EcoDesign Fair Shanghai – a movement in creation
A sustainable design movement is underway in Shanghai. Eco Design Fair took place Saturday at the Anken building – a space with many ‘green’ attributes itself. The event played to a packed audience on a beautiful Spring day. The full attendance was a another sign of the growing momentum.
Over 30 eco-conscious businesses and groups showcased products including organic and eco clothing, home accessories, bags, furniture, natural health products, stationary, toys, building materials, organic food products, with loads of ideas to help develop a more sustainable lifestyle.
morning crowd at Anken building
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talking with the press over bamboo pebbles
It’s all about creating awareness about environmental issues, and to making it easier for everyday people to make everyday sustainable lifestyle choices in Shanghai. It’s the only place in the city to see and buy well-designed sustainable, organic, natural, non-toxic, recycled, ethical, energy-saving, and environmentally aware products all on one day, in one place.
NEST was a sponsor of the event and had a nice corner created to showcase products from our design collective on cardboard pedestals created by the fine folks at AOO.
nest 'store' at EcoDesign Fair
ecoDesign Student Competition
Rachel & Jeff along were among the judging committee that reviewed over 30 student entries into the EcoDesign Competition. Ideas included product, architecture, landscape and planning and graphic design. It was exciting to see fresh thinking from China’s next generation of green ambassadors. The winners were unanimous.
First Place was a brilliantly conceived organic farming/online shopping idea that brought that introduced the farmers, and paid attention to the cycles of nature. A welcomed and much needed idea in Shanghai. Second Place was a simple but dramatic way to encourage people to use a limited amount of water while washing hands. A wonderful awareness building idea with great potential to scale up.
organic farming online
2nd Place - water conservation tap
greener magazine
We also were thrilled to see greener magazine making its debut. Developed with the help of many who contributed stories about sustainable architecture, fashion, and green shopping in Shanghai. Check out the cool online version here. There’s a lot of green thinking going on in Shanghai.
We thank everyone for their involvement. Thank you Sherry Poon for making it all happen.
daily use design. daily use function.