Bi-weekly Circular Coffee Conversation About this Event Handy Dan’s 3D Prints This Thursday we’re excited to be joined by Daniel and Harriet from local business, Handy Dan’s 3D Prints. They provide a 3D printing service, a range of products (that also now use repurposed 3D print waste) and support creative STEAM education initiatives in the […]
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A Focus on Sustainable Design at London Design Festival The annual London Design Festival is soon to start. In 2018, design and many types of products (particularly of the plastic variety) have been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A growing number of citizens, supported by various media, are increasingly questioning the need for many
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Before you know it a month or two have passed in a whirlwind and it can take some time (and you need to give yourself this space) to step-back and take it all in. I’m not going to go into any depth at the moment on some of the activities, projects, family meet-ups, weddings and holidays,
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Well this has been an interesting festive season for considering values and framing, it seems that more and more of us are regaining consciousness to some of our system fuelled consumer traits….from the inset of Black Friday, so called zombie TV dashes (are we going to also celebrate Thanks Giving next year?) to the hidden online cyber monday. To
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Quick overview notes from Wrap’s Resources Limited conference today. Key takeaways – the examples and ideas are out there from Ifixit online to LG Electronics repair stations in South Korea, it’s about informing, profiling, supporting and scaling. Oh and some are still chanting the give the consumer what they want………..However isn’t this just a cyclic system
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An Overview of just some of the quirky London Design Festival offerings It was a busy and interesting last week where, as covered in Sustainable Tents and Talks, London got even more design focused with designers new and old exhibiting their new designs. Meanwhile Birmingham was home to Resource Waste Managements three-day conference and exhibition
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So it’s almost that time of year again. The time when London will unveil their latest………. drum roll ……chair! Well actually joking aside there will no doubt be some amazing chairs on show at London Design Festival 2014. But what I’m interested in is how the design on show round London can inspire and contribute
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So it all started with a bottle of Prosecco……. (probably a lot of plans, challenges and ideas have started out like that, or similar), a challenge for a great cause, a gift to former colleagues and friends and a chance to get creative for myself. Why corks? The first ideas for this began a few years
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