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Sony Open Planet Ideas: Into Concepting

The Sony Open Planet Ideas Challenge wrapped up the first project stage, "Inspiration," a week ago, with 335 suggested environmental issues to tackle. After culling through the inspirations, the next phase, "Concepting," kicks off today with the announcement of the selected environmental brief.The Inspiration phase brought out tons of great...

Designers Accord NYC Town Hall : Thursday October 28, 2010

Design + Sustainability + ProfitabilityWe've all known for a while now that it pays to be green. But beyond the deployment of green values in publicity and marketing, what are the hard and real costs, choices and trade-offs design companies face when they integrate sustainability thinking into their core business strategy? Our guest speakers,...