Kitchen & Bath Sustainable

It, in this case, is an Apple iPad and it did in fact just give one away to designer Nathan Bush at NeoCon this year.  After running a promotion in which GREENGUARD invited social mediaphiles to Tweet about NeoCon (dubbing it the NeoConTWEST–hardy har har).

“Nathan Bush, 22, a recent graduate of the University of Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture, was the first contestant to photograph the showrooms of over 75 manufacturers of GREENGUARD Certified products and share those photographs on the popular microblogging site Twitter.”

Hashtags were involved–check out the story here.

…and I’m working with the other editors to get the May issue to press on time!  Green updates are imminent, so stay tuned!

Ooh! One more thing!  I’m going to be Tweeting throughout the show,  so if you’re interested in following me around the show floor, click the button below!

We just received some information on a pretty cool materials recycling program called Save-A-Sample which serves the New York metro/Washington, DC/Chicago/Philadelphia art population.  More information after the jump. (more…)

Have a happy and a healthy new year!  Back on January 4.

ASCER/Tile of Spain has announced a call for entries from architects and designers for its “Reign in Spain” contest–the winners will win a trip to Spain to soak up local Spanish design and culture, factory tours, as well as attend Cevisama in Valencia.  Full release after the jump.

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Hope your holiday is wonderful!  Back on Monday!

The Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association has released the 18th volume in it Education Program series with ‘Greening the Bath,’ a manual devoted to providing a definition for green in the bath as well as tackling myriad subjects related to the topic:

• Explaining how different products sold in a showroom contribute to a green bath
• Describing how to tell compelling stories to encourage consumers to green their baths
• Identify certification and rating systems and how they operate

And others.  For more information on the manual, visit the DPHA Web site here.

Eliane has an environmental record it is proud of; according to the company, it was the first ceramic tile producer to achieve the ISO 14001 standard, and now the company’s EcoStone has been awarded the Fritz Muller award in its home country, Brazil. 

Read the full release after the jump.

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CHENG Concrete announced this week that the company will offer a line of concrete countertop products through four Home Depots in the Phoenix, AZ area.  This is the first time the company is offering any of its products in a brick-and-mortar location.

The products offered include Fu-Tung Cheng’s  Concrete Countertops Made Simple, countertop mixes in four colors, sealers, waxes and a finishing kit.  The company also held hands-on clinics in conjunction with the products launch for the public’s benefit at stores in Phoenix, Chandler and Tempe, which were well attended.  Read the complete release after the jump.

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Happy World Environment Day!  For the uninitiated, today is the U.N.’s equivalent of Earth Day.  To learn more, check out the WED Web site here.

When you’re there, be sure to check out the Twitter for Trees (@UNEPandyou, for you Twitter twits out there) campaign and updates of David de Rothschild’s amazing Plastiki project.

(More about Plastiki, de Rothschild’s project to bring awareness to the cess pit that is the North Pacific Gyre, a story worthy of coverage in this reporter’s opinion, available here at The New Yorker)

Photo: BuffaloReadings.com, via TreeHugger.