Design and The Enviroment

The environment is always a pressing issue, and this is why I have chosen the topic.  Design always amazes me when someone comes along with a newer way to make or do something, AND it has environmental benefits.   The way I went around my research was to "StumbleUpon" with the topic 'design' tagged.  Many things came up just as straight design, but what I was looking for was environmental advantages within design.  The eco coke bottle design link is my favorite of the bunch.  This new bottle truly amazes me and I hope to see it on shelves sooner than later.  Moving forward, the boxed water and humble pizza box are interesting ways to go about something that has been the same for so many years.  Ever since taking this class, I have had a new love for chairs.  This brings us to my last two findings.  The simple chair that rocks is a self energizing machine.  The more you rock the chair, the more power is stored to power the reading lamp.  Very cool.  Lastly we have the recycled Coca-Cola chairs.  I like to see products made for the general public out of things that very often just end up in a land fill.
(EACH BULLET POINT IS A LINK)

• Eco Coke Bottle design

             Not only does the eco bottle design look brilliant, it is brilliant.  My favorite thing about this is that it is being done by Coca-cola.  Even though I am a Pepsi fan, Coca-Cola is such a big company.  If coke was to follow through with this, all other bottle companies would be forced to follow (assuming this environmental idea isn't strictly patented...).  The fact that the bottles take up less space is directly related to the fact that they stack and stand snug with one another.  

• Boxed Water is Better for the Earth

             This new and innovative way of storing water amazingly cuts the carbon footprint by 80%! Only 14% of plastic water bottles are actually recycled... The way I see it is that milk and OJ already come in containers like these, why not water?

• The Humble Pizza box

             I have seen this pizza box idea before, but I still think it is pretty cool. It really is an efficient way to eat  a box of pizza.  No messy dishes, no water used on those messy dishes, and boxes are easy to recycle.  I see this as an overall win-win.

• A Simple Chair That Rocks

            This chair is absolutely awesome.  A battery pack stores the energy created by rocking in the chair.  That energy is then used to power a reading lamp connected to the chair.  Re-usable, self-sustaining energy is always a plus for the environment.

• Coca-Cola Chairs

            Like I said before about the Coca-Cola chairs, I really like seeing product that usually ends up in a land fill being created into a product everyone can make use of.  These chairs are of simple design and colorful.  Pleasant to the eye, pleasant to the world.