Paper Chain

German jeweller Claudia Diehl uses paper and mineral dyes couples with cultured pearls to create her pieces.

With a background in Interior design, she hand makes paper, in a variety of shapes such as slivers, shreds, and tight rolls.

Sustainable Architecture > Eco Villa Design > Spain

Sustainable Architecture > Eco Villa Design > Spain

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Rain, rain, go away

Or at the very least collect in this beautifully designed rainwater vessel. According to designers Jenny Lemieux and Leo Carrales, it can hold 45 gallons of water.



Save your tap water and your bill, they'll be enough of a water supply for all your outdoor chores. Get a really great filtration system and this water could supply your indoor needs as well. Their company is called Hero Design Lab located in Toronto. Contact them directly for where to purchase.

Electrically conductive textile platform

EMPA – an interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development within the ETH Domain will present this Friday at the Smart Textiles Salon in Ghent, the ‘Conducting textile platform based on novel e-fibers’.
There are different technologies and processes to create electrical conductive fibers and yarns, some use fine silver wires spun together with polyester yarn, some coat polyester yarn with a metal layer and others coat woven textiles with metals to make them electrically conductive.
The research team at EMPA uses a low-pressure plasma sputtering process to coat a 100-200 nm thick metal layer on common monofil- or multifil- yarns.
This process does not change the properties of the fibers base material but make them reliably conductive for low-current signals such as audio signals, computer interfaces (e.g. USB) or low current supply. The typical resistance they can achieve is 5 to 50 Ohms per cm.
The aim of the EMPA project is to create electrically conductive fibers useable for e-Textiles which do behave and perform like any conventional textile, are as robust and resistant as conventional textiles but are capable to be used as interconnection platform for technology enabled clothing.

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Your plastic is fantastic

Re-using existing materials is truly the best way to reduce wouldn't you agree? I know everyone recycles and that's great, but does all recycling get used again, or can it be used again?
That's why we're loving jewellery designer Arosha. The large pendant above has been twisted, crinkled and dipped in delicious gold. Each piece will be uniquie no two are alike. You'll have this piece forever, wear it day or night.

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Buetooth Jacket by Polo Ralph Lauren

Premium lifestyle and fashion brand Polo Ralph Lauren has joined the technology enhanced clothing world with it’s soon to be released RLX Bluetooth jacket for the rainy days on the driving range.
Yes, Golfers too have their iPod and cellphone while enjoying their sport and yes, they too have all their hands on the action, not much room to operate the little devices.
Integrating the QIO Systems textile keypads in the sleeve of the rain coat jacket which is connected to the PANiQ Bluetooth module, the Golfer can easily, conveniently and save from rain listening to his/her motivational music or make cellphone calls with a push on the sleeve.
The RLX rain suit, with Bluetooth jacket and matching rain trousers, costs about $1,000 and should be available in stores by now but I couldn’t find any online retailer yet who has it on stock.
Interesting to see how companies explore the potential of technology enhanced clothing in different segments of the fashion world.

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