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Product Design
Video Introduction to Sustainable Design
The sustainable design website ESPDesign.org has posted a video presentation online entitled “Sustainable Design: Reality or Dream”. The presentation originally given by ESP creator Tom Greenwood to design and engineering Masters students at Aston University, has been condensed for online viewing. It covers the key introductory principles of sustainable design and asks why there are [...]
Sustainable Design Guide Celebrates 5th Anniversary
The sustainable product design guide www.espdesign.org is celebrating its 5th anniversary this year with the launch of its completely redesigned website. ESPDesign was launched in 2004 as a result of a research project at Aston University, with the aim of providing practical advice and information on the design of more sustainable products and services. The [...]
Sustain – Sustainable Design Showcase
Over 40,000 visitors went to the Royal College of Art to view their Summer Show, which closed last week. Now you have the opportunity to view some of the remarkable work being generated by students at the College, as they launch an environmentally themed online exhibition, Sustain. Here’s a snippet from the RCA website: Crucially, [...]
Wottle – Eco-friendly Designer Water Bottle
The Wottle is a challenge to the bottled spring water industry, with disposable plastic bottles often carrying water from faraway sources. It is obvious that carrying your own water bottle with tap water is better to the environment than buying spring water, but this fact clearly isn’t enough to persuade millions of consumers from buying bottled water.