Apr 06
Candela, the sister product to the Candeloo, graduates to adult audiences. You can set the mood on fire, not the house.
According to Candela, these portable lights provide a warm, ambient glow that won’t blow out in the wind, or set the house afire if left unattended. They’re equally useful on the dinner table or bedside. Patented, intelligent circuitry makes them illuminate automatically when lifted from the charging platter, and start to recharge as soon as they’re put back. They also turn on automatically during power failures so you always have an emergency light source within easy reach.
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Mar 28
Back in 1993, Markus and Daniel Freitag decided to start making designer, functional messenger bags and accessories in Switzerland and the rest is history. All the accessories and bags you’ll find at Freitag are made using post-consumer recycled materials:
- Car Safety Belts
- Truck Tarps
- Airbags
- Bike Inner Tubes
The coolest part is you can go to their website and design your own bag from different truck tarps. Check out our greenwix design shenanigans:
Freitag Website
Special Thanks to Tellos for this great find. If you have any suggestions if your own, send them our way please!
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Mar 26
This Pear Lighting concept, by Nick Foley, is one of the coolest lighting concepts to come along in a long time. If you look carefully, you can see that this lighting sculpture is a modern lamp - notice the on/off switch at the bottom left. As if not marvelous enough, the Pear Light also features some great innovations.
Each of the Pear globes contain 10 LEDs, which if you remember the hierarchy of energy and planet friendly, goes Sun > LED > CFL >> Incandescent. But wait, there’s more! The three Pear globes are attached to the light with rare earth magnets which allow the lucky owner to “pick” the pear off the tree for up to an hour of continuous light.
Who needs romantic candles anymore, take the Pear globes straight to the bedroom. Impress at your next party or stay safe during your next blackout. The possibilities are endless.
For more pictures and information: Nick Foley Design
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Mar 26
The Nokia 3110 Evolve is an ecofriendly handset. It utilizes recycled and biomaterials to ‘evolve’ the original Nokia 3110. According to Nokia, this will be the first of many ecofriendly handsets they are coming out with. The best feature of this handset is probably its intelligent charging which only uses electricity when the Evolve is charging. Contrary to popular misconception, those appliances you leave plugged in but not turned on still drain energy. Intelligent charging technology is trying to put an end to that.
Nokia Evolve
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Mar 24
Phillips has come out with the Eco TV. This 42″ beauty from Phillip doesn’t skimp on features, it has 1080p, 4 HDMI inputs, and the coveted energy star rating. The Eco TV comes with sensors that trace the ambient light in the surrounding area and automatically reduces the picture’s brightness b7 up to 80% from peak brightness to optimize energy consumption. Phillips claims that in low brightness mode, the Eco TV will use less than 75 watts!
The best part of the EcoTV is that its lead-free, assembled and packaged with recycled materials and only costs $1,399 when it comes out this month. You can find 42″ LCD tvs costing well over twice that much on the market so the best choice is also one of the most affordable.
Phillips Eco TV
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Mar 21
Just in time for the summer, this solar beach bag from Reware, is a must have this summer on the beach. Not only can you bring all your frisbees, beach gear, but you can also plug in that Amazon Kindle
for hours of beach reading. The solar beach bag features a flexible solar panel with heavy duty beach use in mind. I won’t recommend going for a swim with it but it should age nicely in the sun.
Just imagine all the attention you’d attract! For more information, visit Reware. Reward yourself indeed!
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Mar 20
The Wattson, by DIY Kyoto, is a unique way of monitoring your energy consumption. It looks like it came straight out of Apple’s design studio, it turns energy consumption and conservation into a clever game. It brings to mind the Prius - half the reason drivers get such good gas mileage in a Prius is because of the smart packaging. The Prius’s onboard display showing gas mileage and battery charge in a fun way that makes the driver strive for a better MPG.
The Wattson works in very much the same way. You install a wireless transmitter to your homes fuse box or meter. You then put the Wattson on the coffee table, nightstand, or anywhere else you want its hypnotic light to glow. The underside of the unit glows red and the intensity is directly tied to how much energy you are consuming. The top of the unit displays how much energy you are currently using - it even converts it into what most people care about, $$$. In an attempt to bring that $$$ number down, you’ll find yourself running around the house and turning everything off every chance you get. Saves money, energy, and looks cool to boot.
DIY Kyoto
And yes I know Sherlock Holmes never actually said that in the books, but it’s so apropos.
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Mar 20
This just proves how popular green products are becoming. Noon Solar came out with this solar panel bag and their website shows that it’s sold out. I really like Noon Solar’s design philosophy - their products are marketed toward those who are as conscious of style as they are of sustainability.
Noon Solar
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Mar 20
Well maybe not the new plastic, but cork is getting more and more versatile - check this chaise out. Since cork is the renewable bark of the cork oak tree, this lounge is all about sustainability + design. The cork as we know it is the bark of the cork tree. From what I understand, the cork tree gets stripped of its cork, then allowed to grow back so there’s no dead tree and guilty conscious. Kind of like how a sheep is sheered for wool.
This chaise, designed by Daniel Michalik, looks like it’s gotta be either really comfortable or the exact opposite. I don’t know how stable it is but I wouldn’t mind grabbing a good book and giving it a go. The description says its bouyant so maybe you can plop it in a pool or a lake and drift to sleep although at $4,988 maybe it should remain dry.
The Cortica Chaise Lounge is available at Branch - Sustainable Design for Living.
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Mar 18
This is the third thing I’ve seen made of recycling safetly belts. How can you not feel safe sleeping in a hammock made of safety belts?
Made by Ting of London
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