Energy Bucket by Stefano Merlo
Energy Bucket is a concept for a bucket-shaped, solar-powered light designed by Stefano Merlo. The bucket is left outside during the day to charge so it can be used at night. More
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Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove 2
Our friends at Hungarian architecture and design site hg.hu have posted a series of images of Ross Lovegrove's Solar Tree solar-powered street light being installed in Vienna, prior to the official opening tonight. More
Loremo lightweight car concept
The first working prototype of Loremo, an ultra lightweight car concept, was shown at the Frankfurt International Motor Show last month. More
Post A Phone by Priestman Goode
Industrial designers Priestman Goode have invented a simple, cheap landline telephone that fits inside an A5 envelope and can be sent via regular post. More
Rehouse/Bath by Fulguro
Swiss designers Fulguro present their Rehouse/Bath project at the Château d’Avignon at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in France. More
Flame Lamps by Gitta Gschwendtner
Gitta Gschwendtner has designed a series of ten lamps that use low-energy candle-effect bulbs. More
Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove
Solar Tree is a solar-powered street lighting systemdesigned by Ross Lovegrove for the Museum for Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna. The lighting has been engineered by Artemide in collaboration with Sharp Solar. More
Cyrene Declaration by Foster + Partners
More from Foster: the architect has announced what is described as the world's "largest and most complete sustainable regional development". More
Mater ethical homeware brand
Mater is a new homewares brand with a commitment to sourcing products that are socially and environmentally sustainable. More
Grão by Pedrita
Grão is a project by Portuguese multidisciplinary studio Pedrita that takes surplus decorative tiles and combines them so that each one becomes a single "pixel" in large-scale murals. More
Deptford Design Market Challenge
The Deptford Design Market Challenge is a project exploring how used objects can be "redesigned" to give them new life. More
Greenpeace and Jason Bruges at 100% Light
Greenpeace has commissioned interactive designer Jason Bruges to create an installation using new low-energy lights at the 100% Light show in London later this month. More
TransNeomatic by Campana Brothers
Here are some new photos of the TransNeomatic bowls designed by the Campana Brothers for Artecnica's Design With Conscience initiative. More
Tea Sets by Christine Misiak
http://www.dezeen.com/?p=4612 New Designers 07: Northumbria University design graduate Christine Misiak takes old tea sets she finds at car boot sales and brings them back to life. More
Strata by Ryan Frank
Designer Ryan Frank has designed a range of furniture made from wood salvaged from old office furniture. More
Ethical Kitchen by Alexandra Sten Jørgensen
New Designers 07: The Ethical Kitchen is a project by Alexandra Sten Jørgensen, a recent graduate of the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University in England. More
Light Bulb Packaging by Olivia Cheung
New Designers 07: Light Bulb Packaging is a light designed by University of Brighton graduate Olivia Cheung that attempts to avoid waste by converting packaging into product. More
Mammoth and Permafrost Museum by Leeser Arch.
We're not making it up: Leeser Architecture of New York have won a competition to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. More
Nobody Chair by Komplot
Nobody Chair by Danish design company Komplot is made out of recycled plastic water bottles using a manufacturing technique borrowed from the car industry. More
Bar Code by Woods Bagot
Bar Code is a low-energy bar and night club in London that runs on "about the same amount of energy it takes to make a cup of tea", according to its designers, architects Woods Bagot. More