NEW YORK– As with the Milan Furniture Fair and other trendy design fairs worldwide green and recycled design is high on the menu. Designers are realizing that food packaging has considerable carbon footprint and are fashioning their own solutions. And this year’s New York Design Week was no different.
Witness Portuguese design group Studio [...]
THE ORIENT– For centuries it has been the custom for Asian families to give a new bride a Kombucha culture as a wedding gift (Confucious say, “husband not likely to offend strong wife”). This was nurtured throughout her marriage and then passed on to her own daughter. Today it is one of the hottest health [...]
BUZZING EVERYWHERE– Since plants feel pain - they may also feel joy, but how would you know aside from the occasional bloom? That is the job of Junyi Heo’s Pet Plant. The whimsical pot measures soil conditions, temperature, humidity, and water - calculates those variables based on the need of said plant, and [...]
NEW YORK– Metropolis Magazine hosted a unique humanitarian-focused design conference at this year?s International Contemporary Furniture Fair. On Monday, Metropolis presented Design Entrepreneurs: Make Good and Prosper. With a focus on political, social and personal aspects of design, the event stimulated future forward ideas towards a more sustainable world. The conference explored the many [...]
ROME– The FAO summit this week to discuss the growing global food crisis has determined that several issues are contributing to the problem:
CAUSES
increased food demand throughout Asia and Southeast Asia
droughts in Australia, Spain, Africa, California and other places
ecologically fragile land in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi and other places
decline in government agricultural investment = drop in output/productivity. [...]
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