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Tag Archives: design
Effectively Communicating Sustainability
While many had their eyes trained on the outcome of the last day at COP15, my eyes were reviewing final project submissions from the recent batch of students at Shanghai’s Raffles Design Institute. A school dedicated to all things design, … Continue reading
Frog Celebrates 40 Years with China Events (Sept 24 – 27)
In the past 40 years, our work include: Apple Macintosh computer, Sony’s Trinitron television, Lufthansa’s brand and fleet image, Disney’s Cruise Lines and Consumer Electronics, and Louis Vuitton’s brand aesthetic etc.In honor of frog’s 40 year anniversary, we will host … Continue reading
The Importance of Design, and Designers, to Sustainability
While the focus of sustainability is closely linked to “energy usage” and waste, the conversation on the role of design & designers has yet to take center stage. The recent article Design is an Avocado: The Layers of Green Design … Continue reading
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Tagged cradle-2-cradle, design, Materials, product design
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Miyi Tower: Cleaning China’s Polluted River
h/t Inhabitat for highlighting this amazing new building by Studio Shift. to be built in Miyi County, the Miyi tower is actually being designed to do more than any of its peers. It will filter water. The tower will also … Continue reading
Esquel Groups 5 Es Strategy for Sustainability
Speak to a few dozen firms, read a couple hundred press releases, or make your way through a few sustainability reports, and you will begin to develop a baseline by which to judge firms. One of the firms that I … Continue reading
The Future of Connected and Sustainable Cities
With dozens of cities in China urbanizing all at the same time, and at a pace matched at no time by anyone else, making sure cities are planned and built properly is a must.
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Tagged building materials, Buildings, design, Transportation
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Chinese Student Environmentally Friendly Fashion Show
Yesterday, a fashion show was held in Wuhu Anhui. Unlike, the ones that grace the runways of Paris, London, New York, or Shanghai, the clothing highlighted at this show was designed by elementary kids using recycled materials. Fashion creations made … Continue reading
Cleaner Greener Materials
Poptech is one of those website that I need to visit on a monthly basis, and this month I found the 20 minute presentation given by Blaine Brownell. Like my friends at GIGA, Brownell is: an architect obsessed with sustainable … Continue reading
Off The Grid: Sustainable Habitat 2020
This clip, created by Philips Design, looks at why sustainable housing needs to be developed. And they have used China as the peg board to hang their pitch on. A quick overview of all of China’s sustainability is presented with … Continue reading
GIGA Newsletter – August 2008
And we’re ready to punch the Olympic pause button again, and get rolling. We’ve put our time to good use by preparing our next escapades – see below – and by working on a new (yes, more functional, and yes … Continue reading