Jack-O-Alcohol

Halloween Design Project from Instructables:

Wine Bottle Jack-O-Lanterns

The beauty of Wind power

 

I had this beautiful photograph saved in my phone that I just had to share after my green design post. I didn't expect to feel such joy and excitement to see wind mills, but this sight was jaw dropping. My husband and I found these on the ride home camping at Letchworth State Park, we had to take a detour route and these were the first few of many wind mills that captivated us. Just 30 minutes south of my house in the middle of nowhere, looked to be a hundred or so wind mills. Go WNY wind power!

Green Design : Cardboard Straws

 

An interesting utensil found at  Ted's Montana Grill, while visiting Denver, Colorado, was these cardboard straws. An easily disposable straw? I didn't even think about straws not being biodegradable and how truly wasteful plastic straws are to our environment. I mean just think, every time you go to a restaurant you're probably going to use one. As for the green product functionality there is a interesting feel to the lips when you first use one. It does not get cold like a plastic straw and it has a better chance of sticking to wet lips but those are just small sacrifices to upgrading to green design. Earth friendly is always the way to go. I can't wait to find these in the grocery stores and in more restaurants, until then I'm going to make an effort to skip drinking out of straws, what wrong with drinking out from the glass anyway?

Dave's Thick And Juicy

 

So my husband and I went to Wendy's to try Dave's beefy burger. Honestly we were impressed, attention to detail was definitely there in packaging and flavor. Real flavor, real food, and a cute box totally worth $5.

Fall Claw

Inspiration from nature- Japanese maple leaf curls into a haunting claw.

A chair to drink about

Lets sit, relax, and enjoy a classic design made from a deliciously refreshing material.

Made from 111 recycled plastic Coke bottles, the 111 Navy Chair® (1944/2009) is the result of a special collaboration between Emeco and Coca-Cola. It took four years of research, design and materials testing to create this chair, which is a plastic version of the iconic 1006 Navy® Chair. Designed to have the attributes of the original aluminum version – strength, durability and comfort – the 111 Navy Chair expands the collection by offering color and a bit of pop (no pun intended). The Navy Chair design constitutes the proprietary Trade Dress of Emeco. Made in U.S.A..

• The production of this chair is expected to keep three million plastic Coke bottles out of landfills each year.
• Suitable for outdoor and commercial use.
• One of the few plastic chairs to be built with leg stretchers, the 111 Navy will stand up to frequent use.

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Loose the pouch!

 

I was amazed at how durable and eye catching this ketchup packing was, go Heinz for being innovative.

Designed for Back to school

I remember went back to school folders only had kittens and puppies or it was a classic matte paper folder. These days we have options. Check out these eco-friendly binders, folders, and notebooks from Target.

 

Smartwool Socks Packaging

Cute and sweet, and makes a statement without creating a lot of waste. Find these socks and its eye catching packaging at your local sports store.

Late July Packaging

Late July is the organic branch to the Cape Cod potato chip company. The Cape Cod and Chatham Village company was started in the 80's and 90's by the Bernard family. Since then they have been able to produce and sell delicious, sustainable, and responsible products.

Shown here is a view of their chip line, but Late July also makes sandwich crackers (the cracker packaging is just as beautiful). I haven't purchased any Late July crackers but I've heard that some crackers are shaped like animals and collect proceeds to help protect the animals they are shaped. One more example from Late July of great design.