Tag Archives: environment
The Plight of Flight
This morning, hurrying from my printer’s shop off to a brunch, I was compelled to stop and linger over the sight of a small bird that looked to have died from flying into a window. It is said that in Toronto’s Financial District alone, thousands of birds die every year, and while this was just [...]
The Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrated by the indelible Jeremy Irons, a clever and cautionary tale of the tragedy that is the Plastic Bag. Via GOOD.
B.Y.O.C.
“Bring Your Own {fill in the blank}”-ing (along with DIYing), is yet another glorious by-product of conscious hipsterdom. We citizens of the Earth are finally learning that we can save money and the environment by making the most out of what we have. And… it’s cool! One idea that has been slowly but surely catching [...]
Update your bedroom with minimalistic flair.
I came across this company, Haiku Designs, that produces bedroom furniture that takes influences from Japan. Simple and understated elegance is what they are all about. I am very fond of their “Kyoto” platform bed and their “Raku” tatami bed. The “Kyoto” platform bed is made with sustainably-farmed mahogany and comes with individually adjustable headboards [...]
Outside-the-box Wind Turbines
Gone are the large, tall and 3-bladed wind turbines that the term conjures when one hears ‘wind power.’ Michigan-based Windtronics for Honeywell unveiled their WT6500 turbine recently that minimizes all the problems with a traditional turbine. At 6 feet (182 cm) in diameter and 170 lbs (77kg), this little baby can provide 18% of an [...]
Get a life…Life Box, that is.
Need to ship items in cardboard while looking to minimize your footprint? Look no further! Life Box has the solution for you! Their product, Tree Life Box, is made of recycled paper inserted with various varieties of tree seeds suitable and approved for shipping in the continental US and Canada. The corrugated cardboard is also [...]
5 Shipping Containers.
Shipping containers sure have made a splash in fancy circles the last few years. They have that certain je-ne-sais-quoi that renders them irresistible to cutting edge designers and aesthetic-embracers the world over. And I mean literally, the world over. From Korea to Zurich, to NYC to NZ, shipping containers are the places to be and [...]
Another way to protest.
As we citizens of Toronto wrap up a fiery day of protests surrounding the G20 Summit, I came across these photos from the CBC G20 Street Team of (casually named) “some protest art”. While we may not all agree with the ways in which people are demonstrating their freedom-of-speech, it is undeniable that there are [...]
That Pulp & Paper
For designers, there is little in the world that gets us salivating more than the thought of glorious paper – text or cover, bright white or natural, columns or laid or linen… So imagine my distress when I happened to attend yesterday’s xpedx 1-day Clearance sale. I felt like a kid in a candy store. [...]
