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| | Ultimate Client
By Suzanne LaBarre
After designing offices for some of the leading environmental groups in the country, Envision Design takes on its biggest challenge yet: creating a new headquarters for the U.S. Green Building Council that puts the organization’s ideas—and ideals—into action. | | |
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| | A Bright Future
By Mason Currey
To develop an affordable chair for children, a Swedish design firm turns to a new material with vast potential. | | |
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| | Just One Word: Bioplastics
By Mason Currey
As the environmental hazards of plastic become hard to ignore, a new generation of plant-based alternatives is creeping into commercial applications. Now it’s time for designers to take them to the next level. | | |
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| | Shades of Green
By Mason Currey
Plenty of retailers are trotting out their green credentials lately, but the building-products supplier Green Depot distinguishes itself with its rigorous transparency. | | |
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| | Bending the Reeds
By Julie Taraska
Eric Chan’s bamboo armchair is not only a tribute to his native country, it’s a primer on the physical properties of one of our most renewable materials. | | |
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| | The Moss Room
By Suzanne LaBarre
Located in the basement of the California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco, Olle Lundberg’s Moss Room is a free-flowing tribute to the spirit of its region. | | |
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From the March 2010 Issue
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