Oz Recycle - Free Stuff from the Australian Recyclers Community

a good way to share the pre loved goods
Oz Recycle - Free Stuff from the Australian Recyclers Community

Our Green Story

Our Green Story

Ezio Manzini - Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability | IxDA

Ezio Manzini - Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability | IxDA

Invitation to participate in design research project – sustainable furniture

I am undertaking research to gather information about householders to determine behaviours in furniture usage, maintenance and disposition.

You are invited to participate in a postgraduate study on ‘Designing for long term product attachment’.

The aim of this research project is to uncover how designers can help to develop relationship between consumer and their lounge and sofa seatings to encourage long term satisfaction. For the full project statement and ethics approval, please go to December 2009 archive on my Blog.

The survey is proposed to find information about current lounge and sofa seatings for people who reside in Australia and over 18 years of age.

To participate survey please click below link.

http://www.surveys.unsw.edu.au/survey/154725/30d8/

Thank you very much for your time and support.

The Bower: Traders of the Lost Artefact

The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre Co-operative Ltd

The Bower Reuse & Repair Centre is a not-for-profit cooperative and charity which collects, resells and sometimes repairs goods diverted from the municipal waste stream and educate the community about waste reduction.

If you are interested in selling and buying pre loved product, this is the place to go!

http://www.bower.org.au/BowerHome.html

The Bower is the 2009 WINNER of Marrickville Councils Leadership in Sustainability Award.
The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre Co-operative Ltd collects, (sometimes repairs) and resells goods diverted from the Sydney metropolitan municipal waste stream, whilst educating the community about waste reduction.

Poetic and emotional design – Part 1

Poetic and emotional design - pleasure – long term product attachment – extended product lifetime

My favourite designers list - Hella Jongerius

Love of handcrafted look and feel, unfinished but decorative forms, mix of unexpected materials!

The throwaway society

Only 22 percent of products do not function anymore at the time of replacement.
The throw-away society is a human society strongly influenced by consumerism. The term describes a critical view of over-consumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items.

Good reads - Eternally Yours: Time in Design

Billions of products virtually die before their time has come. This book maps out ways in which they can be designed and planned in such a way that their value can be sustained to keep them in use for a longer time. 'Time in Design' is about one of those ideal future products. It tells the story of Vivian, a name representing any product. The life of Vivian is retraced back from the preconception through the times of development, purchase and era of use, right until oblivion. With text contributions by Brian Eno and John Thackara, and designed by Thonik.

Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature