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Interview With IDSA Chair-Elect

posted November 18, 2011

Austen Angell of Modern Edge is interviewed by IDSA following his confirmation as board Chair-Elect. Read the interview here.


HydroPack Project Continues to Gather Momentum

posted November 12, 2011

Modern Edge’s recent collaboration with Eastman and HTI was presented on Nov. 11 at Opportunity Green, by Gaylon White of Eastman. Great writeup on Opportunity Green’s blog.


‘Pioneers of Industrial Design’

posted June 29, 2011

“Design fans, philatelists, and design-loving philatelists, take note! Today the United States Postal Service issued its highly anticipated new “Pioneers of Industrial Design” stamps“  http://bit.ly/mx25eE


“I hate buying a product that’s supposed to be green and then it sucks…”

posted March 22, 2011

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Housewares show sees rise in recycled-content products

posted March 22, 2011

Sustainability and “green” products continue to be watchwords for a housewares industry looking to draw buyers to its brands. Displays throughout the International Home + Housewares Show, held March 6- in Chicago,  boasted of products with recycled content or ones that are recyclable — not just plastics but steel and glass as well. Read more >>

 


Product Design + Innovation: Demonstrating the Hydropack in Kenya

posted March 10, 2011

http://www.pdesigni.com/news/show/1699

Experts from Hydration Technology Innovations, materials group Eastman Chemical and US design firm Modern Edge have spent 10 days with Kenyan villagers getting user feedback on HTI’s HydroPack, which provides clean water to disaster victims.


Austen Angell to speak at IDSA Chicago Housewares Blender

posted March 7, 2011

IDSA Chicago is hosting this year’s premier event following the Housewares Show.

Innovation for Disaster Relief:  Charles Austen Angell of Modern Edge and Gaylon White of Eastman Chemical will present the results of their successful design collaboration with HTI in creating the Hydropack system which provides accessible hydration to disaster victims. Additionally, they will share their experiences while in Kenya working on the  Kenya Water Research Pilot to prove out the technology and usage system.

After several smaller scale pilots in Haiti, and New Orleans and donations to Chile during the 2010 earthquake, HTI joined forces with KWAHO, the Red Cross, Unicef and the Kenyan government, conducted a full scale two week pilot in the Budlangi region of Western Kenya. Two weeks of intense daily research and monitoring revealed surprising and exciting results.

From IDSA Chicago


Modern Edge on Stage at Chicago Housewares Show

posted March 7, 2011

Austen Angell of Modern Edge will be speaking at the International Home and Housewares show in Chicago on March 7th. He will be taking the stage with Gaylon White of Eastman Chemical and Marianne Grisdale of TEAMS Design to speak on “Realizing Good Intentions Through Product Design”.

Click here for more info.

In conjunction with IDSA Chicago


Green Earth Tech Inks Deal For 2010 American Le Mans Series

posted February 14, 2011

Green Earth Technologies (Pink Sheets: GETG), announced today that they have signed a deal with Gunnar Racing to create a Green Earth Team Gunnar (GETG) team. The new Oreca-Courage manufactured FLM-09 racing car will be the first American Le Mans Series (ALMS) car to use environment safe oil, G-OIL™. Read more>>


American Chemistry Council Smart Brief

posted February 11, 2011

http://www.smartbrief.com/news/acc/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=20514251-A3F2-4B22-A15E-847B714275B8&copyid=F8AFC5BC-ADBF-4E6D-8128-EEAD85601A46&brief=acc&sb_code=rss&&campaign=rss