Better by Design is a guide to "using natural design solutions" from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. This 36 page PDF format booklet covers a several approaches to environmental product design including learning from nature, appropriate material selection, disassembly for recycling and selecting the best tools and software.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Herman Miller Remakes George Nelson Furniture

Herman Miller Inc. reintroduces George Nelson's 1958 furniture series that features curved swag-formed metal legs.

The process of rotary swaging incorporates radial hammering from one or more opposed dies to taper the cross-sectional area of a metal tube along its length. More swaging information courtesy JB Scepko.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

 

Ron Arad, Tom Dixon and Deyan Sudjic Webcast

A webcast talk about design with Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum, and designers Ron Arad and Tom Dixon goes live from the Tate Modern gallery, London, February 21 at 10:30 PST (18:30 GMT).

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/13/2007 07:46:00 PM

 

Shermag Cut Backs

Closure on April 6, 2007, of Quebec's Shermag Inc. factories in Disraeli and St-Etienne-de-Lauzon will affect 283 workers employed in manufacturing bedroom and dining-room furniture. Courtesy CBC/CP.

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

 

Obituary: Hans Wegner

Hans Wegner, synonymous with the term "Danish Modern," passed away January 26 in Copenhagen at the age of 92. Although he trained as a cabinetmaker, his Wishbone and Round chair designs are often cited as his greatest contributions to 20th-century design. Courtesy New York Times.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/08/2007 07:58:00 PM

 

Find Skilled Support

Small-scale manufacturers in Ontario that hire apprentice cabinetmakers can claim a 30% tax credit per eligible employee to a maximum of $5,000 per taxation year.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/08/2007 07:54:00 PM

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

 

Protest Cutbacks to the William Morris Museum

The William Morris Museum in east London faces the threat of severe cutbacks by Walthamstow Forest council. The museum's treasures include original sketches of Morris's acanthus-leaf wallpaper, bronzes by Auguste Rodin and work by pre-Raphaelites Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Help support a world treasure at this website.

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Saturday, February 03, 2007

 

"Free" Eco Furniture Manual

Eco Design: A Sectoral Manual for Furniture, published by The Stockholm Environment Institute's Tallinn Centre in Estonia and aimed at contemporary SMEs, features numerous colour images and covers practices that are relatively easy to implement in an existing manufacturing plant.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:29:00 PM

 

Tent London Announced

Having developed and left the UK's 100% Design and 100% East, Ian Rudge and Jimmy MacDonald have founded Tent London (September 20-23, 2007) to feature contemporary design talent. Located at the Truman Brewery site in East End London, the new show will consist of professionally vetted events on themes, where exhibitors choose the space and events that best suits their needs.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:28:00 PM

 

Royal College Hosts Conference

The Royal College of Art, London, hosts Include 2007, April, 2-4, 2007, a conference on user-participation design. This year the program emphasizes diversity, by including a wider range of professions and outside groups whose opinions have not been considered previously.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:26:00 PM

 

China Copies

At a press conference held at London's Design Museum on January 30, 2007, organizers of the Milan Furniture Fair claimed China was a country that "just produces copies." More details at Design Week.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:25:00 PM

 

VCR History Adds Stools

The latest addition to VCR's contemporary online History of Furniture Design in Canada 1945 - 1985 are stools by Philip Salmon and Hugh Hamilton, designed circa 1969 for Kinetics Furniture, Toronto. VCR welcomes additional entries. Images submitted must be copyright-free, with an appropriate source and/or photo credit.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:21:00 PM

 

EU Manages Furniture Waste

The Furniture Waste website, a project co-funded by the European Furniture Manufacturers Federation and the European Commission, provides information on the recovery of end-of-cycle furniture and the recycling of furniture.

# posted by Value-Created Review @ 2/03/2007 01:17:00 PM

 

UK-based Designer Network

Contemporary designers, other professionals, students and anyone interested in how design can contribute to a sustainable future may join the UK-based association Tempo. Listed in a searchable directory (including portfolios), members can access an online forum.

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