Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Ebook: Okala ecological design


Download here.
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Zero Landfill: Subaru

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Monday, April 15, 2013

E-catalog: Recycled rubber products


EcoPneus
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Ebook: Cork design


Free ebook from MATREC EcoMaterials Library
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Ebook: Bamboo design


Free ebook from MATREC EcoMaterials Library
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Friday, March 15, 2013

Ebook & App: Okala Ecodesign Strategy Wheel




Free download: PDF or PDF
Free download: APP
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Play cards: Designing for sustainability




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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Video: The Genius of Design

Part 1/5 Ghosts in the Machine

Part 2/5 Designs for Living

Part 3/5 Blueprints for War

Part 4/5 Better Living through Chemistry

Part 5/5 Objects of Desire


Episode guide

Discussion guide

The five episodes can also be viewed from UNSW Library as online streaming videos.
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Video: Objectified

2-minute trailer

 Full 75-minute movie below: enjoy the Spanish subtitles!
Objectified

More info at http://www.objectifiedfilm.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectified 

DVD also available for viewing at COFA Library: CFAAV791.43023/HUS/1
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

2012 Biomimicry research groups

http://group10ides2161.blogspot.com.au
http://group12-ides2161.blogspot.com.au
http://group5-ides261.blogspot.com.au
http://group7-ides2161.blogspot.com.au
http://groupsix-starfish.blogspot.com.au
http://ides2161-group2.blogspot.com.au
http://ides2161-group3.blogspot.com.au
http://ides2161-studio2a-group9.blogspot.com.au
http://idesgroup11.blogspot.com.au
http://idesgroup8.blogspot.com.au
http://industrialgroup4.blogspot.com.au
http://studio2agroup1.blogspot.com.au

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Pibal city bike by Philippe Starck



BikeRadar article

Gizmag article

Weelz article + video
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

2012 SX Packaging Awards UNSW winners

Ryan Go: Gold for Quickset instant adhesive
Max Glanville: Silver for New Life fertilizer packets
Musa Noorsamji: Commendation for Leflunomide tablets
Patrick Dunn: Commendation for Buttaway


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Resources for Project One


APC. 2010. Sustainable packaging guidelines.
Boylston S. 2009. Designing sustainable packaging.
Calver G. 2007. What is packaging design?
Denison E. 2002. Packaging prototypes.
DuPuis S. 2008. Package design workbook.
Ellicott C. 2010. Packaging essentials.
Fishel CM. 2005. Design secrets packaging.
Fisher T. 2009. Designing for re-use: the life of consumer packaging.
Hampshire M. 2007. Packaging: design successful packaging.
Jedlicka W. 2008. Packaging sustainability.
PACIA. 2008. Design for Sustainability quickstart guides.
PCA. 2010. Australian packaging: real examples of innovation.
SPC. 2011. Definition of sustainable packaging.
Sterling S. 2007. Field guide to sustainable packaging.
TCGF. 2011. Global protocol on packaging sustainability.
Verghese K. 2012. Packaging for sustainability.
www.globalpackagegallery.com
www.sustainablepack.org
www.sustainablepackaging.org
www.treehugger.com
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Resources for Project Two


http://eartheasy.com/give_tips_for_sustainable_giving.html
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/green-gifts
http://inhabitat.com/tag/sustainable-gifts
http://mashable.com/2011/11/22/sustainable-tech-gifts
http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2011/12/23/scrooge-economist-says-gift-giving-is-stupid
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/buying-useless-gifts-again-try-giving-an-experience-instead-20121217-2bj89.html
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/brief-history-society-prevention-useless-giving.html
http://www.dothegreenthing.com/content/most_useless_gift
http://www.canada.com/life/theholidayguide12/gallery+useless+gifts+someone+already+everything/7716011/story.html
http://pinterest.com/tomdiggity/useless-gifts
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Southern Cross Packaging rationale booklets

There is no example of the SX packaging rationale booklets, except for the pages that they show in the SX Judges Rationale Awards. Click on the images to enlarge.


http://www.pca.org.au/results2011/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-Overall-Award-40.php
http://www.pca.org.au/results2011/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-Overall-Award-41.php
http://www.pca.org.au/results2011/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-Overall-Award-42.php
http://pca.org.au/results2010/sx/awards/JUDGES-RATIONALE-AWARD-OVERALL-AWARD-38.php
http://pca.org.au/results2010/sx/awards/JUDGES-RATIONALE-AWARD-OVERALL-AWARD-39.php
http://pca.org.au/results2010/sx/awards/JUDGES-RATIONALE-AWARD-OVERALL-AWARD-40.php
http://www.pca.org.au/results09/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-57.php
http://www.pca.org.au/results09/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-58.php
http://www.pca.org.au/results09/sx/awards/Judges-Rationale-59.php
http://pca.org.au/results08/sx/page.php?page=judgesrationale
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Food packages for obesity


Some students have been proposing various food packages for obesity.

There are some useful articles from CHOICE, the journal of the Australian Consumers Association:

http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/food-and-health/food-and-drink/nutrition/foods-that-make-kids-fatter-faster.aspx

http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and-tests/babies-and-kids/kids-health/kids-health/childhood-obesity.aspx

http://www.choice.com.au/consumer-action/past-campaigns/food/obesity-and-nutrition.aspx

http://www.choice.com.au/media-and-news/media-releases/2011%20media%20releases/spoonful-of-muesli-may-be-mouthful-of-sugar-and-fat.aspx
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Inappropriate products

Avoid food products which could lead to health problems later, such as obesity, dental caries, etc. Many children’s foods are so high in sugars and fats. See for instance the Australian Consumers’ Association Choice Magazine articles:

Choice Magazine: Foods that make kids fatter faster
Choice Magazine: Reviews and tests of kids' foods

Why design a package of unhealthy food that attracts children to consume it if we know they will suffer health problems later? Would you want your own children to suffer diet-related ill health? Wouldn't it be better to spend your time designing an excellent package for a food product that is nutritious as well?

Consider  safety of toys and their age appropriateness and educational play value. See for instance

Choice Magazine: Toy safety tips
Business Pundit: 10 bizarrely inappropriate children's products

Stay  away from products which “sexualize” children. There are products sold in pharmacies such as mascara, lipsticks, tattoos, exfoliants, waxing strips, etc for young girls . Some web articles on this:

The Week: Anti-aging makeup for 8 year old girls
Good Men Project: 11 insanely sexually children's products
Cracked: 8 weirdly sexual products for kids


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Video: Shop til you drop: the crisis of consumerism


(c)2010, 52 min ISBN: 1-932869-40-9

Synopsis from producer's website:
Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfaces of the commercial world to show how the flip side of accumulation is depletion -- the slow, steady erosion of both natural resources and basic human values. In the end, Shop 'Til You Drop helps us make sense of the economic turbulence of the moment, providing an unflinching, riveting look at the relationship between the limits of consumerism and our never-ending pursuit of happiness.

Produced, Directed & Edited by Gene Brockhoff
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Apples' Design + Health kit



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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Video: Hartmut Esslinger FrogDesign advice

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Video: David Kelley TED talk on creative confidence

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Video: Tina Seelig TEDx crash course on creativity

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Video: d.school crash course on design thinking

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Video: The Story of Stuff

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IDES2161-2013 students

Agda, Alyanna
Beard, Bryce
Calaitzopoulos, Peter
Cao, Zhuojun
Chamlian, Tila
Cheng, Zikang
Chittenden, Alexander
Chung, Hye Mi Julie
Cockinos, Paris
Dhawan, Anuj
Docos, Constance
Effendy, Priska
Ferenczi, Dora
Flowers, Joshua
Fraser, Rebekah
Friend, Anthea
Furlong, Rowan
Gautama, Kendra
Graham, Jack
Hermawan, Joshua
Hitchcock, Timothy
Holihan, Matthew
Huang, Xiaoyan
Jackson, Alan
Jamshidi Fard, Anahita
Kawecki, Katherine
Khimji, Kazim
Kim, Hyunjin
Kurangil, Gizem
Lee, Edward
Lee, Marcus
Leedham, Amy
Lu, I-Min
Mendez, Andrew
Messina, Luke
Morris, Alexander
Ng, Ronald
Nguyen, Vivian
Noble, Douglas
Pang, Richard
Papas, Nicholas
Poyser, Steven
Sazesh, Mohammedreza
Singh, Sunprit
Siu, Cameron
Sutandar, Felicia
Tran, Timothy
Xiao, Jinbo
Xu, Xiaoyue
Zhao, Tianyu
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Thursday, February 7, 2013

IDES2161-2012 students

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