Sustainable Dance Club introduces a new product; the DrinkWaterBar http://www.drinkwaterbar.com
Does #smartgrid equal smart living? Clip from a documentary on changes in the energy world feat. @igorkluin http://t.co/DPrXcrz #in
Disney uses the Sustainable Dance Floor at the Friends For Change Games http://flpbd.it/UMGy Well done SDC!
At @Enviu we just launched a platform to co-create our vision 2012-2016 with you. Are you joining us? http://visionenviu.org
Design & Thinking, the Documentary
A group of four young Taiwanese designers have embarked on quite a mission: to speak to advocates of design thinking and document it’s expanding influence on the way we live and interact with the world. So far, they’ve interviewed Bill Moggridge (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum), Dan Formosa (co-founder Smart Design), George Bylerian (Material ConneXion), Paul Pangaro (Cybernetic Lifestyles), Richard Grefé (AIGA), Roger Martin (Rotman School of Management), and Susan Szenasy (Metropolis Magazine) and Angela Yeh (YehIDeology).
Help them finish their film by donating financially or, if you’re more musically inclined, donate a song for the soundtrack. Watch the trailer for the film after the jump and check out their KICKSTARTER!
Via DesignThinkingBarcelona.com via Core77
The Power of Open, free e-book by Creative Commons http://bit.ly/q3AjkV
What do you think about Microsoft & Google pulling the plug? Disappointing or an opportunity for innovation? http://t.co/nuoZy6c
At the plenary session of E3 Forum, those MIT PhD candidates have organized an amazing event! http://t.co/lsfqA81
Preparing for tomorrow’s presentation at MIT’s E3 Forum in Lisbon http://e3forum.org
Tom & Annemiek @yunofoods need your help to win the FD Young Entrepreneur Award 2011. Register and vote for them! http://bit.ly/jki39p
3D Printing with Sunlight & Sand
Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.
In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance. In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.
Read more at Markus Kayser Website
Via Make
Molt bona l’entrevista ahir a Joan Mele, subdirector de Triodos bank a Espanya. Necessitem més banquers com ell! http://bit.ly/mct5Wb
What makes for a successful city?
The question as to what makes for a successful city is a complex one, and one that affects nearly all of us; by 2050 around three quarters of the world’s population will live in cities; Phaidon asked an esteemed group of urban experts for their take on successful city living.
Crowdsourcing in 2 minutes
Crowdsourcing - Niel Robertson @CCC11
Niel Robertson about Crowdsourcing at the Creative Company Conference 2011.
DMY Berlin International Design Festival
DMY Opening from robertanderson on Vimeo.
Last week I participated at the DMY Berlin Festival. There Enviu and SEOS Design partnered to provide a workshop on User-Centered Sustainable Design.
In fact, we are co-developing a set of ideation cards for user-centered sustainable design. The tool is still in beta, but soon we will make it available online. We will keep you posted.
