(TrendHunter.com) Daekwon Park’s project for sustainable buildings at 2008 eVolo skyscraper competition, consisted of finding ways to reunite isolated city blocks by inserting a multi-layered network of public space and green space. Billed as “Symbiotic Interlock – towards the vertically interconnected city”, it has …
(TrendHunter.com) These tables are really green. From the concept inception, to the color and design, to money going to help rainforests.
The concept of the Amazonas table series originated when Finnish designer Eero Koivisto saw aerial images of the rain forest where tree crowns created a dense ceiling – so many tr…
(TrendHunter.com) This solar powered patio umbrella from Hammacher Schlemmer isn’t just eco-friendly, it’s also the perfect solution to eliminating unsightly cables that would otherwise be displayed on your outdoor table.
A solar panel on top of the umbrella absorbs the suns rays during the day. At night, the 24 LE…
(TrendHunter.com) When you see this illuminated dome you probably don’t think, “Ooh, that’s the most eco-friendly looking piece of architecture I’ve ever seen,” but I’ll have to remind you that looks can be very deceiving. Take another look, because in the future, those could be your very thoughts.
This German parli…
(TrendHunter.com) A Hawaii man with a background in nuclear physics is asking a court to stop scientists before they destroy us all. Walter F. Wagner and his colleague Luis Sancho really have filed a federal lawsuit, which you can read on the link, in order to stop work on the Large Hadron Collider, on the Franco-Swi…
(TrendHunter.com) This cranking MP3 player from Thanko Team supports both MP3 and WMA files and has 1GB of internal memory. It also comes with its own flash light which will come in handy if you’re far from power sources.
For every minute that you crank, you get ten minutes of music and so on. Hum. The gadget is at…
(TrendHunter.com) This rocking chair by designer Hongtao Zhou has a strange but very attractive design.
Yanko Design notes, “It all comes together in a searies[sic] of joists and notches so fundamentally, it’s adjustable. And for you greenies out there, it’s made of renewable materials. I almost feel like it ne…
(TrendHunter.com) Where else but Dubai would you get a champagne inspired tower?
The 18-story Pixel Tower by James Law Cybertecture, which is planned for Dubai’s Waterfront, is inspired by the moving bubbles in a champagne glass with a design that targets the young and trendy.
The geometry of the openings minimize…
(TrendHunter.com) All around the world today, voluntary black outs will be experienced, or have already occured, as people flick off their lights and power down their electronics. The global movement stems from inspiration by last year’s event in Sydney, Australia in which 2.2 million people participated.
After gath…
(TrendHunter.com) Sick of wasted paper, a Japanese chef specializes in making edible menus and tableware. We’ve featured these menus before. This is somewhat different, but the premise is similar.
Instead of using plastic bowls, plates and chopsticks, the tableware is made of hardtack which is a biscuit dough made …
(TrendHunter.com) The first time I visited Putrajaya, Malaysia I was blown away by the futuristic and creative architecture. Putrajaya was created a few years ago as the new federal administrative centre of Malaysia, about 30km south of Kuala Lumpur and close to Cyberjaya, the IT center of Malaysia.
Putrajaya is abo…
(TrendHunter.com) ZeroHouse is a totally self-sustaining home that produces its own energy and water. And to add a personal touch, the house is completely customizable. Oh, and it can be erected in one day only with steel frame components and a helical-anchor foundation system without any excavation!
Designed by New…
(TrendHunter.com) The message of Earth Hour 2008 is that helping earth starts with us as individuals. Turning the lights off at our own home for one hour sends a message that small acts of awareness, no matter how insignificant, can help towards a better future for us all.
Three young Malaysian school students in Ma…
(TrendHunter.com) Earth Hour has already happened in Sydney, Australia, 12 months after they started the first event which has now become a global movement.
Anyone into the global campaign is curious to know the results. How many people participated? Will it make a difference if everyone shuts out their lights for …
(TrendHunter.com) All over the world people are participating in Earth Hour, committing to turning off their lights from 8 pm to 9 pm.
Although no cities in Germany have agreed to take public initiatives to join “Stunde der Erde”, after talking to relatives in Hamburg, I know the anticipation for the 60 minutes of d…
(TrendHunter.com) To mark Earth Hour, Google has changed its background to be all black. This is fascinating because it reminds us of Blackle. Last July, a site called ‘Blackle’ launched a black-background search engine noting that if Google went black, the site could save the world 750 Megawatt-hours per year. We…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a very clever design of a wine bottle by Viktor Pucsek for the PapaMama Design Competition.
The Vinho Verde (literally green wine) concept incorporates eco-friendly practices in the design of a very attractive bottle. The bottle’s labels can be peeled off and folded up into paper cups. How…
(TrendHunter.com) These amazing five portraits were made with bottle caps.
The first one is of the very recognizable face of Abraham Lincoln. The second one is a beautiful reproduction of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with Pearl. The third portrait is a representation of iconic jazz singer Billie Holliday. F…
(TrendHunter.com) So, they decided to make a cell phone that not only looks like a pack of cigarettes, but also holds real cigarettes in the back! The Wang XYW 3838 phone runs on dual band GSM, takes micro SD cards, plays MP3, has a color screen and a VGA camera on the side. The price of this pack of cigarettes/cell …
(TrendHunter.com) In Medellin, Columbia, a couple of architects needed to renovate their garden. It’s not just any garden, it’s called the Orquideorama. What seems to be wicker is actually steel to support self sustaining gardens.
“Architects Felipe Mesa and Alexander Bernal wanted the Orquideorama to grow in the s…
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