Liz Lamb
I am a designer inspired by many things, mostly those that are around me. This blog is for my inspirations and findings when it comes to social design.
Jean Shin’s “Chemical Balance III” made of used prescription bottles.
some creative caffeine. This was an article about the redesign of prescription bottles.
–Bottled water sales “rallied nationally last quarter as sales rose 4%.” Water filtration device sales were down.
–The entire “green” cleaning products segment is on the decline.
–Hybrid car sales are down 10% in a market up 10%
–In the past two years, more consumers than ever tell pollsters they think that green products are too expensive, don’t work well, and are “not even as better for the environment in the first place.”
Hopefully these numbers begin to pick back up. Go green when you can!
In regards to previous post.
For $42.00 you can get:
Postal Junk Mail Reduction Kit Precycle helps the environment by cutting waste — it stops most direct mail including advertisements, circulars, pre-approved credit card and mortgage offers, sweepstakes and other mailers. You will see positive results in about 90 days. We’ll also plant 5 trees just for signing up.
Reusable Chico™ Shopping Bag The ChicoBag™ Original weighs only 1.5 ounces and stuffs down into a 3”x4” pouch. Its 25 pound carrying capacity makes it the ideal size for a trip to the grocery store or farmers market.
Two Eco-Friendly Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL) Replace all those old fashioned bulbs with two CFL bulbs — they use 75 percent less energy and will last about 10 times longer than an incandescent bulb.
Something easy you can do to help the planet. This website states that you should wear your jeans two days a week, wash them every fifth day, and let them air dry. Most importantly, don’t ever iron them.
“Machine washing, tumble drying, and ironing caused 47% of the eco damage the jeans caused - 240kWh of energy a year, equal to using 4,000 lightbulbs, each of 60 watts, for an hour. Dry cleaning was ‘an environmental disaster’.”
Why you should not go to your facebook when you want to complain about your boss!
John Unger’s use of bottle caps is interesting and I feel relates to the project that I have been working on for the Design Problem 2.
