Designer: Apple & Bee

Apple&bee was born out of a desire to create beautifully made and designed bags with as little impact on the environment as possible. That is why we use organic and sustainable materials to create all our designs. Our aim is to combine function and beauty with a social conscience.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the use of sustainable fibres.

Designer: Rachel Bending

Bird products are made from SKAL/CUC certified organic fabrics, patterns are designed in-house and hand printed in Australia using water based dyes.  Marketing materials are printed on recycled paper stock using soy inks.  All fashion and homewares products are manufactured using 100% renewable solar power.  Bird became Australia’s fist climate neutral business in 2004.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design include: SKAL certified organic fabric, water based dyes, recycled paper stock, solar power and climate neutral.  Also, products are classic design to ensure longevity.
The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the use of 100% renewable energy used since inception.

Designer: Julie Paterson

clothfabric upholstery and furnishing fabrics for the home and boutique commercial interiors. Referencing the colour and shape of urban and rural Australian landscapes, with a focus on making natural, hand made fabrics and products with an earthy, relaxed feel.

Produced locally in Australia, by hand in short batches with a controlled and sensitive approach to materials and manufacture.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:

Efficient - locally produced: short run production.

Safe - water based inks and dyes; sustainable base cloths – primarily hemp and organic cotton. Responsible print waste/run off  management.

Cyclic – Reuse of fabric offcuts and use of recycled fabrics for new products.

Single most significant environmental feature of the product is the

local producing of  industrial hemp for use as upholstery fabric for the past 15 years.

Designer:  Culligan Water

The Kor One Hydration Vessel is a celebration of water. The iconic, BPA-free Kor One features a hands-free hinged cap and threadless spout, and holds 750 mL of Earth’s most precious, life-giving resource — water. Through Kor’s “Thirst for Giving” program, Kor donates 1% of sales to critical water charities in the areas of ocean protection, container recycling, watershed protection and the global water crisis.

Designer:  David Trubridge

Taniko is a pendant light shade made from bamboo plywood panels fastened with cable ties.  The patterns are derived from Maori taniko weaving patterns.  There are two 'opposite' light forms whose shapes are designed to nest, minimising material waste, and to create interesting repeated shapes when used in numbers.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:

Create maximum effect with the minimum amount of material.

The 1.5mm thick ply shapes are cut out by CNC – they are designed to nest perfectly so that there is no waste on the sheet, and cutting time is halved.

Assembly is easy and requires no tools so that we can ship parts to our network of agents around the world who assemble the light there in the market.  This reduces enormously the freight bulk and cost.

Specify bamboo plywood that is a fast grown resource that is sustainably replenished as it is used.  It is also a by-product of the food industry.

Design the light to use an energy efficient light source.

Any packaging is recycled cardboard.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is

the organic material used is replaced as fast as it is used.

Designers: DesignByThem

Made from recycled plastic bags and factory waste, Weblight features an organic pattern of texture and holes that are the direct result of its unique forming process. Each light is hand made with no Weblight being the same.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:

Use of recycled materials (70% Post consumer  / 30% factory waste). 100% Renewable energy used during manufacture of light. Recycle markings on product. Can be recycled through conventional means. DesignByThem offer take back for recycling of light at end of life. Construction reduces amount of material required. Can be repaired. Local manufacture.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the use of recycled content.

Designer: Toby Horrocks

Freefold 02 is an environmentally friendly recycled cardboard box with a unique geometry. Arrange it as a bookshelf, screen, plinth or bench – it will always maintain the same overall pattern. Strong and lightweight, it is easy to assemble from flat-pack with no glue. It can also be easily disassembled.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:

Lightweight and flatpacked to minimise energy expended in transport. It is 100% recyclable. It is made from Xanita X-board which is manufactured from 92% post consumer waste paper. It is modular, so its flexibility means it can be adjusted to suit different locations, reducing the need to buy new furniture when you move house/office. There is no glue need to assemble it, and the jointing system supplied with the product is made from 100% recycled paper and printed with vegetable-derived inks.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is that Freefold 02 is 100% recyclability – you can put it out with the normal paper recycling at the end of its useful life.

Designer: Keith Melbourne

The I Do Table lamp pays homage to the beauty of light through a pure, glowing and empty interior.  The design offers visually light weight structure with implied strength and solidity.  At its heart the discrete light source combines low power consumption and the latest long life LED technology.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design are the use of LED lighting technology and the resulting reduction of parts count and materials used.

The single most significant environmental feature is the use of the latest LED lighting technology, low power consumption and extremely long life compared to the traditional incandescent bulb.

Designer: Kent Gration

The O+ cantilevered table and matching seats feature DNA patterning, inspired by the inherent cross-laminations of the bamboo material. The patterning can be customised to match the DNA sequences of the long-term users, displaying their lineage, commonalities and relationship between each other. The shape of the table and seats references the O+ blood group, compatible with all O, A, B, and AB positive blood types, another intrinsic human marker.

The design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include the selection of the rapidly renewable material (bamboo). Low energy producton processes (CNC + hand assembly/finishing). Waste reduction/material efficiency. Water-based adhesives and finishes. Low VOC emission materials.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the use of the rapidly renewable material (bamboo).

Designers: LifeArt Australia

LifeArt coffins are emotionally friendly environmental coffins.  The coffins are made from specially engineered cardboard called “Enviroboard” -97 per cent recycled materials - and produce up to 60 per cent less emissions than regular coffins made from MDF or particle board and are made from

All designs / images are applied directly to the cardboard using the latest in print technology and environmental inks.

LifeArt provides families with a choice of five styles – Natural, DIY (paint etc decorate themselves) Timbers, Design and Custom design.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process

LifeArt Coffins has developed a Materials Sustainability Review Matrix, which considers and analyses each of the materials currently used or specified in our coffins.

The matrix is actively used to review existing materials with a view to enabling future design changes and improvements, as well as helping to identify the most environmentally preferable material(s) for new design projects/products

We have reviewed and changed for example:-

• Cardboard material – higher print quality, cornstarch glue, VOC free.
• Glues – seeking best in class environmental properties – under review
• Coffin design – reduced overall material to produce coffin
• Handles (under development) – from industry to own brand made with recycle material
• Size of handle plates – reduced overall material to produce
• Health Dept required plastic liner to new biodegradable material

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the Enviroboard Material – 97%recycled material and no hazardous toxins. VOC free rating.

Designer: Cindy- Lee Davies

Chrysalis are inspired by the beautiful life cycle of a butterfly and the process of metamorphosis. Is a new product  that reflects  a natural cycle of nature and domestic recyclables. Davies chose the use of a saucer due to its natural curve of the object so that is would shadow the wings and china as it reflects the delicate nature of the butterfly and often discarded when the tea cup is lost.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include: Nothing else like it on the market. Registered with Ip Australia for uniqueness and design distinctiveness.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the use of recycled domestic crockery.

Designer: Modtank

Modtank is a blow moulded high density polyethylene stackable interconnecting water storage tank.  This design allows Modtank to be stacked like bricks and therefore configured to fit into spaces that traditional rotary moulded tanks do not.  This further allows more house holds to store more water where they couldn’t’ before.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the fact that Modtank uses 20% of energy and water to produce compared to rotary molded tanks per litre of water stored.

Designer: Ross Gardam & Keith Melbourne

Objects of beauty with a sense of history, the millions of old books in circulation unfortunately have little or no application today. Whilst they are of a higher quality than today’s mass-produced books, their content is often of little relevance and they are generally found collecting dust in second hand stores or destined for landfill. Laced Books became an exploration of how to reinterpret these objects, giving them a second life. With the original content removed the books have become beautiful enclosures for a variety of modern day objects.

The single most significant environmental feature of the product is the clever re-interpretation of an existing product to create a second life relevant today.

Designer: Schamburg & Alvisse

The Stretch Stool is manufactured using post consumer and post- industrial grade resins, which would otherwise end up as landfill. The Stool is upholstered in a Contemporary Leathers “Elmosoft” chrome free leather, making it an all round environmentally preferable product.

Design for Sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include : Choice of material used results in an extended product life. Understated design means the product will not date.

Single most significant environmental feature is extending the life cycle of these unwanted products destined for landfill. 

Designer: Simon Duff

An example of low wattage LED lighting technology, the Mushroom Floor Lamp uses just a fraction of the power a standard light globe uses. The adopted mushroom shape combined with turbine-like gills is symbolic of the union between sustainable design and new technology which assists us to reduce our impact on this planet.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:

Extremely minimal power consumption is used to produce the lamp with the majority of the manufacture being made by hand.

The majority of materials and components used in the construction of the lamp are all sourced locally to reduce transportation costs and the associated impact.

Reduced manufacturing quantities. The mushroom lamp is a limited release.

The lamp is finished with 100% non-toxic, non petro-chemical based paint with a zero FIC rating to assist in reducing demand for non-renewable fuels.

Single most significant environmental feature of the product is the lamp utilizes the latest in LED lighting technology to aid in reducing the power consumption of the product throughout its lifespan. At full intensity the lamp uses only 9 watts, just 7% of a standard light globe.

Designer: Stuart McFarlane Industrial Design

Lapel is a standard chair produced by folding 100 per cent recycled plastic. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use, the chair can be assembled tool-free without glues or screws and can be cleanly dismantled and returned to the recycle stream at the end of its life as a No.2 plastic.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include:
Use of recycled waste material only.
Material can be re recycled at the end of the products life.
Efficient means of production.
Flat pack for transportation.
Tool less assembly.
Interior and exterior usage.
The single most significant environmental feature of the product is

Lapel follows a “closed loop” life cycle. It is produced from 100% waste material that can be then re recycled as a No.2 plastic via domestic infrastructure.

Designer: Suzie Stanford

These pieces are be made from secondhand finds, and represent a reworking of things not usually connected, to provoke thought, create humour, celebrate colour, and to make the viewer smile. For the EAT GREEN DESIGN exhibition food related vintage linen tea towels will be used and bring together a vibrant mix of imagery and design in an upholstery collage.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include: From the base structure of the chair, to the filling in the cushions and the material covering all off my pieces are made from recycled materials.

The single most significant environmental feature of this product is the use of all recycled materials

Designer: Arthur Koutoulas

Tommy is a seamlessly moulded table base system that comes in over twenty colours. Designed by Arthur Koutoulas, Tommy is made from recyclable polyethylene with a satin finish. Available in square or round table tops in various sizes and preferred finishes. Tommy is a versatile table base system, designed to furnish cafes, food courts, halls, bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants. Tommy has a rigid stable base and is weatherproof.

Design for sustainability (DfS) strategies used in the design process include

Tommy is manufactured from recycled polyethylene and is totally recyclable.

Single most significant environmental feature of the product is the materiality and shape.

Designer: Fuzz Design’s Carmel Taylor

Fusing the functional simplicity of Scandinavian design and the understated Japanese ascetic, House Shoes are a product that symbolises the discarding of worldly cares as the mind and spirit is recharged.

The shoes are designed and produced in Australia from locally manufactured materials. The uppers are a double layer of super stretch cotton that moulds to shape of the feet, wrapping them in comfort and warmth. The lightweight nature of the shoes means that they can be worn throughout the year leading them to become an at home essential.

The soft foam soles are gentle on floors and furniture and are made from industrial waste that would otherwise end up in landfill. The shoes can be machine-washed, or hand washed for longer wear.

With House Shoes you can ‘tread lightly on the planet’ both literally and figuratively.

There are three colour choices and three sizes each for men and women, with their stretchy nature allowing them to span several sizes.