Posts Tagged ‘consumo’

U*tique Beauty Vending Machine

giovedì, aprile 15th, 2010

U*tique Beauty Vending Machine Interview (video)

In order to create a luxury image, a state-of-the-art and attractive design for the machine was essential. U*TIQUE machines feature a touch-screen interface, interactive LED lighting design, and an internal robot that delivers the products directly to the customers. The touch screen displays brand profiles, ingredient lists, and video demos, thereby enhancing the customer’s shopping experience in a quick and hassle-free way. The products themselves are displayed behind circular and diamond-shaped bubbles, which are programmed to change colors when touched. The machine has been described as “the Ferrari of vending machines” and “retail on demand.” The U*TIQUE shop is positioning itself as a luxury lifestyle brand and is creating a whole new dimension of personal shopping- automated retail. Brand partners include luxury icons like Lancome, Bliss, and Chantecaille. Segal plans on solidifying U*TIQUE’s brand image by placing the machines at boutique hotel lobbies, nightclub lounges, high-end shopping malls and airports. To further enhance their brand positioning, U*TIQUE has strategically partnered with Studio in Fred Segal (a luxury beauty boutique in Los Angeles) for their debut.

Ckone pocket store by sephora

giovedì, aprile 15th, 2010

Adesso in Parigi è possibile di comprare profumi in un distributore automatico!!!!

video

Effecorta

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Effecorta è un altro esempio di luogo d’acquisto improntato alla sostenibilità in cui è possibile effettuare la spesa sfusa. E’ possibile acquistare oltre 100 prodotti alla spina e di filiera corta. Simile quindi ai casi di Tuttosfuso e Unpackaged.

Federconsumatori: spesa sfusa

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Vi riporto i dati di un’indagine effettuata da Federconsumatori riguardo il consumo di prodotti alla spina.

Dai dati emerge che oltre a una diminuzione dei rifiuti con benefici per l’ambiente vi è anche un risparmio per le casse del consumatore.

Simply Sma

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Simply Sma è un supermercato situato vicino a Brescia e il primo in Italia in cui  tutto, ma proprio tutto, è stato progettato in un’ottica di sosteniblità. In questi giorni a Brescia città ne verrà inaugurato un altro.

Carrelli e cestini realizzati con plastica riciclata dai tappi delle bottiglie (4.500 tappi circa per un carrello e circa 1.200 tappi per i cestini), banchi del pane e della gastronomia in legno riciclato, piastrelle rivestite da vetro ricavato da neon esausti, shopper biodegradabili, tetto dotato di impianto fotovoltaico, impianti di refrigerazione avanzati i cui divisori sono realizzati con plastica totalmente riciclata al 100%, vasche per la raccolta di acqua piovana per irrigare il verde circostante, prodotti sfusi e a “KM zero”. Un insieme di soluzioni che garantiscono un risparmio energetico totale di oltre 220.000 KWH (Kilowatt/ora).

E la stazione «Moscova» diventa bacheca di eBay

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

Per vendere, meglio la metropolitana di Internet. Da lunedì scorso, fino al 28 di aprile, la stazione «Moscova» della linea 2 è stata trasformata in una grande vetrina di eBay, il celebre sito di e-commerce, che ha tappezzato le banchine di annunci. Così, aspettando il treno per Gessate o Famagosta, è possibile imbattersi nell’occasione giusta: un bilocale a prezzi umani in Porta Ticinese, una mountain bike d’occasione oppure il divano «praticamente nuovo, in regalo a chi se lo porta via». In tutto 2.000 annunci reali, aggiornati settimanalmente. Una trovata pubblicitaria, certo, ma con una sua utilità: «Per chi non ha voglia o tempo di andare sul web», dicono quelli di eBay Annunci che contano di incontrare un pubblico più vasto ed eterogeneo rispetto ai frequentatori di Internet. E si tratta anche di una piccola rivincita dei media tradizionali sulla tecnologia: non si può più vivere senza il Web ma, per fare affari, vuoi mettere le vecchie affissioni pubblicitarie?

Less Packaging ???

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

http://www.lesspackaging.co.uk

“At The Less Packaging Company we love packaging but hate waste.

In 2007, we happened upon some statistics regarding the amount of packaging going into
UK landfill sites.

According to Defra, the UK dumps more than 10 million tonnes of packaging each year; the equivalent weight of 1,360,000 double decker buses or a queue of over 7000 miles! It’s bonkers!

As well as our concern for the legacy we leave for future generations, we also looked at the economic impact. There are 60 million of us in the UK each spending £470 on packaging every year, we wondered why businesses do not take a much closer look at that £28 billion annual total? Would they not rather be returning more of this to their bottom line and shareholders? It’s bonkers too!”

-Packaging design is a Contradictory practice, nowadays we try to make sustainable packaging, but by definition packaging is something Superfluous, packaging is a tool to attract consumers. We are developping packaging design but how to do this in a sustainable direction, how to be sustainable when the only aim is “sell more” ???

How to Expand Urban Agriculture

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

The National Building Museum’s well-known “For the Greener Good” series featured a panel on urban agriculture, including Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA, Liz Falk, Director and co-Founder, Washington D.C.-based Common Good City Farm, and Steve Cohen, food policy and programs, City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. The panel was moderated by Allison Arieff, Food and Shelter Ambassador, GOOD and “By Design” columnist, The New York Times.  

Chase Rynd, Executive Director, National Building Museum, framed the discussion by saying how and where we produce food has an enormous ecological impact. ”How we produce, transport, and store food has a huge impact. Food is directly related to the built environment.” Because of industrial food systems, people are losing their connection with nature. Bringing vegetable gardens back to communities, shortening food transportation times (and lowering the environmental costs of food transportation), can help improve the urban environment and make communities more engaging and “aesthetically pleasing.”

pick up america

mercoledì, aprile 14th, 2010

On January 1st, a new fee was imposed on bags in the District of Columbia. Since then, pretty much anyone who shops or eats in the Nation’s capital has had to ask themselves if they really need a bag (or 5). The Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act charges five cents for each paper or plastic bag given out by businesses selling food or alcohol. The business gets to keep a penny (or two if they offer a discount to those who bring their own bag). The monetary motivation is fairly negligable — even someone as poor as I can afford to drop a nickel here and there. But when the cashier at the grocery store asks if you want a bag and explains why you may want to reconsider, it forces you to actually consider whether or not the bag is necessary.

As a waiter in a DC restaurant, sometimes I box-up leftovers for customers. “Would you like a bag?” I inquire, as I give them the box. Yesterday, the two ladies at the table said yes, but reconsidered after I mentioned the five cent fee. They left the restaurant — box in hand. 

On January 1st, a new fee was imposed on bags in the District of Columbia. Since then, pretty much anyone who shops or eats in the Nation’s capital has had to ask themselves if they really need a bag (or 5). The Anacostia River Cleanup and Protection Act charges five cents for each paper or plastic bag given out by businesses selling food or alcohol. The business gets to keep a penny (or two if they offer a discount to those who bring their own bag). The monetary motivation is fairly negligable — even someone as poor as I can afford to drop a nickel here and there. But when the cashier at the grocery store asks if you want a bag and explains why you may want to reconsider, it forces you to actually consider whether or not the bag is necessary.

As a waiter in a DC restaurant, sometimes I box-up leftovers for customers. “Would you like a bag?” I inquire, as I give them the box. Yesterday, the two ladies at the table said yes, but reconsidered after I mentioned the five cent fee. They left the restaurant — box in hand.

Barter quest.

martedì, aprile 13th, 2010

http://www.barterquest.com/

How to creat a comunity of consumer without money, this is a web site which propose to exchange objects with other objects with points.