Felix de Pass is a British designer who has come up with an original way of keeping shoes organized.
His design ShoeParking simply consists of a sticker that is to be stuck on the floor near the entrance of the home to give shoes somewhere to park.
At his website you can find other inspiring designs for your home. Link
It has been around for a long time but it seems that charity is
increasingly being built into consumer products, services and
interfaces.
Perhaps, a sign that materialism is no longer an aim in itself -
consumer lifestyle must also match our increasing need for holistic
meaning.
Apple’s special edition iPod RED (a part of the joinRED business
model) is an example reflecting the trend. It’s cleverly designed to
let consumers support a good cause, while making a fashion statement
about it.
At the other end of the scale are the bottle-recycling machines in
Sweden (image). Bottle deposits are relatively high in some parts of
Europe and the machines simply lets you decide between donating the
money to charity (yellow button) or cashing it in yourself (green
button).
Etching of Magritte’s “The Son of Man” onto a 15″ PowerBook using Squid Lab’s Epilog laser. The graphic was made using the miracle of Inkscape.
On-going Flickr project to collect and organize envelope security patterns from around the world
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volunteers powered an illuminated billboard for BC Hydro in Canada. I can’t believe someone in Portland has not done one of these.
