Where design and sustainability cross paths

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Being good never felt so…Good.

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Oeuf NYC is a company that is very interested in doing good by being good. Be good to the earth, be good to the ones you love, be good to each other. This is what they believe.

By partnering with manufacturing facilities in Latvia and Bolivia they have helped to bring income to areas that are less fortunate, and to minimize Oeuf’s impact on the environment. The wages that workers earn in Bolivia give them the financial support necessary to send their children to school and feed their families. In Latvia, not a single thing in Oeuf’s four factories goes to waste. All of the material scraps, cuttings and leftovers are reused or recycled. Even sawdust. Oeuf’s production processes all meet E1 standards, which are lower than California’s standards for 2012, and they use the most eco friendly materials possible.

So what is it that they make you say? What else could be more suitable for such a caring company than baby products? That’s right, Oeuf NYC has developed and entire line of eco friendly and baby safe furniture and clothing. You can view their entire list of wonderful products on their web site.

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Toys for Elementary Math Education in the Developing World

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Project H Design is an Ecolect partner and a global design nonprofit who believes design can change the world. Their team has assembled a group of industrial designers, social entrepreneurs, and manufacturers to conceive and produce a toy for elementary math education with applications in the developing world and the US retail markets. Their case study is the Kutamba School for AIDS orphans, located in Uganda. Project H’s team will develop a locally-made version of the toy for Kutamba and broader distribution in the developing world, along with a sister US retail version based on the same system.

In addition to taking donations on their site, Project H is submitting their proposal on Ideablob “the living, breathing community of ideas”. Their team is striving to delve more deeply into the design development, prototyping, user testing and distribution. According to Emily Pilloton, Founder of Project H Design, “We will be able to fund the initial production of the math toys for both the Kutamba case study school as well as the US retail production and associated legal/intellectual property protection.”

If you like what Project H is up to, sign-into Ideablob and give them a vote!