Nien Lam and Sue Ngo's hypercolor-inspired clothing project detects and responds to pollution.
With ever-increasing evidence of the links between the environment and our health, this project is timely as well as awesome.
Warning Signs is a visualization of the pollution that exists invisibly all around us. When the wearable senses carbon monoxide, the piece subtly changes color and pattern to indicate higher levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere to the wearer and those around him or her. This piece was designed and created by Nien Lam and Sue Ngo.
Check out the color change in action here. Via.
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Andrea — Feb 1, 2011
The Carnegie Institution recently completed a study that maps the carbon emissions embodied in exported goods.
The following map shows the flow of carbon emissions in traded goods, and which countries are major exporters and importers of carbon emissions.
As GOOD reports: “When someone in the States buys shoes that were made in China, the carbon emitted in their production gets added to China's tally, despite the fact that the shoes get exported.”
The visualization and study shows that looking only at domestic emissions is pretty misleading and doesn’t capture the true emissions caused by particular country’s total activity. It also makes a case for changing the way we think about allocating responsibility for products to consumers. Read the full story.
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Andrea — Mar 10, 2010
