Blogging The San Francisco Chronicle: Green at the ICFF

Some members of AT's team were at ICFF this year—you can read a few of their dispatches here or here or here. We'd noticed a strong green bent ourselves, so it was illuminating to see the fair from another perspective.

The article emphasizes the diversity of approaches to green: designers aren't just making the same old stuff out of bamboo, but rethinking the entire way furniture is designed, produced, and delivered to market.

We'd like to see more designers go the way of Emily Pilloton, who is quoted saying, "Sustainability has a human element. It is not just about green materials." Projects profiled on her website, Project H Design, have a strong humanitarian bent, such as water filtration and transport devices intended for people who have to do a lot more than just twist a tap to get water.

article, The San Francisco Chronicle; image via Project H Designs

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Dude... what is that thing?

posted by DahliaCactus on May 29th 2008 at 11:33am
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I saw it elsewhere. It was designed as an easier way to transport water in places where you don't have running water. I think it was intended to be used in African communities where there is a central source of water and each household has to retrieve their water for the day from it.

posted by JohnnySlimane on May 29th 2008 at 4:34pm
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So it rolls, I guess, so you can pull it behind you?

I would be concerned about wear and tear from rocks on the ground and the softening of the plastic from the weather and friction, having just lost a few suitcase wheels to the same myself. Unless it's metal, in which case, never mind.

posted by Leah Hope on May 30th 2008 at 2:18am
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oh... i guess that would suck less than buckets
thank you JohnnySlimane

posted by DahliaCactus on May 30th 2008 at 12:17pm
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