Waste not, want not

A recent study by Greenpeace "highlights which of the major electronics companies is doing the most to remove the worst toxic chemicals from their products and which companies have good recycling programs for their products".

I was in London over the weekend and was bowled over by the amount of shops and products heavily marketing their green/ organic/ fairtrade/ ethically souced credentials.

This could be an interesting angle for electronics firms to take on. Not as an empty marketing boast, but as a serious corporate commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability. Do it, then let the facts speak for themselves.

I look forward to watching the manufacturers competing to out-green each other...

 

Scrollbars!

Totally ace. Scrollbars often give our designers headaches.

Jan Robert Leegte's 'Scrollbars' soothes that headache like a tin of Tiger Balm.

See also this video of soundwaves made out of scrollbars.

 

Internet soul Portraits

I stumbled upon this interesting gallery the other day. It contains several screenshots of some of the well-known sites but without the text and only the graphics. Interesting to see how websites are represented as pure structural pieces.

Can you recognise them? (Don't check the URL, cause it's reaveling)
Check out the gallery


While you're at it, you can also check out The Untitled project a series of urban images where all textual information and logotypes have been stripped out. It also gives you an option to look at the stripped out information.

 

Bike sign design gone wrong

It must be really annoying if you put up a nicely designed sign, and then nobody gets it...

Summer brings a lot of tourists to Amsterdam; when I cycle to the station at the end of the afternoon they are everywhere. Stopping in the middle of the street to look at a house front, or on a rented bicycle, looking slightly insecure...

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