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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,...
View ArticleOff 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...
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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...
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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...
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleEsquel 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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Training Day: Kohler Hackathon Targets 25% of Chinese Without Toilets
Uneven Access to Toilets Living in one of China’s major cities, it’s easy to take certain goods and services for granted. Every street has at least one convenience store, a bank, a major café chain,...
View ArticleDreams of a Sustainable Career, Design, and Waste | #AskTheCollective 013
In this episode of #AsktheCollective, I answer questions from university students about following their sustainable dreams, design, and waste. As always, we hope you find these questions and answers...
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Target Hackathon Makes the Connection!
Following a two-week period of desk and field research, the Target Design an APP for left-behind children hackathon was held in Shanghai last weekend. Six student teams brainstormed for 24-hours...
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Sustainable Design for the Future
Photo Credit: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY The world that surrounds us – the signs that direct us, the smartphone pages we flick through, the way we use buildings, how we move around cities – is...
View ArticleInterface: Sustainability Starts with Design
The importance of design to sustainable products cannot be understated. It is the front end of development and the point at which environmental harm can be best mitigated. The achievement of good...
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