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Xoddo offers radical personalization of stuffed toys.
The new company lets children build characters online then have them made into actual stuffed creatures.
"It's like a combination of Build-A-Bear, Webkinz and Mr.Potato Head" says designer Russell Benfanti.
The Xoddo (pronounced "Zough-dough") website provides children with tools to build their own characters.
Designs are then cut, sewn and stuffed to become an actual soft custom toy.
Kids design creatures using multiple combinations of colors and patterns, unique facial features, body parts, clothes, accessories and text.
There are literally an unlimited number of possible combinations.
Xoddo is the brainchild of designer Russell Benfanti - an artist known for his character design and illustrations in the toy and children's publishing market.
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The "Regeneration: International Green Computing Design Competition," which recently completed its first round of judging, was conceived as a means for Dell to facilitate a broad public dialogue around design opportunities and trade-offs regarding environmentally- responsible design (including the entire lifecycle of computing technologies & products).
The team set rigorous requirements for the competition, and had more than 500 design students and professionals from across the globe participate.
The jury of six internationally respected sustainable design experts worked independently to evaluate and cull the initial range of entries and then assembled in Austin to select the top 5 Finalists.
The finalists represent a broad range of approaches to addressing sustainable design, including extending product life, alternative power, raising awareness to modify behavior and reducing redundancy.
The finalists also range in concepts that are practical today to ideas for the future.
The community can now view and vote for their favorite single entry of the five finalists.
Voting will close on May 7th and the final winner will be announced on May 15th.
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The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) has created the Sage Award to recognize excellence in the home furnishings industry through sustainable business practices, social responsibility and profitable growth.
The award will be sponsored by Cargill's BiOH polyols, and the first award will be given at AHFA's Sustainability Summit Nov. 13 in Greensboro, N.C.
"A sage is someone who is widely respected for wisdom, experience and judgment," said Andy Counts, chief executive officer of AHFA.
"Our award is intended to seek out, discover and recognize true industry innovators from whom all of us can learn.
We are gratified that Cargill's BiOH polyols business has agreed to sponsor this award."
Cargill's BiOH polyols is also sponsoring AHFA's two-day Sustainability Summit this fall.
The Sage Award will recognize a manufacturer or designer of finished home furnishings products or a retailer in the home furnishings industry.
Nominees must demonstrate leadership in reducing the industry's environmental footprint and expanding its positive social impact while running a profitable business.
Nominations for the 2008 Award may be submitted beginning June 1.
The deadline for entries will be Sept. 5.
An independent panel of judges from throughout the home furnishings industry, as well as from environmental and social organizations, will conduct a blind evaluation of each entry.
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Dan Dare's rocket fleet roars high over Venus to trounce his arch foe - the power-mad Mekon.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, another extraordinary future is unfolding - one which laid the foundation for Britain's hi-tech consumer society.
After 1945, though war-weary and broke, Britain found huge pride in wartime advances such as radar, penicillin and the jet engine.
Discoveries like these were now tipped to kick-start world-beating industries, bring prosperity and bankroll the emerging welfare state.
In an age before globalisation, products from rockets to radios sprang from local roots.
Together they reveal a fascinating "lost world" of British design and invention - a glimpse of a time when the TV in the corner was a Murphy, not a Sony.
This exciting new temporary exhibition explores the role played by technology in creating post-war Britain.
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More than 100,000 New Twingos have been sold since its launch in the 21 countries where it is marketed.
More than 50,000 registrations have been recorded in France, where it tops the compact city car segment.
To build on this success, Renault is launching Twingo Night & Day.
Twingo Night & Day which stands out through its specific exterior styling.
The new car is modern with a distinct feminine touch thanks to eye-catching floral graphics on the pearlescent black foglamp trims, B-pillar and rear bumper.
The striking gaze of this limited edition version is further enhanced by black headlamp masks.
Based on the Dynamique version, Twingo Night & Day features specific wheeltrims, extratinted glass and pearlescent black exterior mirror housings.
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