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Now, the branding question: some of our products are branded, and others aren’t; this is the case at around a 1:1 ratio at present. The cool part about developing this new business model is that we can take it in any direction we like.

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A few days ago, I read a fantastic article: Foreign Policy: The Next Big Thing: Resilience. In it, environmental futurist Jamais Cascio describes some of the primary differences between the philosophical construct of sustainability versus resiliency

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Reductionism is both a classic technique for placing greater user focus on select elements of an object/process, and for lean & sustainable product development. One major design proponent of reductionism is John Maeda, dean of RISD

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Wendy is the author of Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative Package Design (I got the book last week and am dying to eat it up), and gave a pretty good interview.

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The current process for one Ree chair uses plastic from nine Sony PlayStation 2 consoles, thus diverting 2.4kg of plastic from a landfill.
Pli plans to deliver 3,000 chairs in the coming year, which would be comprised of 7.5 tons of recycled ABS plastic

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Summary of Sage Group survey called, “My Views on Environmentally Friendly Packaging,” delivered to nearly 800 multiple-generation “friends” via an email or Facebook.

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In order to help make environmental impact and life cycle assessment models credible, the EPA has issued a guidance paper (PDF) which recommends best practices to help determine when a model, despite its uncertainties, can be appropriately used to inform a decision.

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Compass is a sustainable packaging design tool developed by the SPC as a member tool for assessing the sustainability of up to four different packaging designs on the basis of their environmental and human health factors.

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The development of the USDA National Organic Standard in place of differing state/regional standards was widely predicted to accelerate trends of increasing consolidation in this sector. The first draft of the standard was released in 1997; what changes in ownership and control have since occurred?

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Sustainable design education at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Considerations include life cycle analysis, systemic product manufacturing, and material substitution.

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Graphic design example using Avenir, a geometric sans serif with some relaxed lettering in comparison to Futura, and good for body text at small sizes

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Infographic of various design disciplines according to philosophy and educational upbringing.

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Article on the aspects of product design strategies as part of the npd process. Also includes the potential design scenarios and how they affect a chosen strategy.\n

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Explanation of the Hannover Principles of Sustainable Design, written by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. These are classic principles for wise design\n

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Review of Nathan Van Hook's presentation at the Design Green Now seminar, held in Cal State Long Beach in April 2008. Topic: Wetsuit production for Body Glove\n

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Françoise Serralta is seen here speaking at the "Digging Deeper" Event hosted by the IDSA in SF last summer (graciously captured for us by the folks at Lunar Design)\n

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Interview with Stephanie Ryan who's a systems design consultant with B Corporation.\n

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Design Thinking has become a buzzword in itself within the marketing community. Yet its essence has been around for ages.\n

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Excellent presentation and Q&A on Life Cycle Assessment and sustainable products standards with Mike Italiano of the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability\n

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Sustainable product distribution needs manufacturers, originators, and retailers to use certifications and ethical design & sourcing policies to effect change.\n

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