Sunday, February 27, 2011

Ebook: Designers Field Guide to Sustainability




http://www.lunar.com/docs/the_designers_field_guide_to_sustainability_v1.pdf

http://www.lunar.com/fieldguide/tips.html


Ebook: Guided tour in Ecodesign


This e-book, Guided Tour in Ecodesign, www.ivt.ntnu.no/ipd/fag/ecodesign, was based on the book, "Ecodesign: a Promising Approach to Sustainable Production & Consumption", ©1997 Technical University of Delft & United Nations Environment Programme. A copy of the printed book is available at UNSW Library: PQ 745.2/127.

The book mentions 8 ecodesign strategies, and under those a total of 33 substrategies. Explanations can be found in Module A and Chapter 5.1 of the book.

1. Dematerialization
2. Shared use of the product
3. Integration of functions
4. Functional optimization of product (components)
5. Cleaner materials
6. Renewable materials
7. Lower energy content materials
8. Recycled materials
9. Recyclable materials
10. Reduction of weight
11. Reduction in (transport) volume
12. Alternative production techniques
13. Fewer production steps
14. Lower/cleaner energy consumption
15. Less production waste
16. Fewer/cleaner production consumables
17. Less/cleaner/reusable packaging
18. Energy-efficient transport mode
19. Energy-efficient logistics
20. Lower energy consumption
21. Cleaner energy sources
22. Fewer consumables needed
23. Cleaner consumables
24. Reduce wastage of energy and other consumables
25. Reliability and durability
26. Easier maintenance and repair
27. Modular product structure
28. Classic design
29. Stronger product-user relation
30. Reuse of product
31. Remanufacturing/refurbishing
32. Recycling of materials
33. Safer incineration

These strategies were also reiterated in Chapter 8 of the e-book D4S Design for Sustainability: A practical approach for developing economies, freely downloadable at www.d4s-de.org.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Design4Disaster.org


A website which allows designers to show their proposals for designs for aiding in disaster prevention, response, reconstruction.

Rematerialise


Rematerialise is a database of sustainable materials, a project of Jakki Dehn at Kingston University.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Video: Objectified



This 75-minute feature length-documentary examining the role of everyday objects in our daily lives, directed by Gary Hustwit, 2009. Link to video here.


Can be viewed at COFA
CFAAV 791.43023/HUS/1

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Video: Design for Life


BBC is running a new reality TV program called "Design for Life", in which Philippe Starck puts weekly challenges to 12 British design students competing for the chance to work with him in his design agency in Paris.

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5

Monday, February 7, 2011

Video: Are we changing planet Earth?

AKA: The truth about climate change. BBC documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough.



More information at the official website.

Video: Cool it

Based on the book "Cool it: the skeptical environmentalist's guide to global warming", available at UNSW Main Library Level 6: 363.73874/85




More info at the official website.

Video: Earth 2100

Warning: Apocalyptic!
But according to the video, to change the future, you first have to imagine it.






More information at the official website.

Video: Blue vinyl





More information at the official website.

Video: Everything's cool



More information at the official website.

Video: Five ways to save the world



More information here.

Video: Global warming, the signs and the science


Global Warming:The Signs and The Science


Part 1/6
Part 2/6
Part 3/6
Part 4/6
Part 5/6
Part 6/6

Video: Six degrees could change the world



More at National Geographic Channel

Full video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIZMT5-o0o

Video: Home, a stunning visual portrayal of earth



Full video can be viewed online.

More info at the official website.

Video: The Great Warming



More at
www.thegreatwarming.com

Video: The Age of Stupid



More information at http://www.theageofstupid.net/
and http://www.spannerfilms.net/films/ageofstupid

Video: 1992 Earth Summit