Pro Desktop tutorials

http://www.the-warren.org/Prodesktop/Prodesktop%20sub%20menu.htm

This is a great site fro those starting with Prodesktop.

Baltix Re-Cycled manufacturer

A furniture manufacturer using re-cycled raw materials.

Mechanisms and Movement

Mechanisms and Movement

A great little site for mechanisms and motion.

click on the pic!

flying-pig.com

Smart materials link : http://designinsite.dk/htmsider/md950.htm

systems and control : http://designinsite.dk/htmsider/md950.htm

[RE] Design

REdesign

This is a great design website with lots of great links for funky recycled or sustainable furniture.


Click on the pic for the link to the websites


here are two more




Inhabitat

Cohda

Video Clips

The following are some interesting video clips of manufacturing processes.

Laser sintering: 3d rapid prototyping of complex shapes :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9awF5te_2w

Lost wax casting: precious metals, intricate casts are produced the molds to make the wax can produce many multiples. Batch producing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyx7RXIy3ng&feature=related

Laser cutting: fast, accurate, cnc, metal wood or plastic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-ZIWDNfIE

Sustainable furniture from managed forests: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLe30B-ImFg

sustainable timbers

what is sustainable timber?
Sustainable timber means that the tree harvested will be replaced by another tree, whether naturally grown or planted. Extraction is compensated for, unlike in the case of most other materials .

http://sashalacroix.com/sustainable_timber_tree_facts.html

FlexibleLove folding chair

Clever card board chair that John found!



FlexibleLove™ experimental furniture incorporates an ‘accordion-like, honeycomb’ structure to create durable furniture pieces produced from widely-available, low-cost recycled materials. FlexibleLove™ furniture pieces, such as FlexibleLove 16™, are made wholly from recycled paper and wood products, and are produced using pre-existing manufacturing processes in order to reduce their overall impact on the environment.

http://www.flexiblelove.com/products/

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FOLDING CHAIRS

Here is some background reading for folding chairs.

folding chairs through the ages many centuries the folding chair was considered one of the most important pieces of furniture in the house and a prized status symbol. in ancient civilizations folding stools were used not merely for sitting but also for ceremonial use.

Click on the link at the bottom for the full article (recomended)!

http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/foldingchair.html

GCSE THEME 08

This is the information from the Technology student website and the link is at the bottom of the post.

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH THEME and EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
THEME: EATING OUTDOORSCONTEXT: PICNIC FURNITURE






Pupils research the theme as they work through the resources/questions below. They should draw on all the skills and techniques developed through the Resistant Materials course.
http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/joindex.htm

Using recycled packaging material Updated case study: Innocent Drinks

In September 2007, Innocent claimed a world first by putting four of its fruit smoothie ranges in bottles made from 100% recycled PET and making it onto the shelves before the likes of GlaxoSmithKline's Ribena or Coca-Cola.
Innocent has been trying to use a higher proportion of recycled plastic PET material, and less virgin material, in the bottles for its 250ml smoothies since 2000. Then, 25% recycled PET was the technical and manufacturing limit. In 2005 Innocent upped its use of recycled materials and bottles were made using 50% recycled material.The new 100% recycled PET bottles also use 20% less material overall than the previous generation and Innocent says manufacturing the bottle uses 55% less carbon.Four of Innocent's smoothie ranges - its strawberries and bananas; natural detox: pomegranates, blueberries and acai; pineapples, bananas and coconuts and natural slow-release energy: guavas, mangoes and goi berries - have already been bottled into 100% recycled PET and Innocent plans to switch all its ranges to the material by January 2008.
Jessica Sansom, Innocent’s sustainability manager, explains why using recycled material in its packaging was so important for the brand: “Not only is it a world first, but it means that next year innocent will be saving over one thousand tonnes of C02 which is great news for the planet.”

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Case-Studies/All-Case-Studies/Innocent-Smoothies/Update/