We proudly run the Sustainable Design and Innovation award annually to seek out and profile great new design. Entries are open annually from August through to September, check out www.sustainableawards.org.nz for more details. We hope you find these design links useful;

Sustainable Design group NZ- www.sustainabledesign.org.nz

Life Cycle Thinking is a workshop series encouraging the uptake of sustainable design and development within New Zealand. www.thinkingdesign.co.nz

SBN members, Locus Research, design with fresh ideas. They operate in the four broad areas of Design, Applied Research, Sustainability, and Manufacturing.http://locusresearch.com/

SBN members Clever Bastards hunt out the best of emerging artists, designers, and all manner of clever creative Kiwis from every wee nook and cranny of Aotearoa, so you don't have to. Meet them right here, take a Tiki Tour or answer the lust ... go shopping now!"? www.cleverbastards.co.nz

"The Natural Step is an international non-profit organisation that has been working since 1988 to accelerate global sustainability. Using the internationally endorsed and tested Natural Step framework, which is based on sound science, systems thinking and practical business decision-making, we help companies, non-profit organisations, individuals and communities lead the transition to an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable future."? www.tns.org.nz

Ecobob- Products and services, eco-houses, and news and events. www.ecobob.co.nz

Better by Design is a specialist group within New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, New Zealand's national economic development agency. www.betterbydesign.org.nz

"Intersect is about fostering sustainability. It brings together young professionals to share ideas, nurture our leadership capabilities and grow our networks. We want to get a wide range of people with different beliefs, backgrounds, experience and levels of understanding to become involved in rich discussion about the sustainability issues that face us."? www.intersect.org.nz

Scion researches environmental impact data of materials/products, specifically biomaterial.  www.scionresearch.com


International Design links:

The Designers Accord is a global coalition of designers working together to create positive environmental and social impact http://www.designersaccord.org/

Sustainable Design Network (UK): a inter-industry, inter-university, multi-disciplinary research network addressing issues of Sustainable Design.  www.sustainabledesignnet.org.uk

Design Victoria is committed to helping small to medium enterprises build their competitive advantage through design-led innovation and excellence. Sustainable by Design focuses on improving sustainability performance with design being the catalyst to achieve this success http://www.designvic.com/SustainabilityKit.aspx

BIONIS (Biomimetic Network for Industrial Sustainability) www.biomimetics.org.uk

Entirely Sustainable Product Design - www.ESPDesign.org

Information/Inspiration- a web based ecodesign tool for designers which combines inspirational ideas and useful information: www.informationinspiration.org.uk

o2 - international network on sustainable design is an international network (including O2 groups, O2 liaisons and O2s) on sustainable design, that provides information on books, sites, reports, etc. on sustainable design by means of the O2 website, O2 mailing-/discussion list and local websites. http://www.o2.org
o2 UK is a network of UK based designers committed to practicing and promoting good design practice which includes the environmental and social aspects http://www.o2uk.org

Pre Consulting - www.pre.nl life cycle analysis tools to download

Inspire Recycle  profiles small UK manufacturers of recycled consumer products www.inspirerecycle.org

Green Fly An easy to use, yet powerful online tool for designers to integrate environmental considerations into their products using eco design strategies and life cycle assessment data. (AUS)
www.greenflyonline.org

Cradle to Cradle is a product and process design firm dedicated to revolutionizing the design of products and services worldwide. William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart founded MBDC in 1995 to promote and shape what they call the "Next Industrial Revolution" through the introduction of a new design paradigm called Cradle to Cradle Design, and the implementation of eco-effective design principles."
www.mbdc.com

Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.www.inhabitat.com

Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this "other 90%." Through partnerships both local and global, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world's poor and marginalized.http://other90.cooperhewitt.org

For a view on design from the business angle, see: http://greenbiz.com/browse/design-innovation