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Single-use plastics banned in Nepal's Everest region Media playback is unsupported on your device Nepalese authorities have banned single-use plastics in the Everest region in a bid to cut down on waste left by climbers. The ban will take effect in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu municipality from January 2020. A local official told AFP news agency that by starting now, "it will help keep our region, the Everest and the mountains clean long term". Authorities recently cleared 11 tonnes of rubbish from Mount Everest. Brisbane Indesign Online - INDESIGNLIVE Brisbane Indesign makes a comeback in 2012, complete with a slick new website. With just 3 months to go before Brisbane Indesign takes over Fortitude Valley with the Sunshine State’s most anticipated design event, we’re excited to launch the fabulous redesigned Brisbane Indesign website. Funky and user-friendly, brisbaneindesign.com.au is your go-to guide for all you need to know about BID. In the lead-up to the big event we’ll be regularly updating the site with all the latest info.

philips eco-friendly microbial home nov 02, 2011 philips eco friendly microbial home the ‘microbial home’ concept by philips design the ‘microbial home’ by philips design is a concept home design that adopts a systemic approach to domestic activity, connecting machines into a cyclical system of input and output that minimizes waste. as the designers explain, ‘we view the home as a biological machine to filter, process, and recycle what we conventionally think of as waste.’

Home MM Sustainable Design Limited are sustainable design advisors and strategists that specialise in building and site wide environmental design, energy strategy and carbon management services. The company was established in January 2017 following a need in the design and construction industry for honest, proactive and reliable sustainable design support to clients, developers, design teams, contractors, and end users. At MM Sustainable Design Limited we go above the typical sustainable design consultancy service by providing continued added value at each stage of a projects lifecycle. Our proactive approach ensures that we are always a fully integrated and valued project team member, providing relevant and pertinent advice at the appropriate project stage. As an independent consultancy, we offer impartial advice and are never afraid to provide honest answers and realistic solutions.

10 expert tips for improving your packaging design skills There are few things more rewarding than seeing your packaging designs appear on supermarket shelves across the country. But there's more to packaging design than just a great creative vision. Put simply, if your idea isn't executed well, it will probably never make it to the finished product. Here we offer 10 expert tips to help make your workflow more efficient and successful – and hopefully make your packaging dreams a reality... 01. Use approved cutter guides

Staff Neil Angove e: neil@neilangove.ltd.uk / neil.eoa@icloud.comw: www.neilangove.ltd.uk / www.everyone.agency Specialist Subject Areas People-centred sustainable design and creativity MWM Graphics Life & Work of John Brown The following is based on an article originally published in issue 268 of Furniture & Cabinet Making Blonde stick chair by Chris Williams, photograph by Kevin Thomas I remember the very first time I saw a picture of a Welsh Stick Chair, how it appeared to be both familiar and completely alien. At first glance this chair shared common DNA with the Windsor chairs I was more familiar with, but there was also an underlying tension that felt very different to the Windsor chair form. More angular than Windsor chairs, the aggressive rake and splay of the legs, together with the distinctive comb perched atop four long sticks, gave the Welsh Stick Chair a dynamic silhouette suggesting a feral energy – this was a chair that wanted to spring out of the corner. I was hooked.

Industrial Design About Us « Uniqueworks Handmade Furniture Uniqueworks are artisan furniture-makers making modern British classic pieces. We work from our workshops and showroom in Pembrokeshire on the western sea-edge of Wales. As our name suggests, and in a world of mass-production, we make one-off handmade pieces of furniture, full of the character of the wood. We use Welsh & British hardwoods and are passionate about using not only oak, but all the amazing array of native trees such as sycamore, beech, holly or cherry. Most furniture-makers look for uniformity and regularity in their timber.

Space Saving Furniture Makers Guild Wales - the makers guild in wales See and Buy unique Welsh Craft Makers Guild, WalesWelcome to Makers Guild Wales. We curate, commission and sell unique contemporary objects that are rooted in craftsmanship.Why you should buy from us?Our not for profit ethos and cooperative roots mean that when you buy from us you are supporting Welsh Makers and supporting the promotion and preservation of Craft skills both in Wales and Internationally.Discover our collection when you Visit our gallery to see and buy unique and beautiful handmade craft from Wales, perfectly crafted and exclusively made by our Guild of 85 makers.For that perfect and unique gift, never massed produced, always an original! Jewellery, Glass, Ceramics and much much more.Birthday Gifts, Christmas presents, whatever the occassion we have the perfectly crafted gift idea, our ever changing stock supplied by our Guild of Makers means we have over 5000 unique pieces of work on display.