Latest designs 
​& ongoing projects

From furniture to garbage compaction or walking aids, we have tackled a variety of encouraging projects!
Here there is a list of some of the design creations we have been recently involved in, some of which are still ongoing (*)
​(*) It is our strong commitment to protect our clients' Intellectual Property (IP). So we disclose information accordingly.

Modern & recycled 

Concept

As urban areas expand, so decreases the size of apartments, and young people and couples have access and share small-sized rooms with limited living space.

Mx Table is a dinning table and a coffee table in one, and is the first piece of a set of a 100% sustainable furniture line designed to optimise every inch of small living spaces.

This table is made from 100% recycled PP. Its refined lines and curves, the innovative concept, and its optimal size and resistance will transform any living room in a sophisticated multipurpose space.

Mx Table provides double functionality without compromising style and quality. Thanks to rotomoulding technique, the geometry of the elements maximise their strength, reduce the need for assembly and sets off its clean surfaces for a smart look.

Motivation

Here we bind together recycling and modern furniture, multifunctionality and style, ergonomics and robustness. Produced from 100% recycled plastic, we worked to make Mx Table easy to manufacture, transport, and assemble, and to present a stylish furnishing piece that is plastic-made while utterly sustainable.

It can be quickly transformed to host a candlelit dinner, a coffee time with friends, or even a picnic in the garden, since it can be easily disassembled and transported, and the material deal with indoor and outdoor climate conditions.

Features
Easy assembly and manipulation 
No tools needed for assembly or disassembly. Legs connected to the board through shafts that are placed manually by the end user. Simply rotate the V-shaped legs. for transformation and remove the shafts for transportation. 
Modern. Stylish. Harmonious
The design concept is delicate mix of straight lines, neat curves, and harmonious proportions to create a minimalistic but robust furnishing element.  
100% Recycled. Sustainable
Designed to be manufactured from 100% recycled PP via rotational moulding. 100% recyclable. The entire lifecycle process has been devised to minimise the carbon footprint. 

The domestic ​garbage compactor

Concept
YeeZee is a line of garbage compactors conceived to reduce the volume of household waste. These garbage bins can compact daily waste in a simple manner, without any need of electricity, and respecting the aesthetics of the room.

It's purely inspired by end-users' habits and limitations, with a shape designed to fit to most environments, with round classy corners and a clean finish. The line includes three different sizes - 35L, 60L and 110L - for different types and sizes of rubbish bags, including Swiss taxed bags.

Motivation
This project was an assignment from a client in the waste management industry very much implicated in reducing the impact from garbage disposal. 

​The idea was to ease garbage compaction right there where people throw away their garbage (homes, offices, kitchens, etc.). This way, the volume of waste decreases before the bags reach the garbage containers on the street, preventing scattered waste and bad smells, and reducing traffic of garbage trucks.  

Features
Frontal gate
The bag can be accessed from the front so the user doesn't have to lift it up. This is particularly useful since compaction increases the weight of the bag.
Rear wheels
A couple of wheels installed behind lets the user bring the compactor down the the disposal point. Again, this utility pursues relieving the user from carrying much weight. 
100% ecofriendly
The product is designed to be manufactured from 100% recycled PP or HDPE and is fully recyclable.
YeeZee can help to reduce waste volume up to 60%

Sweating money

Concept
Have you trained hard? Then you deserve some reward! A workout session is a valuable source of energy. Think of the amount of calories burned and uselessly released to the surroundings, the money you pay for doing it, and the energy consumption at the gym...does it make sense? 

In fact, such energy flow can be channelled and transformed into electric power which, in return, can reduce external energy consumption and even render some economic benefit or compensation to the user.
​Basic energy flow scheme in a FitWatt energy recovery system  
A FitWatt system consists of a complete set of machines specially designed to exploit selected groups of muscles, collecting and transforming those calories into electric power. The machines adapt their operation to natural human movements and sports, and not the other way round (as usual). Thus, they take each training session to the limit to release and capture enormous amounts of calories. 
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This is a long-term project in which are developing 7 different high-performance machines with the ultimate goal of optimal kWh production, without neglecting aesthetics, ergonomics and, of course, lifecycle environmental performance. 

Motivation
FitWatt is a challenging project. The idea came after endless gym sessions watching outrageous amounts of metabolic energy being squandered. And we thought "how about being paid for going to the gym? What if we could collect all that power produce electricity with it? Furthermore, why should we pay for giving away such valuable resource? Shouldn't we be paid for it instead?"

So, we got spirited enough to propose our own set of energy recovery machines based on human workout - notice the difference with saying gym machines producing electricity, which are the ones you may have seen already in the internet! Users will get economic compensation for their contribution which will encourage them to produce more and more. It is a win-win situation!

Features
Exclusive design & features
Their special design makes them unique. Users do not learn how to use a workout machine. Rather, it is the machine's mechanism that is adapted to them. The goal is to maximise workout by letting the user go to the limit. 
Savings & revenues
Optimised energy production leads to important energy savings and economic benefits from injection of kWh to the grid. It also makes the gym different, unique, and most competitive with other gyms around. 
2 x Business opportunity
This binomial combination of a power plant and a gym allows different business approaches with which clients can gain loyalty by being compensated and motivated to produce more energy each time they enter a FitWatt training centre.  

Flat going circular

Concept
This 24cm-long  compactor can reduce the volume of most of containers of up to 2.5L volume including plastic bottles, aluminium cans, and tetra-packs. Sqwissy is extensible and can be unfolded to ease manual and effortless compaction, thanks to the sole action of Gravity.

​It is modern, minimalistic, and inspired by ocean waves, so much affected by inefficient recycling systems. Sqwissy is small enough to be stored away in a drawer or hung on a wall in a kitchen, for example. It is designed for easy assembly and disassembly, repairable, and customisable within a range of colours.

Motivation
While working on YeeZee, we realised that our labour wouldn't be complete without a compaction solution for containers (drinks, cleaning products, milk, shampoo...). Most people want (or is forced) to recycle. But when containers start to pile up and take much room...

We wanted to make something that could be so small, cheap, and easy to use that it could be a cool solution for families and offices. We also pursued excellence in ergonomics with such an effortless system that could be handled by older people, children, etc. Besides, it fits your deco and helps you to release your stress, so it is a must-have item.

Sqwissy is the result of a pure Design Thinking process, with lots of prototyping and collection of bottles, cans, and tetrapacks for testing, until we diminished volume of containers up to 90%! Yes: we had fun and put on some weight building it.

Features
All User. All containers
Just a person's weight and a plane surface is enough for compaction. No particular strength is needed to manipulate it, so anyone can use it. Sqwissy is able to compact plastic bottles (PET, HDPE, PP, LDPE...), aluminium cans and tetrapacks, from 0.33L to 2.5L volume.
Recycling + Recycled + Recyclable
A compactor made from recycled polypropylene and recycled stainless steel, helping to recycle, and 100% recyclable, is the ultimate symbol of a circular economy. 
Clean & hygienic
The volume is reduced without damaging the containers and spilling its contents. If needed, it can be cleaned with a cloth and detergent, and disinfected with alcohol. 

Other projects and activities 

From design to mentoring, at EeD we carry out many activities related to environmentally conscious design. 
Here there is a list of some other projects and activities we are currently undertaking (*)

(It is our commitment to strongly protect our clients' Intellectual Property (IP). So we disclose information accordingly) 

Affordable, accessible & respectful walking aid
Did you know that
  • falling is the 2nd leading cause of deadly injuries, meaning 424K casualties every year? (GVR 2021)
  • more than 1.7B people worldwide suffer from musculoskeletal diseases? (WHO 2021)
  • around 9% of the population is 65+? (WHO 2021) 
60% of these falls are caused by accidents, traumas or diseases, being muscle-bone related (low back pain, arthritis, arthrosis, sclerosis...) and neurological diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or dementia) the most common. Around 25% of seniors suffer from age-related disabilities, making their lives much uncomfortable, limited, and serious risks of falling.

We got a call from a Day Care Centre in Madrid (Spain) where they look after older people with neurological disorders and a number of cases with complicated psychomotricity abilities. Since then, we are developing together a walking aid to bring safety and comfort to their users. We highlight the huge range of end-users it can help to, the level of customisation it can get and, of course, its utter environmental compromise.

This beautiful and encouraging project managed to get ahead despite the pandemic, thanks to the support and contribution from relevant actors such as the Haute École d'Ingénierie in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and from Akita University (Japan), and the help of physiotherapists, doctors, and experts in geriatrics. 
The eco-millennial project
A generation of millennials driven by technology, social media, and immediateness, is having a huge impact in our society. They do influence and are influenced by it, at the speed of their internet connections. So, they have the ability to promote environmentalism like never before.

​As they become productive actors in our society, they will join the labour market and become self-sufficient and independent in a (post) pandemic paradigm where telework and indoor living has won the battle to classic (yet recent) lifestyle. 

With this reality in mind, in this new project, we assist young entrepreneurs and students to bring sustainable practices to the core of their lives, with the strong hope that they will take circular living to the next level. By influencing this new generation to act sustainably, we bet this way on planting the seed of the World's sustainable development.

Courses
We also provide tutoring, mentoring and guidance to bring sustainability to motivated companies and professionals.

​We create contents and courses tackling different areas of sustainability. 
Currently you can join the following courses created by EeD

Workshops
Upcycling
One of our purposes for 2022 is to offer a space for neighbours of the commune of Morges, where we can fix or upcycle products together, sharing ideas and knowledge related to Circular Economy. This idea is currently under development and will count with the support of local eco-entrepreneurs such as that of our local partners Recyclink and InformEtik. 
Eco-driving
In 2016 EeD presented at the Electronics Goes Green EGG conference held in Berlin (Germany), and brought by Fraunhofer, our project Eco-driving: a driving style to optimise the use phase of our vehicles. The goal was to show eco-driving techniques to the audience and to share experience and data with vehicle manufacturers regarding trends in transports.

Since then, we have been providing eco-driving lessons for free to any driver committed to reducing the environmental impact of their driving. Gasoline, Diesel, hybrid... almost any vehicle can reduce consumption, emissions, and expenses with very easy yet effective tips!