November 6, 2009
I found this recyclable laptop concept on Yanko Design today. It is a really interesting concept. It got me thinking about this idea of “disposable valuables”. What if the products we use every day and value a great deal were disposable? How would this change they we use them? How would it change their lifecycles?
It is the inspiration for my next studio project… stay tuned.
October 20, 2009
My friend Colleen sent me this article from the New York Times >> Nudging Recycling from Less Waste to None. Really, really interesting stuff. Nantucket, MA is running out of landfill space fairly quickly. The island takes more actions to recycle and reduce landfill waste by adopting “zero waste” ideals.
I inserted some of the photos from the article below:
Kiddies recycling.
What mixed recycling looks like before it is sorted into different types (plastic, aluminum, glass, etc)
Nantucket claims that composting is HUGE factor in how they are decreasing the volume of their landfills. Look at this huge room just for compost!
WALL-E anyone?
October 2, 2009
Thanks everyone for coming to the first Closed Loop lecture yesterday! Very special thanks to S.O.S. for giving me the opportunity. I hope everyone who attended enjoyed the presentation, I definitely loved speaking to all of you guys. Someone took a video, so I will post that soon for those of you who missed it.
My next presentation is on October 22nd for a brown bag lunch event at Georgia Tech Research Institute.
September 26, 2009
I have decided putting off posting up pictures of my “powerplant” prototype for a bit… the internet is an insecure medium, you never know who might pick it up and claim it falsely! Better safe than sorry.
Anyways, exciting updates! On behalf of S.O.S. (students organizing for sustainability), I am giving a lecture about the Closed Loop Thursday, October 1st in Arch Lecture Hall 123 from 6-7pm. S.O.S. is awesome for giving me this opportunity. The Lecture will focus on what the Closed Loop is, how I did it, and “big picture” questions that designers and consumers should ask.
September 17, 2009
The culmination of our lighting projects! The crowd was great that night and I got a lot of feedback about my “powerplant light”. Photos from the light show to come!
September 15, 2009
These are some graphics I created to explain my “powerplant” concept; that plants and soil can be used as power sources.
September 15, 2009
The past week has been a little hectic. My dirt light was due yesterday at 7:30 pm. I finished on time (woohoo!), but with very little sleep.
Here is a peek at a branding scheme I developed for the project. The logo was derived from a cross of a nuclear waste icon, a power on/off icon, and a leaf. Can you see it?
I went for the theme of “revolutionizing the power plant” theme witha literal “power plant”; a plant that can produce electrical power. I am going to take some high resolution photographs of my models today, so check back for pictures tomorrow. I will also post some other lights that I thought were interesting from the ID Senior Light Show.
September 3, 2009
This is the first sketch I did while exploring my theme of dirt powered lighting. It definitely will not be my end product, but it helped get my brain juices flowing. What if a modern lighting device could emerge from something so basic and fundamentally natural?
Filed under Harvesting energy, design, experiment, industrial design, student research, sustainability
Tags: dirt power, ecodesign, industrial design, led, lighting, sustainability
