a collective of London’s leading designers, including Tom Dixon and Oonagh O’Hagan.
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Electrolux at 100% Design 2010
In 2050, 35.2 m2 – the same size as a boxing ring – will be the average living space per person.* A solution for this cramped space could be storing groceries outside the home, to save both space and energy:
Image:“EXTERNAL REFRIGERATOR”: Fridge is hung outside your window to save space and energy (by Nicolas Hubert, France)
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