 02.02.12 Words of wisdom from Paula Antonelli A new breed of designers is finding ways to combine ideological commitments with life's pleasures, revealing an untapped realm of opportunity between greenness and gratification. The following is an article...Read more |
 31.01.12 INDEX: Award winner Yves Behar is doing good Two time INDEX: Award winner Yves Behar is one of the design world's golden boys, and with his business strategy receiving praise from all over, it seems like Behar is hitting the nail straight on its head. In...Read more |
 31.01.12 Roskilde Festival design against poverty Just like last year, Roskilde Festival 2012 has chosen to focus its humanitarian campaign on the fight against escalating poverty and inequality.This year the focus is on making the conditions better for asylum seekers in...Read more |
 30.01.12 'Bicycle pump' to turn wave power into clean energy An aquatic "bicycle pump" is set to take to the seas and turn wave power into clean electricity after being acquired by green energy company Ecotricity. The Searaser...Read more |
 29.01.12 Novo Nordisk tops international sustainability ranking Danish healthcare giant, Novo Nordisk is the most sustainable company on earth this year according to a new ranking. But what does sustainability mean, exactly? In business, sustainability is when what is good...Read more |
 28.01.12 Saving food from going in the fridge Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste...Read more |
 27.01.12 Reshuffling the INDEX: Jury - hello and goodbye Appointing Mikal Hallstrup as new as jury chairman is not the only restructuring going on in the International INDEX: Jury. Today, Ged Davis, Hael Kobayashi and Pontus Wahlgren all step down as jury members after several years...Read more |
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 25.01.12 Genius wireless, battery-free mouse by Genius The Taiwanese brand Genius just took a big step forward for computer peripherals by launching the world’s first wireless battery-free mouse. The mighty mouse eschews wasteful AAAs and heavier lithium-ion batteries in favor...Read more |
 24.01.12 New, free software helps parents safeguard PC's In an effort to aide parents in protecting their child's online activity, Awareness Technologies, the makers of WebWatcher,...Read more |
 23.01.12 2011 was the 9th hottest year on record! The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred...Read more |
 21.01.12 Even the Royals support Design to Improve Life Prince Charles is a very rich man, and a very generous one. In the past year donations to his environmental charities reached £12M (US $18M) which will be used to spread the word on sustainability and Design to Improve Life...Read more |
 20.01.12 How to be a cool, sustainable band geek Recycling orchestra plays Mozart with garbage It may be a long way from Paraguay's sprawling garbage dumps to the stately concert halls of Europe, but for one group of talented youths the distance isn't so...Read more |
 20.01.12 INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition world tour news New cities have been added to the world tour of the INDEX: Award 2011 Exhibition world tour. Since the beginning of the INDEX: Award Ceremony, the finalist designs have gone on a world tour to display the designs...Read more |
 19.01.12 INDEX: people's choice winner gets distributor The INDEX: Award 2007 People's Choice winning design Yellowone Needle Cap, designed by Hân Pham, finally finds new production, marketing and distribution partners in Danish companies Imakers and Bestnet, proving that the...Read more |