This post is sponsored by the sleek, stylish, lightweight HP Spectre XT Ultrabook™, inspired by Intel. Design a bag that is just as stylish!
We all have one—you know, one of those bulky, semi-functional laptop bag. It might be utilitarian black or pop paisley, but chances are it's more protection than style statement. There's no room to complain...here's your chance to throw your hat in the ring to win $10,000 and an HP Envy Ultrabook by designing the ultimate laptop bag in the HP + Project Runway Design Contest.
As a sponsor of Lifetime TV's Project Runway, HP has a commitment to style and design. Their new, sleek HP ENVY Ultrabook laptop weighs in just under 4 pounds with a slim profile of 14.72"W x 9.95"D x 0.78" H and is in need of your designs. The jury panel composed of Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of Inhabitat, Mondo Gurerra of Project Runway and LinYee Yuan, Editor at Core77 will be looking for designs that display innovation, style, design details, practicality, marketability and appropriateness for the HP Ultrabook ENVY.
First, design a bag to hold an HP ENVY Ultrabook: the dimensions are 37.4 cm (14.72") W x 25.3 cm (9.95") D x 2 cm (0.78"). Then check out the contest site where you can:
Upload up to five images of your design (in a .jpg, .png, or .gif format at 800x600 pixels wide)
Enter a Title of your Design
Enter a short explanation of your bag design: concept/design/inspiration and include materials used, size/dimensions of bag, and production/manufacturing process
Don't wait, enter your designs today! The deadline for entries is Saturday, SEPTEMBER 8th! The second phase of the contest opens up voting to the public to identify five finalists who will win their own HP Envy Ultrabook. The jury team picks a winner for the $10,000 prize!
A truly original contest needs a true original to kick it off. Watch the official announcement from Project Runway winning designer Mondo Guerra and Inhabitat's Jill Fehrenbacher.
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-30 12:00:00 UTC
Can products be better for people? Can buildings be better for the planet? Gradually, business is waking up to the fact that design can be beautiful and responsible.
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-30 19:29:00 UTC
But we are not quite to the point where we have an affordable, dependable system and may be taking the wrong approach
by: TreeHugger Transportation, 2012-08-28 19:43:34 UTC
It's finally official! The U.S. fuel economy targets for passenger vehicles will be 34.1 MPG by 2016 and 54.5 MPG by 2025.
“I am waiting for the critics, and republicans to kill it, but this is 6.9 liter/100km which is in Europe and Asia the level consumed since years, also on Fords and GM's. So the techniques and engines are there. ”
This is Avant Garage, a four-unit residential project by Postgreen Homes in Fishtown Proper. Designed by Interface Studio Architects, these homes are targeting LEED Platinum and Postgreen’s President Chad Ludeman tells me he can see no reason why they won’t achieve that level of certification (just like the 100k House which also took home the USGBC’s 2010 LEED-H Project of the Year). Here’s a little background on this stunning new development in Philadelphia:
“This project was unique in that we inherited the zoning of homes with garages on a back alley street with no parking on it. To help get the owners of the land out of a bind, we partnered with them and ran with the zoning in place,” according to Ludeman in an email to Jetson Green.
In other words, Postgreen embraced the situation with a full pass-through garage and doors on both ends. With three units already sold, one owner turned the garage into an arcade and music room and another pointed an entertainment center out one end for backyard movie nights with neighbors.
Postgreen is an open book in terms of how they’re building these homes, but to give you idea, they have super insulation (12″ double-stud walls with dense pack cellulose), extreme air sealing (ZIP System sheathing and tape), triple-pane windows, HRVs, air-to-air heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, green roofs, and rainwater collection, etc.
The four green homes average about 2,100 square feet, including the garage, and have a base price of $360,000 – $375,000. If you’re in the area, Avant Garage is located at 401-407 Memphis Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2012-08-28 20:38:06 UTC
An important part of running, at least if you are serious about it, is making sure your runs are optimized. Hardcore runners like to make sure that they are getting the most out of their training, and data is the key to accomplishing this goal. Garmin has rolled out a new GPS-enabled watch with that in mind. The Forerunner 10 is available now, and it looks to have many of the features runners want... Continue Reading Garmin launches affordable GPS watch for runners
by: TreeHugger Science, 2012-08-29 12:00:00 UTC
According to Mitsubishi, the new ZW series air conditioners will feature a "Smart Stop System" that uses infrared sensors to determine if there's a human body in the room at any given time.
by: TreeHugger Design, 2012-08-29 19:49:51 UTC
We are beginning to see the real impact of dematerialization, as information becomes more important than ownership
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-21 11:42:16 UTC
Sometimes you are touched by the beauty of things, often so simple that you wonder why nobody thought of it before. Trap Light is the result of an ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-21 06:30:29 UTC
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the commonly accepted methodology to systematically assess the environmental impact of a product or material over the ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-20 16:36:14 UTC
No longer from the furniture store, but with a download from a website, design goods take the form of a digital blueprint that the consumer takes to ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-20 15:51:23 UTC
This kitchen brings back into view everything that one normally hides away these days. It thus contrasts a lot with the usual modern-design kitchen ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-18 11:32:47 UTC
A fully biodegradable dinner plate series is developed. Hampi plates are disposable plates made from naturally shed leaves of the Areca Nut tree, which ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-17 17:13:42 UTC
Personally I love the smell of freshly printed books. Yes, I know it's chemicals I smell and that they are unhealthy. But I adapted and switched to ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-16 11:21:03 UTC
Handpresso is a dream for coffee-addicts like myself. It is portable and manual so you can drink your espresso anywhere. It is compact (22 x10 x7 cm ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-15 08:42:20 UTC
Evasolo from Denmark, has a history of over 100 years in good design, leading to over 150 awards for the slick designs of .Design for them is a combination ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-14 14:48:52 UTC
The Ahrend 360, an ultra-light visitors' chair with a magnesium frame and a one-piece seat shell, has won a Red dot Award from the internationally ...
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2012-08-14 14:47:15 UTC
First you drink your coffee and then you eat… the cup! Cookie Cup is the edible cup designed by Enrique Luis Sardi together with the team at the Lavazza ...
Can products be better for people? Can buildings be better for the planet? Gradually, business is waking up to the fact that design can be beautiful and responsible.
But we are not quite to the point where we have an affordable, dependable system and may be taking the wrong approach
It's finally official! The U.S. fuel economy targets for passenger vehicles will be 34.1 MPG by 2016 and 54.5 MPG by 2025.
According to Mitsubishi, the new ZW series air conditioners will feature a "Smart Stop System" that uses infrared sensors to determine if there's a human body in the room at any given time.
We are beginning to see the real impact of dematerialization, as information becomes more important than ownership
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