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	REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE "Design has become the most powerful tool with which man shapes his tools and environments (and, by extension, society and himself)." - Victor Papanek Where to buy the mag...








	DESIGN SNIPPETS Zapiro, Nanda Soobben, Heath Nash, Marcus Fairs, Thomas Heatherwick, the Blackheart Gang, Afro Café, Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck, 10 X 10 Housing, Athi Patra-Ruga, the Campana Brothers, Chimurenga, Gavin Rajah, Scott Roberson and more. Where to buy the mag...








	COMPETITION Ceramicist Nicola Harris is known for the tactile minimalist homeware that she distributes through luxury retailers including lim and Lunar. One lucky reader can win a work from Nicola Harris’s Perforated series. Where to buy the mag...








	A KYOTO TREATY FOR DESIGN The case for designers to tackle the challenges of environmentalism, posed by Valerie Casey, executive creative director of strategic-creative consultancy frog design Where to buy the mag...








	NEW OLD SOLUTIONS Setting a trend with his much lauded new collection of restored Alvar Aalto furniture classics, Tom Dixon has no pretensions of getting green right just yet. Where to buy the mag...








	FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Ryan Frank is repurposing the debris of the urban ocean into quirky eco-sensitive furniture. Where to buy the mag...








	WASTE NOT WANT NOT Superficial changes to the production, material, care methods and end-of-life scenario of garments do have substantial environmental benefits. Still, the real green grinch is in the nature of fashion itself. Where to buy the mag...








	BUYING GREEN BACK Greening the shopping trolley is possibly the easiest place to start going carbon neutral. Louisa Power from adila, the United Kingdom fair-trade company specialising in South African design, shares this handy guide. Where to buy the mag...








	SUSTAINABLE = HUMANIST Designing with the user in mind binds the emotional value and reduces the obsolescence of an object. Yves Béhar explains that usefulness and functionality are not the same thing. Where to buy the mag...








	ELECTRIC AVENUE The electric car has been around the block - for well over 50 years, in fact - but its time is assuredly now. Where to buy the mag...








	HOW MANY DESIGNERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE THE LIGHT? The visual icon of a bright idea, one of the most prevalent modern inventions, Thomas Edison's lightbulb is long overdue for a makeover. Where to buy the mag...








	CARPET BOMBING Traditional carpets are the equivalent of a layer of crude oil covering the floor. Rather keep the floor bare and get a mat. Where to buy the mag...


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