Tanya Weaver

Profile: Nicolas Roope – Plumen

Posted by - April 4, 2011
Interview with Nicolas Roope, creator of the Plumen bulbHulger is a London-based boutique electronics brand established in 2005 by Michael-George Hemus and Nicolas Roope. The company has become famed for…
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Sustainable design gallery

Posted by - April 4, 2011
Four companies, four unique approaches to sustainable product development Company Ecovative Design Product EcoCradle In 2007 two graduates set up Ecovative Design, a bio-materials company in New York, to revolutionise…
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Sitting pretty

Posted by - April 4, 2011
How Yves Behar & Herman Miller used an Eco-dematerialised design approach to create the Sayl chair with fewer parts and fewer materials. By Tanya Weaver. Take one industrial designer renowned…
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IDC’s LCA Calculator

Posted by - April 5, 2011
I’ve just had wind of the launch of a new Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) calculator from design agency Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC). Seems pretty timely considering all things sustainability we have…
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Prime Cuts: Water works

Posted by - June 9, 2011
When I turn on the tap I expect clean, drinking water to flow out. I never really spare a thought to the complex network of pipes involved in getting the…
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