Comments on: DIE ELECTRIC: Designs For Better Energy Use http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: veter http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-55509 veter Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:16:24 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-55509 The best environmental use for this product is producing child proofing devices by recycling of wine corks which go to the trash in huge numbers. About the concept of a reminder... maybe one for an art exchibit... but mass marketing would be furthering consumerism The best environmental use for this product is producing child proofing devices by recycling of wine corks which go to the trash in huge numbers.
About the concept of a reminder… maybe one for an art exchibit… but mass marketing would be furthering consumerism

]]> By: Candull from Die Electric at tech.optzile.com http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-54901 Candull from Die Electric at tech.optzile.com Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:31:23 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-54901 [...] lightbulbs doesn’t mean a candle won’t do the job just as well! Our last installment of the Die Electric collection is the cheeky and low-tech Candull candle-light, which replaces the common [...] [...] lightbulbs doesn’t mean a candle won’t do the job just as well! Our last installment of the Die Electric collection is the cheeky and low-tech Candull candle-light, which replaces the common [...]

]]> By: Inhabitat » CANDLE LIGHT BULB: Die Electric Candull http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-54645 Inhabitat » CANDLE LIGHT BULB: Die Electric Candull Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-54645 [...] doesn’t mean a candle won’t do the job just as well! Our last installment of the Die Electric collection is the cheeky and low-tech Candull candle-light, which replaces the common [...] [...] doesn’t mean a candle won’t do the job just as well! Our last installment of the Die Electric collection is the cheeky and low-tech Candull candle-light, which replaces the common [...]

]]> By: JS http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52409 JS Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:50:49 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52409 really the only "irking" thing, probably to the other posters, is the "gadget's" inherent design stupidity. really the only “irking” thing, probably to the other posters, is the “gadget’s” inherent design stupidity.

]]> By: Abigail Doan http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52296 Abigail Doan Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:48:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52296 I feel the need to respond to today's comments re: Die Electric's PLUGGED cork outlet plug as I believe that I may have misrepresented the intention of the artist/designer. All of your comments are well-taken and are certainly very accurate from a household safety and consumer need or pricepoint perspective. What may not have come across in my write-up is that fact that Scott Amron considers his pieces to be essentially part of an 'online exhibit' and one person's investigation of his own energy consumption habits. I feel that I must defend Scott's gadgets on this front as they really are meant to irk you a bit (a whole lot) and draw attention to some engrained household practices. Yes, I agree, that a childproof outlet safety cover is a much better route to go as a parent or home dweller, but I also don't mind when someone tries to push the envelope via design in order to get us to rethink those little black holes in the wall. Duchamp's toilet ready-made has never been very popular either, but then again it did get us to consider the inevitable future of trash. If you have the time and the patience, read on for an interview with Amron and Josh Spear - http://www.joshspear.com/index.php?tag=interior . (You must scroll down on the link in order to read the full interview). "Like most other people in their right mind, I believe that the climate is changing and that mankind is largely responsible. At the same time, like many other people I wasn’t aware of just how drastic the problem was, and I didn’t know what I could do about it (beyond complaining) until I saw An Inconvenient Truth. Yeah, I went there. Whatever we may think about Al Gore (or Melissa Etheridge), that movie got a lot of people off of their asses. After seeing the movie, I went to its website and read the list of ways that I could cut my personal energy consumption. I was amazed to find that even when an appliance is turned off, it might still be drawing electricity if you leave it plugged in. According to Mr. Gore & Co., leaving things plugged in when they are off accounts for “5 percent of total domestic energy consumption.” Yikes. But after you’ve unplugged your appliances, what are you supposed to put in the unsightly empty socket? I feel the need to respond to today’s comments re: Die Electric’s PLUGGED cork outlet plug as I believe that I may have misrepresented the intention of the artist/designer. All of your comments are well-taken and are certainly very accurate from a household safety and consumer need or pricepoint perspective. What may not have come across in my write-up is that fact that Scott Amron considers his pieces to be essentially part of an ‘online exhibit’ and one person’s investigation of his own energy consumption habits.

I feel that I must defend Scott’s gadgets on this front as they really are meant to irk you a bit (a whole lot) and draw attention to some engrained household practices. Yes, I agree, that a childproof outlet safety cover is a much better route to go as a parent or home dweller, but I also don’t mind when someone tries to push the envelope via design in order to get us to rethink those little black holes in the wall. Duchamp’s toilet ready-made has never been very popular either, but then again it did get us to consider the inevitable future of trash.

If you have the time and the patience, read on for an interview with Amron and Josh Spear – http://www.joshspear.com/index.php?tag=interior . (You must scroll down on the link in order to read the full interview).

“Like most other people in their right mind, I believe that the climate is changing and that mankind is largely responsible. At the same time, like many other people I wasn’t aware of just how drastic the problem was, and I didn’t know what I could do about it (beyond complaining) until I saw An Inconvenient Truth. Yeah, I went there. Whatever we may think about Al Gore (or Melissa Etheridge), that movie got a lot of people off of their asses. After seeing the movie, I went to its website and read the list of ways that I could cut my personal energy consumption. I was amazed to find that even when an appliance is turned off, it might still be drawing electricity if you leave it plugged in. According to Mr. Gore & Co., leaving things plugged in when they are off accounts for “5 percent of total domestic energy consumption.” Yikes. But after you’ve unplugged your appliances, what are you supposed to put in the unsightly empty socket?

]]> By: jack73t http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52288 jack73t Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:10:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52288 So much of the green movement seems to just be "game playing". So much of the green movement seems to just be “game playing”.

]]> By: Patrick http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52267 Patrick Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:50:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52267 This doesn't break ground either conceptually or practically (at least Die Electric's plug-in toothbrush holder has a use). This is just a novel toy. It seems completely antithetical to the "zero-consumption" theory that you would want such a thing, unless you somehow feel the need for such a daily reminder not to plug in a hair dryer. A post-it would work just as well. This doesn’t break ground either conceptually or practically (at least Die Electric’s plug-in toothbrush holder has a use). This is just a novel toy. It seems completely antithetical to the “zero-consumption” theory that you would want such a thing, unless you somehow feel the need for such a daily reminder not to plug in a hair dryer. A post-it would work just as well.

]]> By: Chris http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52266 Chris Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:25:50 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52266 Normally you guys have some neat stuff, but these things look HUGELY dangerous... there's no way to know how the electricity will behave within the cork (being natural, it has all kinds of salts, and probably a bit of residual moisture, all of which conduct electricity) making quite the fire hazard. I can't see this being government approved...? Normally you guys have some neat stuff, but these things look HUGELY dangerous… there’s no way to know how the electricity will behave within the cork (being natural, it has all kinds of salts, and probably a bit of residual moisture, all of which conduct electricity) making quite the fire hazard.

I can’t see this being government approved…?

]]> By: Ben N http://inhabitat.com/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-52263 Ben N Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:07:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/05/die-electric-design-to-encourage-better-energy-use/#comment-52263 $45 for half a cork and a plug? For a slightly more dangerous version of an outlet safety cover? Really? Really? At least some of the other products have a function and involved more than a minute of labor. $45 for half a cork and a plug? For a slightly more dangerous version of an outlet safety cover? Really? Really? At least some of the other products have a function and involved more than a minute of labor.

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