Park(ing) Day 2007

Frdy Sep.21.2007 12:59pm | by lvhrd

All over NYC today parking spaces will be transformed into mini parks as part of a nationwide effort by The Trust for Public Land to give our cities back to the people who live in them.

Our sidewalks are packed: a 250 square foot parking space can hold about 45 standing people, 20 bikes, one tree and bench, or an SUV.

Host of BIFOLD: GRN, Colin Beaven (The No Impact Man), is camping out in front of the Whole Foods on 7th and 24th.

Check out videos of last year’s Park(ing) Day…

LVHRD VDO: 044: MGZN 3.3: R.Robertson

Thrsdy Sep.13.2007 7:16pm | by lvhrd

You may remember Russell Robertson and Jeanne Pfordresher from their first collaboration with LVHRD at BIFOLD: GRN. This time we visited the husband and wife industrial design team at their studio in Sunset Park, Brooklyn to look at prototypes for a fleet of NYC mini-module taxis. It was a late summer afternoon, the kids were off school: in this VDO you can see the exact spot family and work overlap.

Diesel’s Global Warming Maps

Thrsdy Jul.26.2007 2:30pm | by lvhrd

Earlier this year Diesel’s global warming campaign shot globetrotting models on changed landscapes. As part of the ongoing forensic look at the changing face of our earth, Diesel has come out with a book, The World’s Coolest Hotspots Guide, a fictitious or divinatory atlas that reveals what the earth will look like after the waters rise i.e. London is an island, Brasil resembles Venice.

When we did our sustainability forum, Bi-Fold III: GRN in April, it was with a look towards what we can do to prevent living in Waterworld by reducing…

No Impact Man on NPR

Frdy May.4.2007 11:52am | by lvhrd

Last night NPR aired an interview from about a month ago with the No Impact Man, Colin Beavan, on Talk of the Nation. Colin talks with Scott Simon about his family’s year-long experiment to have no negative net impact on the environment by living a Walden-esque lifestyle: no public transportation, no packaged products, and no disposable “necessities,” i.e. razors and toilet paper.

More recently, Colin Beavan hosted LVHRD’s Bi-Fold III: GRN, an evening of sustainable solutions with Marci Zaroff from EcoFashion label Under the Canopy, and Russell Robertson’s hybrid taxi designs for the future…

LVHRD VDO: 031: BFLD3.0

Mndy Apr.30.2007 4:06pm | by lvhrd

On Tuesday, April 24th, LVHRD welcomed industrial designer Russell Robertson and fashion designer Marci Zaroff to the third volume in the Bi-Fold speaking and performance series. Bi-Fold III: GRN examined the influence of ‘green’ and ’sustainability’ on the work of these two diverse creative professionals. Russell, co-fouder of Hybrid Product Design + Development, presented his designs for a sustainable NYC taxi cab and Marci, founder of Under The Canopy, arranged a fashion show with her all-organic line. This VDO shows a quick recap of the event. Subscribe to the LVHRD VDO Series to receive…

On a spring night in the city: Bi-Fold III: GRN

Wdnsdy Apr.25.2007 4:52pm | by lvhrd

Last night at a loft space in the West Village LVHRD opened the doors and windows to a beautiful spring evening and hosted Bi-Fold III: GRN. We invited our friends and associates to join us in hearing Russell Robertson, founder of Hybrid Product Design + Dev, and Marci Zaroff, founder of EcoFashion label Under the Canopy, speak on what they’re doing to reduce our negative environmental footprint, and how we can all work towards building a sustainable future.

Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man, hosted the event and spoke on his…

Russell Robertson on the future of transportation at Bi-Fold III: GRN

Mndy Apr.23.2007 3:30pm | by lvhrd

Russell Robertson of Hybrid Product Design + Development is one of the presenters at tomorrow night’s Bi-Fold III: GRN. Mr. Robertson will be discussing the future of urban transportation, specifically, the future of taxis in NYC.

In 2005 Russell participated in a concept workshop with the Design Trust for Public Space to create a new mini module hybrid taxi. Russell’s lightweight design keeps the checker taxi iconography intact, while adding heavy duty tires, more glass for panoramic views, wheelchair entrance, and wireless functionality for payment and route-finding. You could also hail one of…

Bury your dead gadgetry on sunday

Thrsdy Apr.19.2007 10:26am | by lvhrd

In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22 and Bi-Fold III: GRN on April 24, LVHRD is rounding up all of our old electronic hodgepodge. Laptops, cell phones, fax machines, iPods, and lots of other gadgets have toxic innards you can’t recycle regularly. That’s why we’re taking our heap of short-circuited, fried, and burned-out junk to Union Square on Sunday where the NYC Wastele$$ campaign will make sure to dispose of them properly.

If you’ve got a dead first-generation iPod staring out you sadly from underneath a pile of comic books, take pity on…

No impact man to host Bi-Fold III: GRN

Wdnsdy Apr.18.2007 6:35pm | by lvhrd

Colin Beavan, the man who has sworn to live a year without toilet paper, will be the host for LVHRD’s Bi-Fold III: GRN. Colin, along with his wife, daughter, and dog, are attempting to live in the middle of New York City without making a net impact on the environment.

That means producing no trash or carbon emissions, no toxins in the water, no air conditioning, no TV, no toilets, no packaged products, no razors, no flourescent bulbs, no plastics, no elevator, and no subway.

In Colin’s words:

“The way…

The woman under the canopy

Wdnsdy Apr.18.2007 6:07pm | by lvhrd

Marci Zaroff, founder of Under the Canopy, has been involved in the natural products industry for over 18 years. Before stepping into the realm of organic fashion, Marci founded and ran Gullliver’s Inc, a learning wellness center in midtown Manhattan. The publisher and editor in chief of Macrocosm Magazine, she also found (somehow) the time to create Sierra Natural Resources, an international exporter of natural products.

The more time she spent in the health and wellness industry, the more Ms. Zaroff noticed the need for modern, stylish, sophisticated apparel made…

Your cup is your passport to Bi-Fold III

Wdnsdy Apr.18.2007 1:34pm | by lvhrd

If you’re planning on enjoying Brooklyn Brewery’s finest wind-powered beer or LVHRD’s special brand of recycled wine at Bi-Fold III: GRN on Tuesday night, you’ll need to show up with your own cup in hand.

In the spirit of renewable resources, for at least one night there will be no little red beer cups and no plastic wine glasses cluttering up the garbage. This means, of course, that your cup can be whatever you choose. If you’re a water connosiuer, strap on a Camelbak: NYC local, Fred Water, will be on…

BiFold III: GRN speakers announced

Wdnsdy Apr.18.2007 11:15am | by lvhrd

The sustainable cat is out of the recycled bag:
Alongside Floridian EcoFashion label, Under the Canopy Tuesday’s BiFold III: GRN will feature a presentation and discussion with Russell Robertson, industrail designer and co-founder of Brooklyn based Hybrid Product Design and Development.

Robertson will highlight Hybrid Design’s concepts for sustainable transportation, consumer electronics, and housewares. They came up with this sweet little moon buggy.

The gap between Robertson’s tech-savvy design and the organic warmth of Under the Canopy’s clothing is bridged by their mutual love of our world and the desire to protect…