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POPSSwedish wave energy converters On an island right off the coast of Western Sweden near the quaint coastal town of Lysekil, researchers from Uppsala University are putting the final touches on two generators and a small underwater turbine anchored 25 meters down on the sea floor that will turn wave action into energy for 20 homes on the island.
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POPSWater Theatre The Water Theatre is incorporated into the scheme for Las Palmas redevelopment, as a potent demonstration of the sustainable design principles that drive the masterplan.
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POPSA Proposal for New Orleans Harvard Graduate School of Design students Kiduck Kim and Christian Stayner have conceived of a Floating City that will "rise safely in an Archimedean liquid landscape."
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POPSUbicycle: Public Bicycle Service System Design firm Continuum has concepted a new type of bike share program that would allow users to rent bicycles from un-manned kiosks using the same card they use to pay for other public transportation systems.
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POPSSaazs' Light-emitting Glass Eco-friendly lightbulbs are an energy efficient step in the right direction, but it could be that the bulb’s days are numbered. First we had light-emitting wallpaper, and now Saazs’ light-emitting glass plates. Using planilum technology, these plates are the world’s first active light-emitting glass. Incorporated into shelves and tables, the technology provides beautiful, understated lighting for homes and offices.
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POPSSolar-powered Peddle Boat! They say that inventors should find a need and fill it. I don't know who needs a solar boosted pedal boat, but a design concept for one exists nonetheless.
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POPSABLE2008 At Zona Tortona! ABLE2008 provides a single platform at the Milan Design Week for designers, innovators, entrepreneurs, business, industry and policy makers to involve in ground breaking dialogues, demonstrations and evolve a global manifesto on design for sustainable lifestyles.
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POPSSkyWalker 12-Foot TallBike In a clear effort to electrocute himself with powerlines or just cut his head with a traffic light, someone has created a 12-foot-tall bicycle from scratch.
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POPSSmooth Hound by Dahon Take a healthy dose of old school Italian road bike design flair, a liberal application of Brooks leather accoutrements, a sprinkle of pannier and fender mounts and a very large dollop of cruising and touring comfort and voila, just like mamma would make it…
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POPSCity Car by Smart Cities The maturing of the car-sharing industry was illustrated by ZipCar and Flexcar announcing a merger, this week. Perhaps the market is ready for an even more sustainable approach developed by researchers at MIT: the City Car, a personal, stackable, electric, goldfish bowl-esque mode of transport, meant to be picked up in one location — and left for the next user at another one.
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POPSLovegrove's Solar Tree A prototype of this urban design project, which was developed by british designer ross lovegrove, is presented to the public for the first time in vienna.
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POPSWill Pearson's More London "More London" is an exciting new development on the Thames on the South Bank opposite the Tower of London. The buildings were designed by the world-renowned Foster + Partners architects. Eye Revolution were commissioned by the agency, Salter Baxter, to photograph '4 More London' for their client, the law firm, Lawrence Graham. The panoramas showcase the new building to staff about to move to the new riverside location, and to clients, illustrating Lawrence Graham's prime location and corporate presence.
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POPSEulda 2007 Overall Winner From almost 1000 excellent entries sent from 33 different countries, our unique three-tier jury has selected 201 logos to be published in the Eulda '07 annual. Here's the overall winner.