Eva Harlou* designs electronic waste bin, NYC.
“Be careful when you pull the plug! Recycle your electronic waste!”
The recycling bin is designed as a simple shape that suits all modern urban environments. The bin comes in black or white and is a locker system. User instructions on the bin says: You pulled the plug! Press the green button to open an available locker. Place your electronic waste as far back as possible andclose the locker door. If you fill up the locker please press the red button and the door will be locked! This is to protect the binfrom theft and/or tampering. Mobil phones and batteries should be placed in the holes next to this text. Thank you for recycling your electronic waste! The recycling bin is made of recycled polyethylene HD with a weather resistant construction and UV stabilizers. Handles and wheels make is easy to transport the bin from on place to another. The logo and buttons on the bin light up at night referring to electronic waste and giving the bin an almost futuristic appearance. The locker system with different sized lockers makes it possible to handle the electronic device with care. Throwing electronic waste in a normal waste container there is a risk of breaks and leaks. The locker system makes it possible to pack the e-waste rationally and makes it easy to overview the waste when emptying the bin. Further more the locks prohibit theft and tampering. When all buttons are red the bin is full! The wheels are removable and the bins are easy to stack on the waste disposal site. The bin has a modern look that appeals to many people. Touching the bin is like touching a Mac product – it’s smooth and gorgeous with straight simple lines, a nice surface, rounded corners, funky buttons and a shiny logo. You feel more special using the locker bin system than throwing stuff into a regular waste container. The bin itself refer to modern technology and electronic devices.
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Eva Harlou* designs electronic waste bin logo for bins in NYC.
“Be careful when you pull the plug! Recycle your electronic waste!”
The primary logo is designed to be both modern and easy to read. The electronic device is thrown into a garbage bin. The angel wings and a recycle-glorie refer to the logo text: “Be careful when you pull the plug”. What happens when your electronic device is “dead”? The secondary logo - the wire turning into a cardiogram and a globe - underlines the slogan and explains the ecological importance of recycling e-waste. Together the primary and secondary logos can easily be used on recycling bins, merchandise and in TV-commercials.
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Together with world famous architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Erick van Egeraat - Eva Harlou* is represented in the HA Series (Housing Architecture) “Ideas and Concepts in Housing Architecture”. The book will be available in October. Order now!
“Ideas and Concepts in Housing Architecture” sets out to document unbuilt or projects that are still on the drawing board. Architectural practices worldwide were approached to contribute their projects to this publication. This first edition features 46 unbuilt projects from around the world.
Eva Harlou* participates in the architecture competition of a new Natural History Museum. The museum is located in the Botanic Garden in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The project will soon be published on this site. Stay tuned!
Eva Harlou* designs a logo to represent E-waste recycling and a bin to collect it for proper disposal or recovery
In 2005 the U.S. generated over two million tons of electronic waste; 250,000 tons from New York City alone. That figure is projected to double in the decade to come. These obsolete or broken electronics are typically just dumped in with regular trash, though most of this E-waste contains toxic components that leech into the soil and poison the groundwater. Although our collective “green” conscience has certainly evolved, our infrastructure has not. We need a place to safely and easily deposit our E-waste: The 4th Bin.
In response to this clear need, and to coincide with the upcoming changes to New York City’s law’s regarding E-waste, Valiant Technology is calling for entries in an international competition. Your aim: to design a logo to represent E-waste recycling and a bin to collect it for proper disposal or recovery.
Project coming soon. Stay tuned!
“Dice” is a new lamp design that conceives of two white cubes with black spots like real dice. “Dice” is made of translucent, hard, white acrylic. “Dice” is a classic, minimal, fun and inventive design and is futhermore designed to be more than just a pendant. It can be used as magazine holders, storage boxes for storage units, childrens chairs etc.
For further information please contact Eva Harlou: info@evaharlou.dk
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