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Chez Laurence With Laurence Carr Chez Laurence With Laurence Carr CONTENT: Article EarthX and boutique sustainability and wellness-focused interior design firm Laurence Carr Inc are proud to announce their original video series, Chez Laurence, premiering Tuesday May 26th at 7pm CDT/ 8pm EST on EarthxTV Interior Designer and Expert in Circular Design, Laurence Carr, welcomes representatives from some of the world’s foremost pioneers in circularity from the manufacturing, furniture, and textile industries for candid conversations about the importance of sustainability and regenerative approa...

April 30, 2021 Don't miss out on the next big opportunity on international design stage Free registration fee for the first 70 entries from Thailand TAIPEI, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2021 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA), one of the iconic annual design awards in Asia, is now calling for entries, opening up a great opportunity for design talents from across the world to showcase their products and projects that cater to Asian societies globally. Executed by the Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI) and organized by the Industrial Development Bureau, "Ministry of Economic Affairs, Tai...

Text by Sadaf Shaikh Currently in its third year, the Circular Design Challenge is fast becoming the platform of choice for conscious designers to present sustainable creations that are rooted in the “reduce-reuse-recycle” principles of circular fashion. We speak to this year’s six finalists about their brands and processes “The fashion industry is a key economic sector and is also one of the biggest polluting industries globally. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is advocating solutions to advance towards a sustainable and more circular textile value chain throug...

by Carine Rogers In recent years there has been a heartening mainstream push back against petroleum-based-plastic use in everything from straws to bottles to bags. But petroleum is hidden in the folds of many other less obvious industries, such as sunglasses. Many garment textiles produced today are made from plastic, and eyewear is at the forefront of plastic use in fashion. “The eyewear industry is a $120 billion market in which plastic is the main source of raw material and sustainability is almost non-existent” say Circular Design Europe. The majority of high-end ...

Circular Design - 3D printed houses are a reality now | by @zmorph3d About 200 million years ago, the composition of earth’s atmosphere began to stabilise. When the carbon dioxide decreased in our atmosphere, and the proportion of oxygen increased, most of the species adapted to those anaerobic conditions became extinct; life as we now know started to emerge.  Today, with our industries and our way of life we are creating conditions that are essentially reversing this natural evolution process. With increasing awareness, comes the need to undo the damage and to find new ways of human...