#recycled materials
The “Sonnet155″ by Lobke Beckfeld and Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten,
The “Sonnett155″ is made from two different post-industrial waste materials – fruit skins left over from juice production and short cellulose fibres sourced from a local textile factory.
Although it resembles a purse or tote with swooping top handles, the product has a lifespan closer to a disposable paper bag and is designed to degrade naturally with wear before it can ultimately be composted or recycled.
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Isis Shiffer wins the James Dyson Award for her foldable paper bicycle helmet
With a honeycomb-like structure that folds up in a concertina, the EcoHelmetbyPratt Institute of Design-graduate Isis Shiffer is a game-changer for the cycling industry. It is made from layers of 100% recycled paper with a biodegradable waterproof outer coating. Designed to solve the growing issue that many cyclists don’t bother with helmets due to the fuss of carrying it around afterward, James Dyson himself said it ‘solved an obvious problem in an incredibly elegant way’.
The result of rigorous development, Shiffer says she strived to find a design that ‘both works and looks good’, stating that earlier versions of the idea ‘worked great but looked like pineapples’. Also, anyone worried that a paper helmet might not work as well as the traditional alternative need not concern themselves as the prototype sailed through European safety tests at Imperial College London.
The final form of the design would be sold at cycle trade stations for as low as £4, with Shiffer looking into better means of manufacture so large quantities of the paper honeycomb weave can be produced. Having won the Dyson award, she will get startup funds of £30,000, which should go some way to seeing her product to market.
I know I want one!
More at: EcoHelmet
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Two abstract paintings I made this week. Both done with ink, crayons and acrylic paint on cardboard.
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This October Earthship Biotecture will be joined by a team of student soldiers to build a unique ‘Earthship flower-design’ community centerinMalawi,Africa.
Working together with,Empower Malawi, to gather volunteers and funds necessary to build two rooms, or petals, of the eight-room community center over the course of ten days.
The project, Kapita Earthship Community Centre, is to be the first of its kind in the area and will become a sustainable development epicenter for 38 villages and over 5,000 rural people in South East Mzimba district East Mzimba district in Malawi.
The Kapita Earthship Community Centre is to house a secure community bank, a library, a dispensary for medical services and supplies, administration offices,classrooms for teaching children and adults, and a local food bank to develop food security. All of these are that do not exist for the people of Mizimba, Malawi and the surrounding areas.
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