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• Sears Offers Gift Cards for Your Unwanted Electronics

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  Sears has teamed up with electronics buy-back company Gazelle to offer gift cards for your unwanted consumer electronics.

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Lulamae’s Sustainable Pop-Up Store, Melbourne

  Melbourne fashion boutique Lulamae has acquired the talents of Breathe Architecture to create a sustainable Pop-Up store.

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:05am EST
  by Claudia Cukrov

• Switch Commuter Bike Folds Up to Wheel Size

  Australian student designer Robert Dumaresq recently took Gold at the Australian International Design Awards, Dyson Student Category for his 'Switch Commuter Bike'.

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by Claudia Cukrov

• Duracell’s Crowdsourced Power Generation in Times Square

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  Duracell has hatched an interesting campaign in New York's Times Square which offers a chance to participate in some crowd-sourced power generation.

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:01am EST
  by Dan Gould

• Solar Powered Vertical Village

  Dubai's Vertical Village is an extravagant work of sustainable design, using solar energy to power a combination of residential, hotel and entertainment spaces.

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:12pm EST
  by Kyle Studstill

• (Pics) A Second Life For Old Spray Cans

  Old spray cans get a second life as light fixtures courtesy of Slovenian design firm ZEK.

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:42pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• Remote Control Powered by Channel Flipping

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  NEC and Soundpower recently debuted a prototype remote that operates without batteries.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  by Jeff Weiner

• (Pics) The Mobile Office: An Upcycled Live/Work Space

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  Using only discarded materials found within a one block radius of their office, Antoine Morris and David Long built "The Mobile Office" - a self contained work/live environment.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• (Pic) Naked Coca-Cola Can

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  Design studio RYAN HARC has proposed that aluminum Coca-Cola cans should go paint-less to cut down on energy and material usage.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:12pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• Nuru Combats Violence By Building Self-Sustaining Communities

  Nuru helps train communities to build and maintain local infrastructures.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:02am EST
  by Kyle Studstill

• What Will Barcelona Look Like in 150 Years?

  Barcelona is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Eixample extention with a special time capsule.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:01am EST
  by Dan Gould

• (Pics) Kris Kuksi’s Haunting Toy Sculptures

  Kris Kuksi weaves together strange looking pieces out of old toys, statues, mechanical parts and other discarded detritus.

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:06pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• The Water Consciousness Bag

  The Water Consciousness Bag raises awareness of water shortages in Northwest China.

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:34pm EST
  by Tamara Madani

• Sea Sheperd Channels 007, Save Whales

  Ady Gil is the latest weapon against illegal whaling.

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:24am EST
  by Claudia Cukrov

• Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How Changemakers Leave Their Mark

  Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for a Better World, a new book by Robert McKinnon inspires us to keep a generational promise to leave the world a better place than we inherited.

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:41pm EST
  by Kyana Gordon

• Dutch Designers Create Interlocking LEGO Fashion

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  Refinity dresses consist of interlocking parts which can be added or taken away from a garment, allowing users to alter it's design on demand.

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:27pm EST
  by Laura Feinstein

• Glowing Bacteria Helps Detect Explosives

  Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have created a strain of bacteria that glows green when in the presence of explosives.

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Hiromi Matsubara About Pure Living

  PSFK caught up with Hiromi Matsubara at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:02am EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• Peru’s Fog Water

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  One neighborhood in Lima, Peru has found an ingenious solution to their water shortage.

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:01am EST
  by Nate Graham

• Test for Food-Based Toxins in Fewer Than 5 Minutes

  A new paper-strip can test for pesticides in minutes rather than hours by means of an easy-to-read color-change.

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  by Jon Lombardo

• Paul Sandip: Designs to Improve Life

  Designer Paul Sandip's work combines eco-sensitivity with a refined simplicity.

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:27am EST
  by Dan Gould

• Food Secret: Nutritious Fast (Fastidious) Food

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  Based on a foundation of fresh produce, international culinary techniques and solid nutritional value, Food Secret is trying to position itself as London’s health conscious take-away of choice.

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:27am EST
  by Shaun Savage

• Architects Envision NYC Underwater

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  Manhattan becomes a city of canals.

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:16am EST
  by Dave Pinter

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Rie Azuma About Pure Living

  PSFK caught up with Rie Azuma at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• Washington D.C.’s Sleek New Bike Transit Center

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  Bicycle commuters in Washington DC have a striking new Bike Transit Center to use at Union Station.

  
  

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:56am EST
  by Dan Gould

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Danny Choo About Pure Living

  PSFK caught up with Danny Choo at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:46am EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Marc Alt About Pure Living

  PSFK interviewed Marc Alt at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Mark Dytham About Pure Living

  PSFK interviewed Mark Dytham at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:46pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• (Video) PSFK Talks To Peter Rojas About Pure Living

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  PSFK caught up with Peter Rojas at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:19pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• (Pics) Garbage Bag Art Work

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  Similar to Adrian Kondratowicz'S InDisposed, Greenz.jp points us to another urban beautification project using garbage bags as the medium.

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:07pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• Identifying Insights that Incite

  How does one uncover a simple insight in a consumer and business world of complexity? A recently published yellow paper for Account Planner and Brand and Marketing professionals at large offers some inspiring examples.

  
  

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:00am EST
  by Paloma Vazquez

• Visitor as Distributor: Product Launch Via Art Exhibit

  The Linz Hocker stool is being launched in a very different way.

  
  

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• Commuting by Bike Up in NYC (and How to Accomplish the Same in Other Cities)

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  New York City is making life easier for bikers and pedestrians.

  
  

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:05am EST
  by Paloma Vazquez

• 12yr Old Art Wonderboy, Moofus

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  Moofus is a twelve year old artist from Sydney. Too young to get a "real job", Moofus began selling his prints for charity.

  
  

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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:01am EST
  by Claudia Cukrov

• (Video) Good Ideas In Pure Living with Danny Choo, Hiromi Matsubara & Rie Azu

  In partnership with Nissan, PSFK held an event on October 20 2009 to discuss the future of Pure Living in Tokyo. Piers Fawkes, founder of PSFK, moderated a conversation with a panel of Japan-based experts and covered topics that included sustainability, design, urban planning, technology and zero-emission mobility.

  
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• Natural Fuse: Towards Designing a Carbon-Neutral System

  If given the opportunity to participate in a carbon-neutral system, will people be selfless or selfish?

  
  

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Growing Organic Packaging

  Mareike Frensemeier uses bacteria to grow protective packing material.

  
  

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:22pm EST
  by Dan Gould

• (Video) Good Ideas In Pure Living with Marc Alt, Mark Dytham & Peter Rojas

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  In partnership with Nissan, PSFK held an event on October 20 2009 to discuss the future of Pure Living in Tokyo. Piers Fawkes, founder of PSFK, moderated a conversation with an international panel of experts and covered topics that included sustainability, design, urban planning, technology and zero-emission mobility.

  
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• The Amphibious Architecture Project

  The Amphibious Architecture Project explores interaction between above and underwater worlds.

  
  

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:01am EST
  by Kyle Studstill

• Digital Activism in the Rainforest

  Brazilian indians use digital tools to preserve their traditions and the environment.

  
  

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:28am EST
  by Mauricio Soares

• (Pics) Good Ideas In Pure Living, Tokyo

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  We will be publishing video from the Good Ideas Salon and also one-one-one interviews with the panelists throughout next week. In the meantime, here's a selection of the images from the first talk by Marc Alt, Mark Dytham and Peter Rojas; the second talk with Rie Azuma, Danny Choo and [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• Plant-Based Air Purification For Your Home

  Andrea Air is a new air purifier designed by Mathieu Lehanneur engineered to improve air quality by using the filtration of natural plants.

  
  

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  by Aurora Diaz

• Volkswagen: Influencing Our Actions Through Fun

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  Volkswagen believes that injecting a healthy dose of fun into the often mundane tasks in our daily lives, such as choosing the stairs or remembering to recycle, is the best method for positive influencing our behaviors.

  
  

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:36pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Morphologically Disturbed Insects from Nuclear-Affected Areas

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  Swiss scientific illustrator Cornelia Hesse-Honegger travels to post and near-nuclear sites like Chernobyl, documenting the bizarre 'morphologically disturbed' insects that have survived the fallout.

  
  

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  by Claudia Cukrov

• A1 Architects Explores the Small House Paradigm

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  Czech firm A1 Architects recently explored the small living paradigm at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague last month, creating a whimsical exhibition called "The Small House."

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:15pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Vespas Upcycled as Office Chairs

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  Barcelona-based studio Bel & Bel has found an ingenious use for vintage Vespas - as upcycled office chairs.

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:45pm EST
  by Aurora Diaz

• Solar Powered Roadways, Harnessing Energy Everywhere

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  Solar Roadways is a series of structurally-engineered solar panels that can be driven on, replacing all current asphalt roads, including driveways and parking lots. The panels would collect and store solar energy to be used for our homes and businesses.

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by Aurora Diaz

• Piers Fawkes’ Future Trends 09 Presentation

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  I recently presented at the Future Trends conference in Miami. My presentation was called 'Good Ideas in 2010' and it is the first part of a project to deliver a book later this month with the same title.

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:23am EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• (Pic) Small Is Wasteful

  Are small single serve versions of products wasteful?

  
  

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:08am EST
  by Piers Fawkes

• Laser Etching Could Replace Labels on Fruits and Vegetables

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  A new laser etching technique might make the small labels on fruits and vegetables a thing of the past.

  
  

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:15pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Casa Huerta: Scaleable Greenhouses for Urban Environments

  Casa Huerta (Orchard House) is a small scale greenhouse / vertical farming system proposed to better life in the poor areas of the world's cities.

  
  

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:12am EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Paul Coudamy’s Random Resurrection

  Paul Coudamy is a French architect whose work is a contemporary mash up of inventiveness supplied by today's technologies and materials.

  
  

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:35am EST
  by Aurora Diaz

• Massimo Iosa Ghini’s Solar Powered Monorail

  The Energy Belt designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini is a solar powered monorail proposed as a sustainable transportation solution, connecting the Italian city of Bologna with the city's international airport.

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  by Aurora Diaz

• Highlights From DesignTide Tokyo 2009

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  Each year during Tokyo Design Week, DesignTide Tokyo features top design innovations from a variety of fields. With today marking the end of the five-day event, we've highlighted three projects below that we find particularly inspirational.

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:14pm EST
  by Kyle Studstill

• Living Light: Public Art Air Monitor

  "Living Light" is a piece of public art that uses networked panels to reveal the real-time air quality of each neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea.

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by Nate Graham

• Second Life: Bowling Lanes Reclaimed as Furniture

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  William Stranger's "Second Life" uses reclaimed wood from a local LA bowling alley to create a number of different works including a coffee table, a bench and a diptych.

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Nate Graham

• Good Ideas Salon, Brooklyn

  Next week, PSFK will be hosting Good Ideas Salon, Brooklyn. We'll be enjoying local fare, and featuring a panel of guest speakers discussing small batch culture and local entrepreneurship.

  
  

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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:00am EST
  by Dan Gould

• Minimalist Wine Rack Made from Felt

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  The Felt Wine Rack is a perfect example of the return simple materials as designers and consumers alike warm to the aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits of products made from natural elements.

  
  

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:52pm EST
  by Scott Lachut

• Artificial Glaciers Help Farmers Battle Global Warming

  To offset the disruptive irrigation effects brought on by global warming, the small village of Stakmo, India has been developing a method for creating their own artificial glaciers.

  
  

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:02pm EST
  by Francisco Hui

• Concept Outlet Design Saves Power Without Unplugging

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  Korean designer Yong-jin Kim merges the power socket with a traditional switch, a solution that replaces the act of removing a plug with a simple twist designed to cut off the flow of electricity.

  
  

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by Scott Lachut