This time on the podcast, Cathi Bond talks about the fact that elite US department stores are opening bargain bin pop-up shops to get rid of unsold stock. (via PSFK). Nora Young mentions Holt Renfrew’s pop up shop on King Street west.
Nora mentions that Apple apparently has a patent on a solar powered iPod (via Gizmodo)
In today’s trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about Architecture Five Cents (via New York Times). A chat about young architects and innovative approaches to dealing with recession follows. Your thoughts? Is the economy getting you down? Do you have a smart approach to share? We want to hear about it!
Meanwhile, Nora Young talks about Dow’s plan to bring out solar shingles (via Technology Review). What’s the future of accessible green power?
In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond and Nora Young look at the latest in trends they’ve talked about before. Cathi considers these new innovations in solar from Australia. The hope is that it will make solar more efficient, and also cheaper. Cathi and Nora talk about moves to make solar more consumer-friendly, like one of the winners of the Picnic Green Challenge contest, Veranda Solar (via Treehugger). Good thing, too, because The Guardian notes that by 2020, home electronics could account for 45% of home energy use.
Also in this episode, Nora mentions a stunning building facade in Switzerland, part of a trend towards building exteriors that respond to the environment around them. Watch the video at excellent design blog, Swiss Miss (Thanks for telling me about it Alanna!)
In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond talks about this very cool solar “power tower” in Spain. Nora Young mentions that the folks at Dyson applied for a patent on a modular system for kitchen gadgets (via New Scientist). Will design/gadget hounds resist, or is it part of the simple, elegant solutions we see for small spaces, like Muji?
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