Style ideas and news for your eco-chic home
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture, Celebrity on Jan 20th, 2010
Ecocentric co-founder and TV designer Oliver Heath has just started the ultimate eco refurb of his 1960s Brighton home. He will be blogging about it here offering tips and advice, with links to helpful resources and suppliers. Here is the first instalment, which appeared in the Guardian’s Green Living blog on Monday 18th Jan. Come […]
Designer Tord Boontje, creator of our recycled glass vase range, this Autumn takes up the position as Professor and Head of Design Products at the Royal College of Art, the role previously held by Professor Ron Arad.
Tord Boontje himself studied for his MA in industrial design at the RCA, and returned in 2000 as tutor […]
Posted in Eco Living, Outdoors, Style Ideas, Celebrity on Sep 3rd, 2009
It seems many of you don’t just want to hear Oliver talking about his garden, but also to see it and grab some visual inspiration from his eco-chic designs… So here you are:
Movable fire and seating (which also double as steps to the raised decking area) allow for a flexible space, from play to entertaining.
Raised […]
Posted in Eco Living, Outdoors, Celebrity on Sep 1st, 2009
Despite a busy work schedule filming Dream Homes, heading up EcoCentric, running his design company and presenting at Grand Designs and Gardeners World shows amongst other things, Oliver Heath has moved house and is lovingly renovating it in his eco-chic design style.
Summer obviously means more time spent outside and his eyes have turned to the […]
Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity on Aug 14th, 2009
A government report picked up by many of the papers yesterday announced that Londoners are wasting £70m a year in bills by failing to take simple energy saving steps.
Simple measures such as cavity wall and loft insulation can save £160 a year.
Designers and green campaigners Oliver Heath and Kevin McCloud have been pushing the Great […]
Posted in Design & Architecture, Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events, Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2009
Last month, Oliver joined Kevin McCloud and a bunch of politicians to help insulate a model home outside the Houses of Parliament. The event was in aid of the Great British Refurb Campaign. They managed to get a huge 7,500 signatures but there is still time to sign up.
Go to the Great British Refurb website […]
Posted in Kitchen & Dining, Lounging, Outdoors, Office, Eco Living, Bed & Bath, Style Ideas, Trends, Events, News, Celebrity, Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
Have you been to Goop.com yet? Gwyneth’s website has caused a massive stir among environmentalists and journalists alike. The websites aim - to encourage sustainability, good health and an eco-friendly lifestyle. Surprisingly enough, Gwyneth’s tips aren’t so friendly to the purse strings! But are we surprised? Well some people are…
Gwyneth leads a Hollywood lifestyle so her idea of ‘green […]
Posted in Eco Living, Design & Architecture, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 20th, 2009
Last Tuesday Oliver Heath, Kevin McCloud and a whole bunch of MP’s spent the morning insulating a mini house to raise awareness for the Great British Refurb campaign, asking the goverment to make insulation, and other green home measures, more accessible for the average home owner.
Part of the issue, Oliver says, is that the talk […]
Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 14th, 2009
Tomorrow government is expected to announce White Paper on carbon reduction strategy. To coincide with this, on Thursday Kevin McCloud will hand in a petition to Downing Street asking for more accisibilty of funding for making green improvements to the UK’s homes. So far over 5,000 people have signed the petition - but there is […]
Posted in Eco Living, Celebrity, News, Events on Jul 13th, 2009
Kevin McCloud, presenter of the popular TV show, Grand Designs, launched Grand Designs’ first-ever campaign – The Grand Designs Great British Refurb campaign – in April at the Grand Designs Live exhibition. The campaign asks Government to make it easier and more affordable to turn Britain’s 26 million existing houses into greener and more energy-efficient […]