eBay’s Reusable Boxes

November 17th, 2010 by Julie Hill

San Francisco’s Office never fails to impress. Now they have created the happiest shipping box ever for eBay, to be sent to 100,000 eBay sellers, encouraging them to reuse the boxes.

From Lovely Package:
“According to eBay, if each box gets used five times, the program could protect nearly 4,000 trees, save 2.4 million gallons of water, and conserve enough electricity to power 49 homes for a year.

Designed by San Francisco-based Office, the boxes engage sellers by emphasizing potential benefits to the planet with friendly illustrations and copy. Tips for greener packing include finding “a new calling for old phone books.” A happy little bird asks, “Where to next?” And to track each box’s journey, there’s space to write a note so the next person to receive it can see just how far it’s come.

Each eBay Box is made with 100 percent recycled content, printed with water-based inks, and designed to require minimal tape. And once it reaches the end of its useful shipping life, it’s fully recyclable.”

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Better Clean in a Smarter Bottle

November 16th, 2010 by Julie Hill

Wow, I am really jazzed about this: concentrate-style cleaner in a reusable/fully recyclable/beautifully designed bottle. My hippy heart just grew three sizes. You can check out Replenish’s website, or this glowing article in Fast Company if you’re a reader. If not, this video pretty much explains it:

Replenish- Click “Like” if you thinks it’s a better way to clean! from Team Replenish on Vimeo.

TRAGICALLY they are all sold out as of the authoring of this post, but I am hoping that as of the POSTING of this post, they will be back in stock, because I cannot wait to get my little green paws on one.

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Welcome to Green Week

November 15th, 2010 by Julie Hill


Illustration by Lab Partners

Alright hippies, it’s Green Week! Time to think about how design and technology can be used to green up this place. Check out Michael Johnson of Johnson Bank’s thoughts on being green, or how apparel retailers are figuring out how to measure their environmental impacts, or the almost-lost art of storing and drying cut wood for fuel, or just see how the music industry can do their part. Yeah, green!

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Graypants

October 19th, 2010 by Julie Hill

“we strive to come up with designs and ideas that are thoughtful and have an impact, whether it be furniture, lighting, architecture or graphics. each one of our projects has a unique story and we try to explore new ideas to redefine how design can have a greater impact. most importantly, we have fun doing it! we enjoy collaborating with all walks of life – that is where we find true inspiration. we want to let the beauty of what we love be what we do.”Graypants

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Work It, Girl!

October 23rd, 2009 by admin

The Uniform Project

From Le Blog: “The Uniform Project was sent to me by a friend this week and it certainly captured my attention. Sheena Matheiken has taken it upon herself to wear the same dress every day for an entire year as an exercise in sustainable fashion, whilst also raising funds for the education of children living in slum communities in India. It’s an interesting exercise and a great cause but what really gets you in is the visual presentation of every day… this is one girl who knows how to work her accessories!”

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