Posted by Callie
Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:00:19 GMT
Motherboard Gifts offers recycled products to display and store your business cards. Both the business card case and the business card caddy are made from recycled circuit boards. These devices let you keep your professional look with your eco-friendly vibe.
Business Card Case – ( $24.99) Created from recycled circuit boards is slim and holds about 15 cards.
Business Card Caddy – ($11.99) Created from recycled circuit boards and available in 3 different colors!
Posted in Art | Tags computer parts, eco, eco-friendly, green, recycle | 12 comments
Posted by Callie
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:22:00 GMT
Panda Snack utilizes bamboo fiber, an innovative product design and a contemporary philosophy to create a luxury lifestyle brand. The result is their luxury bamboo knit collection. Their current concentration is on men’s and women’s tees and will increase to include intimates, sportswear, and denim. Future line extensions are already in the making.
Panda Snack is dedicated to giving back and protecting the community in which they serve. They only work with manufacturing companies who are committed to environmental protection and fair labor practices. They also contribute a portion of all profits to the preservation of pandas.
The luxury collections can be found in fine retailers arcoss the nation.
Retailers in Texas include:
Jean Connection :: Dallas, TX
Sebastion’s Closet :: Dallas, TX
Stanley Korshack :: Dallas, TX
The Physical Fit :: Austin, TX
Thearpy :: Austin, TX
Ruby Lola :: El Paso, TX
Posted in Fashion | Tags austin, bamboo, dallas, design, eco, luxury, panda snack, tees, texas | 10 comments
Posted by Callie
Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:54:00 GMT
I saw this posted on inhabitat (an excellent site). This particular article is about an architectural project designed by UCX Architects. The project in Rotterdam dubbed the Urban Cactus will accommodate 98 residential units within 19 floors. Situated on the end of harbor, the architects chose to conceptualize the project as belonging to the “green nerve” rather than the surrounding urban structure. The “green” is revealed in a stacked set of alternated planes. The stacked alternated living planes reveal the encompassing “green” of the project. The pattern conceived by the living planes creates more space and allows for each unit to receive more sunlight than a typical stacked composition.
Posted in Art | Tags architecture, design, eco, green, urban cactus | 2 comments
Posted by Callie
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:41:00 GMT
Lexus has launched their Hybrid Living site which shows users that you don’t have to compromise comfort or luxury to live an eco-lifestyle. This site features profiles of the most stylish and exciting eco-designers plus showcases stylish city tours (currently LA, SF, and NY). The tour guides you to luxury desetinations (restaurants, spas, hotels, and more) that are both eco-friendly and aesthetically impressive.
Hybrid Living examines new ideas on living a luxurious yet sustainable lifestyle. Hybrid Living Profiles lend inspiration through a series of video interviews with some very stylish and exciting luxury eco-designers. Current interviews showcase the inspiration of these designers Living Homes, Q Collection, Coyuchi, Linda Loudermilk, and Kenneth Cobonpue.
Posted in Art, Fashion | Tags eco, ecodesign, ecolifestyle, fashion, hybrid, lifestyle, luxury eco | 1 comment
Posted by Callie
Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:20:48 GMT
Plantwall from Green Fortune is a new way of integrating greenery into spaces.
This vertical application of greenery provides a powerful impact on the envirnonment where it is built. It is almost like being outside inside. Plantwall can be varied both in size and shape. Depending on the size of the wall and the impact you want to create the choice of plants can be adjusted. One can opt for a sophisticated wall that will keep it’s well groomed shape over time or you can have wild, heavily growing wall that looks as if it were in its natural habitat.
Plantwall makes it possible to have lots of greenery without losing floor space. Besides the impression of beauty, plants also provides oxygen and humidity to improve the air quality. Some plants even have air cleaning properties.
The integrated drip irrigation system makes the watering very smooth. Unlikely of what you may think, the wall does not spread very much moisture thanks to the textile materials used. This makes it possible to use plantwall in places you may think are too sensitive for a project like this.
Via the drip irrigation system, also fertilizer is distributed inside the four-layer textile of the wall. This process is programmed by Green Fortune and automatically controlled. Each new plantwall project can be tailored to suit any demands. They also offer a one year guarantee and service agreement for each plantwall.
Tags design, eco, greenfortune, plantwall, wall | no comments
Posted by Callie
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:18:34 GMT
The Ecopod E1 makes it easier for consumers to live a greener lifestyle. The Ecopod E1 is a self-contained recycling center that has storage capacity for bottles, newspapers, plastic bags and other recyclables. Just throw your bottle or can in the appropriate slot, step on a foot pedal, and enjoy the satisfying sound of compaction. The compacted container falls into an internal bin, which can be removed for redemption or curbside disposal. Each pod has storage capacity for approximately 50 crushed containers, while an upper compartment has additional room for glass bottles, newspapers and other recyclable materials. Everything neatly stored away and ready to moved to the next step in the recycling chain.
The Ecopod was designed in partnership with BMW Designworks USA, and is available online from Ecopod in black or white for $328, and starting in December 2006 also at Williams-Sonoma.
Posted in Art, Fashion | Tags design, eco, eco-design, ecopod, ecopod e1, green | no comments
Posted by Callie
Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:07:00 GMT
Linda Loudermilk / luxury eco™
Who says you can’t look fabulous while being part of the solution. Linda Loudermilk gives eco-fashion glamour and attitude. Linda Loudermilk/ luxury eco redefines sustainability with design that gives back to the earth. Her collection uses fabrics made of sasawashi, bamboo, sea cell, soya and other exotic self-sustaining plants. “Our belief is that the clothing and accessories we wear, the products we use and the vehicles we drive are a perfect conduit for the spirit of this complex, colorful and rockin’ earth: this is luxury eco”
With the luxury eco™ marketplace— Laura Loudermilk gives eco glamour legs, a fabulous look and a slammin’ attitude that stops traffic and shouts the message: eco can be edgy, loud, fun, playful, feminine (or not) and hyper-cool. All created by meticulously researched sustainable business practices and fair labor standards.
You can find Linda Loudermilk/ luxury eco at
Stanley Korshak, 500 Crescent Court, suite 100, Uptown Dallas, TX (214-871-3600).
Posted in Fashion | Tags dallas, eco, fashion, stanley korshak | 27 comments
Posted by Callie
Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:59:00 GMT
Michael Jantzen’s Wind Shaped Pavilion
The Wind Shaped Pavilion is a design proposal for a large fabric structure that can be used as a public or private pavilion. As a lightweight fabric structure, the wind slowly and randomly rotates each of the six segments around a central open support frame. This continually alters the shape of the pavilion, while at the same time generating electrical power for its nighttime illumination.”
Rubik’s Cube-like, it “starts out as a relatively symmetrical form. Then the wind begins to alter that shape randomly, with only a slim chance of ever returning to its original symmetry.”
If the structure’s scale and the materials were to change, it could become an apartment complex, and or some other commercial building. In this case, the occupants could take control and rotate the segments to adjust to changing desires or needs, such as weather conditions, best views, etc.
Posted in Art | Tags architecture, art, design, eco | no comments
Posted by Callie
Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:55:03 GMT
Escama is a new companies that combine clever design with ethical trading to create a line of bags and purses made with recycled aluminium woven together with nylon fishing line.
The combination of the metallic material and the nylon thread results in a line of bags that are both very soft but with an slightly aggressive urban edge, with the fish scale pattern recalling medieval chainmails.
ESCAMA, “fish scales” in Portuguese, consists of three friends working out of San Francisco and Brasilia, Brazil. Their eco-friendly concepts are both fashionable and functional.
Posted in Fashion | Tags design, eco, fashion, friendly | 1 comment
