Balance, Design
April 20, 2012
By Amy Feezor
April is Earth Month and National Stress Awareness Month. And in that spirit, here’s a special edition of our weekly Top Ten featuring posts that will help you take on both. (Now, relax a bit and enjoy Earth Day on Sunday, won’t you?)
1. SAYL Chair and Ardea Personal Light designer Yves Béhar talks about how sustainability creates better products at PSFK.
2. Is turning off your smartphone more or less stressful? (via Huffington Post)
3. Forbes tells you how and why to ignore your inbox…
4. …and if that doesn’t work for you, at least clean up your GMail with these pro tips from GOOD.
5. The Brick House Tumblr (currently starting with our eco-friendly Eames Molded Plastic Sidechair).
6. This naturally smart wooden tablet stand featured at swissmiss.
7. 4 Secrets of Great Critical Thinkers at Inc.
8. Inthralld’s peek at this fully recyclable and sustainable prefab cottage (would make an interesting home office).
9. A fascinating way to reuse books at Colossal.
10. The history of Earth Day at Inhabitat.
Photo: via Inthralld and broadhurstarchitects.com
Balance, Design, Products
April 19, 2012
By Jamie Latendresse
If you’re anything like us, staying eco is always on your mind. In honor of Earth Day 2012, here are six items that can help you continue to be kind to our environment — and create a better world around you. Read more
Balance, Design, Products
April 22, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
As a company we’re proud of our commitment to the environment. Did you know we’ve set a goal to get to a zero operational footprint by 2020? You can read more about that here. My favorite ‘green’ story is beautifully told in the video below. It’s a story of a green building (pictured above), wasps, bees and lots of sweet honey.
The GreenHouse mentioned in the video was designed by architect William McDonough in 1995. This is where our Aeron, Mirra, Embody, SAYL and Setu chairs are produced. And it’s where my boss has her office. I’ve spent a bit of time in this building – summer and winter – and I can attest to its comfort. The temperature always feels just right and the natural light that streams onto the factory floor makes for a beautiful workspace.
Happy Earth Day!