The video belowshows how one bright idea can light up the interior of any dark hut during the daytime without using any electricity and at no significant initial costs. This is design for good in ultima forma!The project is carried out by My Shelter Foundation and is called A Liter of Light (Isang Litrong Liwanag). The […]
I’m checking the home compostability of Lovechock’s celluloid based packaging foil in my own backyard in Amsterdam. The foil is made by Innovia Films. 20 Lovechock foils are carefully placed inside my compost barrel. The chocolate I ate… wow it’s good! For comparison I have also placed a foil made of biobased plastic PLA (polylactic acid). I know […]
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Jop Timmers (Design for Good) verifies the certified compostability of Lovechock’s packaging. The celluloid based foil that is certified home compostable is tested in his back yard in Amsterdam. The celluloid based foil is made by Innovia Films. The following weeks we will see if and how the foil degrades… Read more about setting up a home […]
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Sometimes you need to see something twice before you really see it. This happened to me when I was in my favourite concept store Friday Next, in Amsterdam the other day. At first I saw a nice little cupboard by Breg Hansen, it had nice wooden planks with a rather specific type of wood print. […]
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As housing is one of the most important necessities and still unavailabe for many, Jovoto, a website for mass collaboration wrote out a contest to come up with innovative designs to build houses that cost under $300 and can be built in a sustainable way. The contest is sponsored by Ingersoll Rand. Out of many […]
