“If it has a basis in nature, it just makes sense.”™
Green echo is particularly a favorite wave of ours, if not for its simplicity then always for its ingenuity. The products and life evidence we find in this wave are constantly those that imitate a natural design or truly incorporate real nature as the design itself.
We find a lot of rarified design concepts in Green Echo like the swordfish inspired motorcycle or octopus beanbag, but taking nature’s cues can be a lot more down to earth. It helps to see GREEN ECHO evidence as a metaphor. E.g.: if a flower can attract exactly the right bug but to germinate it [...]
Do you have a creative space in your office? Maybe your office is ALL a “creative space” – lucky you! But that’s not often the case. Here’s an example of a company that must believe that decor influences the tone of meetings. For them this “pig sty” gets the creative thoughts brewing. Might not be [...]
Not really sure what to make of this phone. As one blogger pointed while reviewing the device, it’s really not very practical considering the abuse cell phones go through in everyday use. However, the effort is commendable as it took to nature for its natural design. The Natural Year Phone is a simple make-calls-receive-calls no [...]
We are seeing more and more architecture that imitates living forms. Taking the concept beyond skin deep, these buildings often incorporate natural processes for heating and cooling, a blurred distinction between indoor and outdoor space and notions of sustainability. One such example is Dutch architecture firm MVRDV ‘s design for a city centre in Gwanggyo, [...]
It didn’t take long for designers to find an answer to a long enduring problem for the military: shot up flat tires on bulletproof armored vehicles. The military was previously using the Humvee “run flat” tires, but even those gave out without a minimal amount of air pressure in them. Bulletproof tires that [...]
No one wants to read about or blog about or have anything to do with septic tanks. I mean they’re gross and uncivilized to even think about. The problem is, they don’t work very well, and as there are millions of them, this is a problem. This new Danish tank, the Biokube Venus, is actually [...]
Here’s a thought. Our failure rate on treating drug addiction is…ridiculous. So why aren’t we spending boatloads of cash and time trying to figure out if dietary changes can help produce changes in this outcome? Or at least a little money or time? You say it is because the pharmaceutical industry can’t make money off [...]
That plants are able to make their own aspirin in response to environmental stress such as pollution or drought is interesting enough, but to learn that they put off the chemical signature of this medicine to possibly communicate warnings to each other is remarkable. Finding methyl salicylate traces in the atmosphere 100 feet from [...]
Anyone who has paid attention in recent years has to be concerned with the state of the fishing industry on which so much of the world depends for its protein supply. With many species suffering a collapse in numbers despite attempts to control the numbers taken, it is very welcome news that one strategy in [...]