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27 March 2008 - 6:49am — Scott

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Founded in 2006, Sustainable Design Review (SDR) is a student-run organization that centers on the theme of sustainability. SDR is a student-based initiative to express and defend ideas about what sustainability means when formulating concepts and ideas. Most recently, we have seen “sustainability” as a term be used and abused by others, and therefore take on many meanings. The SDR asks students to define sustainability in their own creative way, and present a concept that exemplifies their unique notion of sustainability.

Our mission is to foster an overall awareness and conversation for topics relating to social, environmental, and any other form of sustainability in the formation of school projects and consequently the development of student perceptions. By harnessing the progressive and creative mindsets of New School students, we provide a basis to move forward in exploring sustainability with student body interaction, involvement, and dialogue.

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Sophia Dubrovina: Semi-finalist

1 April 2008 - 3:01pm — tracychow

Sophia submitted two concepts and Kiehl's loved both of them! Both of them made it into the top 5.

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Amelia Dunning - Semi Finalist

1 April 2008 - 2:51pm — tracychow


By Amelia Dunning

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SDR Competition

1 April 2008 - 2:21pm — tracychow

Today 5 representatives from Kiehl's along with 3 faculty members from Parsons School of Design collectively critiqued all the submissions made to the 2008 SDR competition. The theme of the competition centralized around responsible consumption at Kiehl's. We received great entries that fostered a lot of discussion among the jury regarding sustainability in our community as well as at Kiehl's.

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Improving Biking Through Accessorizing

1 April 2008 - 4:05am — mitziyoung

Like any other neo-treehugger out there, I have a bicycle. Well actually, not to brag or anything but, I own two bikes. Unfortunately, I do not ride them. I always think to myself how great it would be to ride to work one day or even to the store to pick up some fruit but I'm afraid I will fall off (again), or hurt myself in some other way (which I have before).

But there is hope! The solution for my fear of cycling might be cured by the winner of Design 21's Power to the Pedal competition:

(from the Design 21 competition page)

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SDR get's a nod in WWD!

31 March 2008 - 12:42pm — Scott

The Sustainable Design Review got a little nod from the industry tastemakers at Women's Wear Daily! In the article A Restoration Effort From Kiehl's (3.21.2008) author Julie Naughton writes;

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Eco Friendly Wrapping Paper

28 March 2008 - 6:33pm — tracychow

I was browsing DesignSponge (my favorite blog) today and saw that Grace Bonney featured these great eco friendly wrapping paper by Erin Ruth. The paper is made of 50% recycled paper and is printed with soy ink. It can be purchased on her website: http://erinruth.com/giftwrap.htm. Cute and not tacky at all.

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WWF Paper Dispensers

27 March 2008 - 6:26pm — tracychow


This is a great campaign! Designed by Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark for WWF.

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Eco-friendly designs at CA Boom V

27 March 2008 - 5:37pm — mitziyoung

There were over 130 exhibitors crammed into (and a little bit out of) Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA the weekend of March 14- 16 as CA Boom held their annual trade show. This was the 5th anniversary of the show and my first time attending. The event caters to architects, designers, students, and fans of sustainable and innovative home design.

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Did you recycle today?

26 March 2008 - 11:29am — tracychow
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Sustainable Design Review Annual Design Challenge

18 March 2008 - 4:10pm — Scott

Please click below to read about past competitions and the design brief for the current challenge.

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