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Design dogmaby Dieter Rams

Good design is innovative.

Good design makes a product useful.

Good design is aesthetic.

Good design makes a product understandable.

Good design is unobtrusive.

Good design is honest.

Good design is long-lasting.

Good design is thorough down to the last detail.

Good design is environmentally friendly.

Good design is as little design as possible.

life time cyclereuse/recycle of materialno use of polluting materialsuse less materials (replace for example 3 materials with one)maintenanceCo2 emissionusage of energy by production and transport of material

Sustainability / Facts to consider when you think sustainable

Notions of Sustainability



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by John Salvest.

“Consumo Ergo Sum” means “I consume, therefore I am.It consists of bottle caps, various in shape, size, and colour assembled into a map of the United States. John Salvest’s mixed-media objects and installations have been presented in solo and group shows throughout the United States.

Consumo Ergo Sum

www.clt.astate.edu/jsalvest/index.html

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http://www.clt.astate.edu/

by Chris Jordan

Caps Seurat, 2011 Depicts 400,000 plastic bottle caps, equal to the average number of plastic bottles consumed in the United States every minute.

Plastic Cups, 2008 Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.

Toothpicks, 2008 Depicts one hundred million toothpicks, equal to the number of trees cut in the U.S. yearly to make the paper for junk mail.

Running the numbers

www.chrisjordan.com

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http://www.chrisjordan.com/

www.thefuntheory.com



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by the Fun Theory

To throw rubbish in the bin instead of onto the floor shouldn’t really be so hard. Many people still fail to do so. Can we get more people to throw rubbish into the bin, rather than onto the ground, by making it fun to do? See the results here.

World deepest bin

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http://www.faulders-studio.com/


Cradle to Cradle Design (sometimes abbreviated to C2C or in some circles referred to as regenerative) is a biomimetic approach to the design of systems. It models human industry on nature's processes in which materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in healthy, safe metabolisms. It suggests that industry must protect and enrich ecosystems and nature's biological metabolism while also maintaining safe, productive technical metabolism for the high-quality use and circulation of organic and synthetic materials.

Put simply, it is a holistic economic, industrial and social framework that seeks to create systems that are not just efficient but essentially waste free.[1] The model in its broadest sense is not limited to industrial design and manufacturing; it can be applied to many different aspects of human civilization such as urban environments, buildings, economics and social systems.

C2C / no waste

Cradle to Cradle



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_%28design%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_to_Cradle%23cite_note-hunter-0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_to_Cradle%23cite_note-hunter-0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing

Empowered Landscape

www.landartgenerator.org

by Martina Decker and Peter Yeadon.

Designed to resemble the desert’s sand dunes, the thin-film solar panels have been sculpted into an artistic, but functioning solar photovoltaic plant. Created from 25 mile of dye-sensitized thin film solar sheets that are 10 meters tall, its hard to believe that this beautiful art sculpture in the desert can also generate clean energy.



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http://www.landartgenerator.org/

http://solarpanelspower.net/solar-power/solar-thin-film-as-art#

http://solarpowerpanels.ws/solar-power/solar-power-from-pokeberries


www.suncatalytix.com



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Sun+Water: Solutionby Pr. Dan Nocera / MIT

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers leaded by Professor Dan Nocera have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.

http://www.novacem.com/

Consumo Ergo SumMaterials



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www.nawapur.com



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A Vegetal foamby Nawapur

Insulating foam made from 22% of ricin oil (vegetable oil). The industrial process does not use CFC and in 2006 was the foam which used the highest quantity of renewable material.

Very elastic and soft to touchOpened-cell foam which is air-permeableChemical and Allergy inquity (OKO-TEX standard 100 class1)

http://www.nawapur.com/

http://www.nawapur.com/

www.latexco-recycling.be



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A recycled latex foamby Ecolatex

Ecolatex is a recycled latex and polyether foams,

made with the excess of production and fall of foams produced by Latexco recycling.

Used in furniture as in sport (tatamis...)

http://www.latexco-recycling.be/

www.3-form.com



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Milk bottle surfaceby 3Form

100 Percent® - an architectural resin made from 100% post-consumer recycled polyethylene, with over 1000 milk bottles going into each panel.

http://www.3-form.com/

www.smile-plastics.co.uk



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Full upcycling compositeby Smile Plastics

Material based on crushed CD’s, plastic bottles, banknotes, old mobile phones and scrap from factories. Most sheets of plastic produced are made from 100% recycled waste with no binding agent or resins used.

Uses between 50% and 70% of the energy that would be used to create plastic sheets from virgin material.

http://www.smile-plastics.co.uk/

www.ceralin.net



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Bio waste compositeby Ceralin™

Plant-based + Starch-based binder

100% natural, recycled and renewableBiodegradable (>90% in 3 months).

Hard wearing and like any polymer can be processed using any of the plastic-making techniques (injection and thermo-moulding).

http://www.ceralin.net/

http://www.ceralin.net/

www.omodo.org



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100% natural compositeby Zelfo™

Zelfo is composed by sugar cane, hemp and recycled paper. It is 100% natural. Zelfo is a very good and sustainable material alternative to thermoplastics, wood and metals.

Result of a collaboration between The Greenfactory and the designer Elise Gabriel, The Zelfo Embrace is a collection of chairs, tables and lights manufactured in wood and zelfo.

http://www.omodo.org/

http://www.omodo.org/

www.lbn-lin.com



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Fiber compositeby Lincore™

Lincore is a natural composite composed by 50% of flax fibers and 50% of PLA resin. Transformed by thermo-formage, it is now used in the windmill industry.

Biodegradable and renewable, this is the future generation of composites.

http://www.lbn-lin.com/

www.lerelais.org/Isolant-Metisse



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Recycled textile fibers by Le Relais

Isolant Metisse is a house insulator composed by textile fibers thermolinked. Le Relais is a network of companies to socio-economic development.

It is renewable.

http://www.lerelais.org/Isolant-Metisse

www.novacem.com



NovacemNovacem is a Carbon negative cement.One tonne of Novacem cement absorbs up to 100 kg more CO2 than it emits.

Novacem is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2011 and MIT Technology Review's list of the ten most important emerging technologies for 2010.

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http://novacem.com/

www.novacem.com





NovacemNovacem is a Carbon negative cement.One tonne of Novacem cement absorbs up to 100 kg more CO2 than it emits.

Novacem is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer for 2011 and MIT Technology Review's list of the ten most important emerging technologies for 2010.

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http://novacem.com/

www.suscomp.com



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Vegetal Oil Compositeby Suscomp™

The first moulded composite marine craft built using vegetable oil resin in the world.

Designed & Produced by SusComp.

http://www.suscomp.com/Ecoboat.htm%0D

www.tinglondon.com



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Belt Flooringby Ting London

Recycled leather belt flooring and panels.

Luxury looking material produced with sustainable and ethical principles. Every product is unique as they are hand made using different recycled belts and in ethical conditions in the Ting workshop.

http://www.tinglondon.com/

corkandfloor.com



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Wine cork flooringby Korkmosaik

A floor mosaic composed of post-industrial wine cork material, with natural properties, anti-static, anti-microbial, sound absorbing and slip resistant. Additionally it is comfortable, durable, suitable in wet and water prone areas. Friedbert Bleile, the founder, is firm concerning the quality, the human and the environmental respect in the production. Their wishes are based on a positive way to act, a future as nice as possible, without a sustainable trendy attitude.They advocate a kind of truth, a certain purity.

http://corkandfloor.com/

http://www.korkmosaik.de/

www.agrochanvre.com



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Hemp Polymer Compositeby Agrochanvre

Agrochanvre is a terrace decking composed by 55%of hemp and 45% of PVC.Durability, easy cleaning, anti-slippery, renewable.

A new alternative to tropical wood.

http://www.agrochanvre.com/

www.upm-kymmene.com



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Labels facadeby UPM

UPM Profi is a range of decking and facades made out of waste of off cuts and trimming from self adhesive labels, usually incinerated.

It has a long life cycle, can be converted to new UPM ProFi products.

http://www.upm-kymmene.com/

www.papertexx.com

Upcycled textileby Papertexx

New range of technical textiles that are used in furniture and automobile industries.

Made from paper fibres that are woven to withstand mechanical constraints.

Abrasion-resistant, can be printed on and are machine-washable.

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http://www.papertexx.com/

www.natureworksllc.com



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Plants Compositeby Nature Works

Maize + PLAMaize bio-polymer that is derived entirely from a renewable resource, maize. Completely compostable on industrial sites (in conformity with NF EN 13432).

- 100% natural from a renewable resource- Recyclable and easy maintenance- Hypoallergenic and heat insulating properties

http://www.natureworksllc.com/

http://www.natureworksllc.com/

www.ecobioplastics.jp



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Recycled paper foamby Ecobioplastics

Cellulose-polymer foam that uses a technology utilizing waste paper which the fibres are too short to be recycled into paper. The foam is produced from this paper waste, starch and a polypropylene resin (33-65%).

http://www.ecobioplastics.jp/

www.ecovativedesign.com



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Mushrooms Compositeby Ecovative

Mycelium + Aggregates Mycological bio-composite that can be used in a wide variety of applications, as packing...The mycelium transforms loose aggregates into strong composites.

- 100% biodegradable - 100% natural- 100% renewable

http://www.ecovativedesign.com/

www.ecovativedesign.com



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Mushrooms Compositeby Ecovative

Mycelium + Aggregates Mycological bio-composite that can be used in a wide variety of applications, as packing...The mycelium transforms loose aggregates into strong composites.

- 100% biodegradable - 100% natural- 100% renewable

http://www.ecovativedesign.com/

www.etimberr.com



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Recomposed woodby Etimberr

Songwood is a product made out of 100% of recycled poplar wood veneer sourced as a by-product from furniture and pulp manufacturing industries.

http://etimberr.com/

www.granuland.com

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Wood concreteby Granuland

Wood pellets + PP extruded fibers + Concrete:-resist up to 500t/m2-four times lighter than some traditional concretes-heat insulator-up to 55Db soundproof- breathes & hunt the humidity-classed M1-based on recycled wood-it’s renewable.

http://www.granuland.com/

ApplicationsConsumo Ergo Sum



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www.3dwalldecor.com



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3D walldecorby 3D Walldecor

Modular, easy to apply and paintable.

Panels are made of environmentally

friendly bamboo pulp.

http://www.3dwalldecor.com/

http://www.3dwalldecor.com/

www.icestone.biz



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Recycled solid surfaceby Icestone

IceStone is made from three core ingredients: 100% recycled glass, Portland cement, and pigment. This simple recipe makes IceStone® the world’s safest, most sutainable durable surface.

Gold level Cradle to Cradle ™ certification: IceStone® is the only durable surface to achieve the gold level of Cradle to Cradle™ certification

http://icestone.biz/

www.coveringsetc.com



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Airplanes tilesby Covering etc

From flight to fancy, Bio-Luminum™ tiles are made from retired airplanes. The strength of aircraft aluminum makes this durable tile suitable for high-traffic flooring as well as high-end wall treatments.

- Made of 100% recycled aircraft aluminum

- Certified Cradle to Cradle Silver

http://www.coveringsetc.com/

www.eco-cem.com



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Friendly Cementby Eco Cem™

Versatile eco-friendly fiber-cement panel and tile.

The cementitious boards are composed of:

- 80% cement

- 20% cellulose fibers.

http://www.eco-cem.com/

www.purus-plastics.de



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Upcycled groundby Purus™

- 100 % recycling material PE (polyethylene)

- environmentally neutral and frost resistant.- resistant to acids, alkalis, alcohol, oil and petrol(de-icing salt, ammonia, acid rain etc.)

ECORASTER® E50 is especially suited to heavy duty applications (tested up to 20 tonnes) as fire service access, bank and river bed reinforcements, connecting paths, drives, loading areas, gardening and landscaping, slope and dike reinforcements

http://www.purus-plastics.de/

Rolex Awards





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Loofah panelsby Elsa Zaldivar

In Paraguay, where thousands of houses are needed and where the forests disappear, Elsa Zaldivar has found a material made of loofah fiber and recycled plastic, usable instead of the wood, for construction.It has a panel appearance.

Laureate of the Rolex Awards 2008

http://rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/elsazaldivar-the-project.jsp

www.nikereuseashoe.com



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Reuse-A-Shoeby Nike

The shoe's outsole, is used in track surfaces,interlocking gym flooring tiles, playground surfacing and even new Nike products. It’s also used in trim items like buttons and zipper pulls.The shoe's midsole, is used as a cushion foroutdoor basketball and tennis courts, as well as futsal fields.The shoe's fabric upper, is used in the creation of cushioning pads for facilities like indoor synthetic courts and wood courts.

http://www.nikereuseashoe.com/

www.playtop.com



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Upcycled fieldby Playtop

Playtop is a ground composed by using recycled commercial-vehicle tyres and sports shoes. A black Playtop playground surface containes up to 92% recycled material.

Every square metre contains rubber from approximately 12 pairs of trainers and one commercial-vehicle tyre. Using rubber granulate from tyres and trainers in this way prevents them ending up in already overflowing landfill sites.

http://www.playtop.com/

www.azambourg.fr



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Linen Compositeby DCS

Result of a collaboration between DCS and the designer François Azambourg, Lin 94 is a collection of chairs and tables manufactured in flax composite, in 2009.

Flax is an ecological perfect substitution for the glass fiber. With mechanical characteristics similar, the flax is two times lighter, and needs ten times less energy to be produced.

http://www.azambourg.fr/

http://www.azambourg.fr/

www.edag.de

Basalt Composite Carby EDAG

- electric drive systems in the wheel

- innovative basalt fibre

- 100% recyclable raw material made

- industrially basalt fibre (ASA.TEC fibre)

- lighter and less costly than aluminium or carbon, but also has practically the same strength properties as conventional materials.



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http://www.edag.de/

http://www.outlast.com/

www.roof.fr



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Bamboo Compositeby Roof

A helmet factory that has had to relocate in Vietnam after raging fire, they discovered the bamboo fibre and used it like an alternative to the carbon fibre.

The fibers are woven by a small local farm that produces mats for decoration, dehydrated and assembled with epoxy resin.

The first collection was out in 2007.

http://www.roof.fr/

http://www.roof.fr/

www.mocoloco.com



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Bar{K} Stoolby Brandon Kershner

A solid, high density cork bar stool that is 100% sustainable, renewable, and biodegradable. The stool represents "a solution in achieving a successful, sustainable design, by combining a found, renewable material with advanced design processes.

http://www.mocoloco.com/

http://bkdesigns.us/

http://www.roof.fr/

www.reclaimedspace.com



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Reclaimed spaceby reclaimed Spaces

Reclaimed Space strives to not only reduce the negative impact on the environment, but rather create a positive building environmental impact.

Why ? Each year, the US building industry accounts for:- 39% of carbon dioxide emissions- 40% raw material use- 70% of energy consumption- 12% potable water consumption- 136 millions tons of waste

http://www.reclaimedspace.com/

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