Archive for June, 2009
The LBD (little black dress) gets an update this season with Edun’s Tribal Onepiece. Made of 100% washed silk, it’s perfect for a sultry summer night out on the town. Headed up by the lovely Ali Hewson, Edun works on the micro-level with factories all over the world to promote sustainable communities, encouraging the fashion community to not only produce lines out of eco-friendly materials, but to ensure that the workers are being paid a living wage. Now when’s the last time your LBD came loaded with all that intelligent cocktail conversation? HIT FROM: ECOFABULOUS.COM...
The US Army is on its way to discover fuel cells and bio-batteries, suggesting a possibility that the next war would use portable power. To make some productive efforts in this direction, the Department of Defense has come up with a brilliant idea of starting a grant program called Small Business Innovation Research, which would try exploring fuel sources from things like potatoes, sugar, vodka or beer. The US military is taking the US into green times with its new development of lightweight, highly efficient and portable power systems, which will soon be replacing conventional batteries....
Josh Owen’s 8125 Calculator for Monroe, the leading producer of commercial calculators, is a robust instrument in an age of throwaway gadgets. An embodiment of the “less but better” design philosophy espoused by the godfather of industrial design, Dieter Rams, Owen designed the elegant 8125 with improved sight lines, added functionality and a 30% footprint reduction. This is an adding machine that will make even the most taciturn accountant break a smile. More images after the jump. via designboom...
Our girl WENDY @ NITROLICIOUS has more to say about Green Fashion. Check it out here: Keds and Loomstate has teamed up on an exclusive collection of Keds classic Champion silhouette featuring five prints that will be sold exclusively at select Barneys New York stores nationwide and on www.barneys.com starting this month and will retail at $75. Keds by Loomstate is made of 100% certified organic uppers and linings, nickel free eyelets and 100% recycled insole boards. To further reduce the product’s carbon footprint, Keds will take recycled shoeboxes and re-purpose them as the shoeboxes for the Keds by Loomstate...
Lamborghini is a killer. It stands out. It’s a hobby. But still, the sales are depleting; it doesn’t matter even if the luxury charm of the car is intact. Now, as per the general reaction all over, the sculptors of one of the world’s most talked-about cars seems to be piggybacking on the green tag to save it from drowning along with the other auto giants. Green Luxury The Italian luxury sports carmaker has made certain changes by improving their V12 engine combustion – making the car lighter, introducing “stop/start” systems and reducing friction. By introducing the improved engine it...
“In my heart today is Tila Tequilla (follow her at @officialTila)- who has contributed greatly to what is already a monumental week for animals and the people who fight the good fight for them. Our blogger, Tila Tequilla, trumped all of our other celebrity bloggers by handing in the most viewed and commented blog in the history of Global Grind on the subject of animal abuse.” - Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons showing love to Tila Tequilla on globalGrind.com. Russell is a rockstar for animal rights and we love hearing that Tila is getting involved too. Check out the whole...
File this under, “Technology I Never Knew Existed,” but Nokia says that in a few years time, they will be able to charge cell phones by using ambient radio waves. This intriguing and exciting technology could lead to huge reductions in energy demand if every cell phone could pull a charge of juice out of thin air. Researchers at the Nokia Research Centre in Cambridge in the UK are working hard on a technology that can harvest small amounts of energy from ambient radio and TV waves. The cell phone would pick up radio wave frequencies as low as 500 megahertz up to 10 gigahertz, which includes...
Are you a cyclist who bemoans the fact that comfortable biking clothing isn’t stylish? NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy (LVMH) teamed up to present a challenge to FIT’s students to create stylish and practical activewear for cyclists. The students worked for a semester to develop designs for a poncho, jacket, and travel bag under the mentorship of their professors and designers at Donna Karen New York (DKNY). The top three finalists and their designs were honored at a conference in early June; read on for more, including the winner! The finalists of the Bike in Style Challenge...
Pierre Andre Senizergues, environmentalist and artisan, along with designer Gil Le Bon De LaPointe, got their hands dirty to create a new home for waste in their latest project “The Waste is The Best.” Keeping with Senizergues’ skateboard flare from his world champion days, but daring into the unknown, together these two skateboarders shed new eco light on green design and waste with three new limited edition pieces from Skate Study House. An organic collection, The Waste is The Best gives homage to waste, made 100% of throwaway materials and is constructed from excess skateboard cutouts of laminated wood. “Sustainable...
