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Brit Insurance Design Awards Pick the Winners

March 9, 2010

plug folding photo
Image from minkyu.co.uk.

Last week we wrote an idiosyncratic view of the candidates for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards. With over 100 items in seven different categories, it is an Oscar-worthy show of the international design world’s best work of the past year.

And the winners are… As predicted: the folding plug! Given the size, weight and general clunkiness of the existing UK converter plug, <a href="…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Terreform ONE Wins Big Prize For New York City Plan

March 8, 2010

terraform one new york city concept image
Images via Terreform ONE

Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova or Terreform ONE cleaned up at the Zumtobel Group Awards, with their plans to clean up New York City by converting waste into buildings and reinventing transit. The Judges wrote:

“This project is a rich source of interesting ideas of real substance. The research team is not afraid to think in whole new directions and presents a range of visionary potential approaches that are already acting as catalysts in the urban development debate.” …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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An iPhone App about Biomimetic Architecture: BioDesign #3 by Dennis Dollens

March 4, 2010

BioDesign3 iPhone App by Dennis Dollens

This seems to be the year for green iPhone apps, with already over 100 to choose from, including TreeHugger’s own which was launched last month and the Green Map app launched recently. Now here is one for the biomimicry and architecture fans amongst you. <a href="http://www.treehugger….Read the full story on TreeHugger