Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category

Friday Favourites

Long exposure firework photography, spooky projections from chandeliers and a selection of lighting from Clerkenwell Design Week – this week’s Friday Favourites sheds some light on a currently dull ‘summer’.

The world’s most attractive compost bin?

National Compost Week may not be the world’s most glamorous event, but when our sustainability expert Helen Hughes stumbled upon a rather design-friendly alternative to the humble compost bin, we had to share.

Design-led sustainability – Zedfactory at Ecobuild

Our sustainability expert Helen Hughes visited Ecobuild in London, where she was inspired by how the design-led approach of Zedfactory encourages trade and consumers to get involved in the sustainability movement.

Friday Favourites

Amazing dioramas, dresses made of balloons, Sugru’s Fixer’s Manifesto, and Dumb Ways To Die, all on this week’s Friday Favourites.

Our Top 10 picks for the London Design Festival

The 2012 London Design Festival runs from 14-23 September, with a fantastic selection of over 300 events. Here is our selection of the best 10 things we think are worth checking out.

Friday Favourites

An environmentally-friendly shooting range, crayon sculpture portraits of the Great Depression, the Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton pop-up store in Singapore and the artisanal craft of salmon smoking. Check them out on this week’s Friday Favourites.

Design Bridge Student Awards 2012 – the results!

This year’s Design Bridge Student Competition (aka Dog’s Bollocks Awards) received a fantastic response, with over 100 entries coming from colleges not only in Britain, but further afield too. We were really impressed with the standard of entry this year, which made judging very hard. Check out the work of the winner, runners up and also some honorable mentions on the blog.

Waste management: an industry of our times, branding of yesterday

Andreas Ioannou, Senior brand strategist at our Amsterdam office, dived into the world of waste. The world is becoming more aware of the value of waste yet waste management companies still remain the faceless heroes. Andreas wonders why…

Friday Favourites

Birds in LEGO, cocktail stick carpets, Liqui-Glide ketchup bottles, and juice boxes made from fruit in this week’s Friday Favourites.

DB Student Awards – last chance to enter!

The deadline for our 2012 Student Competition is next Monday 28 May, so if you still want to enter, you have just under a week to send us your work.