Tag: green

Prickly Pair Chairs by Valentina Glez Wohlers

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Prickly Pair Chairs

Is a furniture project by Valentina Glez Wohlers, born out of the creative experience of a Mexican designer in Europe. Exhibited at the designersblock exhibition during Milan Design Week 09.
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The classical French oval chair originated in the Rococo period during the reign of Louis XV.

The Nopal cactus symbolizes Mexican heritage and national pride. According to legend, the Gods told the Aztecs to build Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) in the place they saw an eagle standing on a Nopal, devouring a snake. To this day, the image resides on the Mexico’s Cote of Arms.

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Valentina used these two themes as a fusion of her two cultures.

Valentina Glez Wohlers is a Mexican born and London based designer. Born in Mexico City in 1977, Valentina studied industrial design and graduated with honours from the Iberoamerican University in 2000. In 2005 she moved to London, where she obtained her Master’s Degree in Contemporary Furniture at Central Saint Martins.

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Via Designboom.

Cohda Design Limited | product innovation | sustainable design

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A sustainable chair by Richard G Liddle
Richard G Liddle

Born in the UK in late 70’s, Richard G Liddle was given his first tool kit at 10 years old and set about taking everything he could get his hands on apart. Educated at the Royal College of Art under Ron Arad, Martino Gamper and Hilary French, Liddle has worked on numerous projects for diverse organisations and clients. These include the UK Design Council, Tom Dixon and Schott Glass. He has acted as key and guest speaker at various Business Forums and Entrepreneur Fayres, and has lectured in both FE and HE. Liddle formed Cohda Design Ltd in 2006.

Via Cohda Design Limited | product innovation | sustainable design

Vanessa Su – Taipei, Taiwan – Chair Chair Pad (sketch model)

Vanessa Su – Taipei, Taiwan – Chair Chair Pad (sketch model)

Vanessa Su’s Chair Chair pad.. How to dress up your office chair:-)
Via Coroflot Portfolio

Duvtal: Green seat for the Bus Stop Pole or Lamp Pole

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Waiting for a public bus can be a boring experience. In bigger cities the benches are usually so filthy, you wouldn’t want to sit on them.

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The “Duv-tal” public transportation insta-squat seating system by Catherine Pena could be a solution. It has an inspiring message printed on the surface “You are a role model. You are actively improving the environment by riding the bus.”

Designer: Catherine Pena

Via “Duv-tal”, Instant Seating System by Catherine Pena | Yanko Design

Update August 22, 2008:

I found out this design was a runner up in the One Good Chair 2008 Competition:

Catherine Pena’s own words are much more interesting

Duv-tal was designed in response to America’s obsession with cars and the lack of support for public transportation systems. For those that use public transportation out of necessity, cars symbolize luxury while public transportation symbolizes an individual’s limits. Many bus stops do not have adequate seating and passengers are left to sit on the ground, further reinforcing their position in our economic system.

It is my aim to construct environmentally friendly, efficient, and streamline seating for people who use public transportation, to give passengers a sense of authority and autonomy by providing an elevated vantage point— a position of honor.

Duv-tal utilizes the electric poles that many bus stop signs are attach to. A pole will accommodate a unit of green back-to-back seats that resemble and function much like theater seating and do not exceed the space that a passenger already occupies at the bus stop. Included on the seat, printed text will read: “You are a role model. You are actively improving the environment by riding the bus.”

The very nature of chairs and the additional text will highlight and commend an often-ignored social class, for their environmentally friendly activity that should be recognized in the environmental movement.

Droog Design

Product detail: Gardening bench This bench starts and ends with nature. Natural waste is compressed with resin and cut at the desired length. The identity of the material is not lost in the process and nature dictates the lifespan of the bench.

Droog Design