http://www.distripain.fr/

This web site present a concept from nordic contries.

This is a french web site and I think this Vending machine for bread is strongly linked with the french culture. French people consume every day bread, in little cities, Bakeries disappear and it’s a big problem for french consumer.

This web site is in french but we can see how the vending machine works. A lot of machine like this one are appearing in big an little cities, it gives a service in continu, but also it breaks the relation between the producer and the consumer. When you go in a bakerie there is also a social exchange.

It’s interesting to analyse ths link between production/distribution/consumer trought social exchange….In France this aspect of “social’ is really important and very strong , Particularly for old people. But maybe these kind of distribution is our futur….

A proposito di co-creazione ecco un’interessante servizio offerto da LEGO: Design byME.

Attraverso un software scaricabile dal sito è possibile dare forma a nuove creazioni da aggiungere alla propria collezione LEGO. E’ anche possibile progettare la scatola in cui il prodotto verrà recapitato a casa. Le migliori creazioni vengono inoltre scelte e realizzate su larga scala.

Il film

Idea Natura è un consorzio di aziende agricole che producono frutta e verdura di alta qualità nella Piana del Sele – fertile regione nel sud Italia. Una parte sempre più importante della produzione ortofrutticola di Idea Natura è certificata come biologica.

Obiettivo

I consumatori premiano sempre di più i Farmer’s Market che permettono di raggiungere prodotti freschi di qualità ad un prezzo accessibile, saltando i passaggi della filiera commerciale della GDO. I mercatini sono però limitanti per i consumatori che non riescono a trovare il tempo di frequentarli nei luoghi e negli orari stabiliti. Idea Natura ha deciso quindi di creare un format per la commercializzazione diretta dei prodotti freschi e trasformati che provengono dalle aziende consorziate.

Soluzione

CB’a Design Solutions ha collaborato con il cliente alla definizione dell’offerta commerciale, del concept dello store, del layout interno e del design del punto vendita. Il progetto ha messo al centro gli oggetti e strumenti della tradizione contadina. I carrelli hanno la stessa forma e dimensione delle cassette modulari che contengono i prodotti freschi; i cestelli per la spesa sono di vimini come quelli utilizzati per la raccolta della frutta, le shopping bag offerte in vendita sono di cotone naturale; le pareti sono decorate con foto di attrezzi della tradizione contadina, gli sgabelli del bar citano i sedili dei trattori.

Il bar presente nella parte finale dello store propone frullati, spremute e insalate preparati con i prodotti in vendita nello store. Sono offerti al consumatore anche latte fresco non pastorizzato, vino e olio sfusi, conserve, formaggi e salumi che provengono dalle aziende agricole di Idea Natura.

Il punto di forza del progetto è quello di aver unito una proposizione commerciale moderna ed un’offerta di prodotti freschi e trasformati di alta qualità, sempre rigorosamente di stagione e provenienti dal territorio circostante.

What are we going to eat tomorrow????? Interesting article about food (kind of…..) see the links…….

the web site

This is the trailer of a movie about food, and about how industries creat a posotif image of their products…..

Video

E un estratto di uno film sul cibo, sulla produzione quotidiana del cibo, è in Francese ma le immagini bastano!

Video

Interesting movie about the production of food

First part

Second part

Third part

See the web site

This web site shows an example of possibility about new way of production and distibution.

As part of the Cities Alive Green Roof Infrastructure Conference in Toronto, there was astudent design competition, that Steven Peck of Green Roofs for Healthy Citiesdescribed as a challenge to “faculty-led student teams from around the world to develop ways of productively using the walls and roofs of multiple buildings by incorporating green infrastructure elements such as green roofs, green walls, wetlands and urban forests.”

But that doesn’t begin to describe what the spectacular winning entry does. It is more than just green roofs, it is a complete reinvention of the ubiquitous strip mall.

Ryerson University Architectural Science students Dov Feinmesser, Yekaterina Mityuryayeva, Tommy Tso and Aaron Hendershott, with faculty advisor June Komisar Started with the completely ordinary Cliffside Village Mall in Toronto’s east end. They then went to work on it:

It is our intention to lift the strip mall out of the mire it has gradually sunk into and make it the vibrant, pedestrian and community friendly environment that it has the potential to be. This potential, we feel, is inherent in every strip mall, making this proposal a viable solution for the revitalization of dilapidated commercial strips throughout North America, with the addition of site- specific accommodations.

The judges write:

“The brilliance of this design”, said Dr. Brad Bass, Environment Canada official and competition judge, “is that it accomplishes this transformation with existing technologies and landscape modifications that have been evaluated and have proven their worth all over the world.”

The students continue:

It is our hypothesis that single-use zoning, such as that of the existing Cliffside Plaza and most strip malls, promotes the isolation of the commercial space and the wasteful use of space dedicated to parking. As such, our proposal recommends a rezoning of the site, allowing for residential units to be constructed over the existing commercial strip, bringing the community into the strip mall and creating a coexistence reminiscent of successful and popular older neighbourhoods often found closer to the downtown core of large cities. Furthermore, the insertion of green and interactive spaces into the fabric of the site promotes new and diverse activities, including farmer’s markets, playgrounds, urban farming, cycling etc… This in turn supports the diversity of the community surrounding the mall.

Ideas include:

1) Implementation of green walls and extensive green roofs, including a massive overhauling of the parking between the residential apartments and the strip mall, moving it below grade and planting an extensive green roof atop the parking structure to create a continuous green space for local residents.
2) Removal and replacement of an existing drive-through with an outdoor seating area.
3) The addition of greenhouses to existing roofs in order to facilitate year-round rooftop harvesting.
4) The insertion of a grade level gray water removal and retention system, including porous asphalt, a swale and a bio-retention pond, that both keeps gray water away from the sewage system and provide water for the intensive urban farming lots proposed in the design.
5) Solar powered street lighting systems.
6) The removal of parking from street level to below grade to make more room for green spaces and urban farming at grade.