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Dezeen Showroom: workspace furniture brand Spacestor has created a compact, foldable and portable desk called KIT, in a bid to help users work more comfortably from their own home.
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KIT has a simple, cost-effective frame that can be assembled without tools "in less than 20 seconds". Once it is no longer needed, it can be easily folded up and placed out of sight or transported between rooms with the help of a "slot carry handle" to give users a change of scene. Above: KIT is designed with a deliberately simple frame. Top image: it can be folded for storage or transportation KIT is made up of a lacquered plywood top and steel frame, which according to Spacestor creates a "Californian, mid-century" aesthetic suited to a wide range of spaces. The...
Designers' efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products are being hampered by confusion over terminology and rampant greenwashing, writes Marcus Fairs.
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Greenwashing is back. As concern about climate change, pollution, habitat destruction and species extinction rises, so too are spurious claims about saving the planet. Terms like "sustainable", "biodegradable", "compostable" and "circular" increasingly pepper the press releases arriving in Dezeen's inbox. The claims are mostly nonsense. When our reporters follow up with questions asking for more details, brands tend to go suspiciously quiet. The problem is that terms like these are not well understood, and in some cases have never been precisely defined. They are therefore open to abuse, both accidental and deliberate. As a blanket term, sustainability is "hard to define,"...