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After2 - Material X (A Collection of Furniture Prototypes)

I went down to the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) to have a look at the the furniture prototypes the students have made out of recycled materials. The event has been titled After2 - Material X. It is currently showing at Nafa Gallery 3, Campus 1, Level 1 located at 80 Bencoolen Street. The [...]

Vote for your favourite Peugeot concept car

Peugeot has entered into the 5th edition of its design contest. Not only must the designs be stylish but also these four aspects are to be observed - environmental awareness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency.
Peugeot will build a full size model of the winning vehicle at the end of the competition. The model [...]

Solar Powered Flower Pots

This 28cm tall designer pot soaks up the sunlight in order to charge an internal battery that powers its built-in LEDs.
As night falls the entire pot begins to glow, adding an “enchanting” touch of light to your garden.

Carbon Labels for Sapporo Beer

Today, we will be looking at something very familiar to us - Beer. Japanese Sapporo Beer actually.
Just yesterday, Sapporo announced that it will include a label on one of its beer products next year stating how much carbon dioxide is emitted per can during the entire production and disposal process.
The label will be printed on [...]

Bamboo Houses for Sichuan Earthquake Victims

With the recent devastating Sichuan earthquake, this invention could not have come at a more appropriate time.
Yan Xiao, an expert in structural design and retrofit in the USC Viterbi School’s Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has devised a prototype bamboo quake relief house which he built in less than two weeks. The [...]

Apple going Green

A recently published patent application discovered by MacRumors reveals that Apple is investigating the use of solar power in versions of their mobile devices — both handheld devices and portable computers. Integrating solar power into a mobile device holds the enormous potential of extending battery life significantly. However, successfully integrating solar panels into these small [...]

World’s First Illuminating Glass

On Inhabitat’s web, we were shown the pictures of Saazs’ light-emitting glass plates. These glass plates are the world’s first light-emitting glass plates. They can be integrated into tables, shelves, cupboards and essentially just about anything you want.
I was captivated by the design of the plates. It was elegant and had an artistic feel to [...]

Asus Bamboo Products

Since the introduction of the Asus Ecobook last year, Asus has been researching on more products that could make use of bamboo as part of its material. Now a whole new range of Bamboo products were unveiled at the CeBIT 2008 expo in Germany.
These products include bamboo laptops, a bamboo monitor and a bamboo-coated PC [...]