green design

Green Scene

Introducing The Incredible, Edible...Spoon?

Biodegradable utensils made from corn flour

Apr 23, 2013 11:31 am

We've been seeing all kinds of compostable and biodegradable new products entering the market, but nothing quite stands up to a spoon you don't even have to discard. Instead, you eat it. Huh?

Healthy Living

6 Restaurant Certifications To Help Guide You To Healthier Eating

Eating healthier? Seek out the six safest seals.

Mar 6, 2013 10:02 am

Clean Plates, the email and restaurant review guide whose mission is to take the grunt work out of eating healthier, has an intensive process of vetting restaurants for a Clean Plates Seal of Approval. Here are 6 healthy restaurant certifications, and what each one actually certifies.

Green Scene

Here's One Solution To Fast-Food Packaging

An edible fast food wrapper gets a try in Brazil

Dec 22, 2012 1:02 pm

Call it wrapper's delight for lazy eaters and mother earth. This Brazilian chain's campaign gimmick may also mean a longer-term sustainability initiative.

Coffee Culture

The Problem With Biodegradable Coffee Lids

Is the price of green making coffee taste paper-y?

Nov 16, 2012 10:31 am

They look beneficial for the environment, but those compostable cardboard to-go lids may ruin your $4 cup of coffee. How to avoid that paper taste, after the jump.

Design Finds

One Product, Two Ways: Inspired Seating With Nods To Whiskey And Flour

Cushy bakers' sacks and whiskey barrel chairs

Oct 19, 2012 12:01 pm

For seating that nails it on all fronts — form, function and history — here are two new options.

Design Finds

Bike Chic For The Home: Recycled Chain-Link Chandeliers

Wheels, chains and gears, spun into light sources

Oct 18, 2012 11:01 am

For her ongoing "Connect" series, a collection of industrial-chic chandeliers, LA-based artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga literally respins bicycle parts into interior centerpieces that will inspire awe over any respectable dining room table.

Interiors

Coney Island's Boardwalk, Re-Materialized At Prospect in Brooklyn

A new restaurant calls on the past for a design cue

Oct 5, 2012 11:01 am

When it comes to authentic dining these days, local ingredients and sourcing are taking on all forms—not just what you see on the plate. Read on to see how Prospect's savvy owners nabbed a piece of old New York for their new restaurant.

Green Scene

Design Solution: Grow Your Own Avocados

Just add a seed and water in the Avocado Incubator

Aug 31, 2012 10:01 am

Love avocados but hate breaking the bank to spring for the pricy produce? Product designer Andrew Mitchell has developed an avocado incubator that allows avocados to grow from a single seed.

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Drink Better

Infographic: Hangover-Curing Foods From Around The World

11 countries, one common and painful problem

Vietnam

How To Eat A Bowl Of Pho Like You Know What You’re Doing

Vietnamese noodle soup, it’s what’s for breakfast

Beer

11 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Guinness

Fun Guinness facts straight from the tap. Sláinte!

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