It’s something of a cliche to say that every little helps, but such is our wasteful way of life that any tiny innovation that saves energy, waste, water or materials is important. We need to reduce the through-put of our entire economy, but design has a huge part to play in re-inventing the products and packaging that we can’t do without.
Here are two little things I’ve come across in recent weeks:
- Creative Review magazine comes in a dissolving plastic bag this month, the first magazine to experiment with this ‘harmless dissolve‘ biodegradable alternative to the polybag.
- A Dutch design company recently came up with the ‘ecofont‘ – a font that uses 20% less ink to print. It has small holes in the letters that are imperceptible on reading, and they’ve given it away as a free download.
The Earthbound Report 