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And now the good news...

TED GLOBAL in Oxford is starting today.This years subject is 'And now the good news'
 
TEDGlobal 2010 will explore the undercurrent of good news just below the surface of today's troubling headlines -- new ideas, new science, new technology, new social and political thinking, new art and a new understanding of who we are. Click here for more details

We feel honoured to have been chosen to be the Speaker's gift this year with wattson. As we say every cloud has a silverlining...wattson Silverlining now available for pre-order. Click here for more details
 

 
 
 

wattson launching in berlin @ Galleries Lafayette

WEDNESDAY 7TH JULY 2010 AT 12PM
Press conference at Galleries Lafayette.

We are very excited to be partcipiating with other sustainable fashion designers. It is great to see wattson being part of the fashion world. wattson is available on view from today until 31st august 2010.

If you have any queries about wattson in Germany, you can get in touch with either greta@diykyoto.com or gitte@diykyoto.com. please click here for the german press release Download GL_LABO MODE ECO_DIYK

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MITTWOCH 7.JULI 2010 UM 12 UHR

Presse Konferenz in der Galleries Lafayette

Wir danken Galleries Lafayette für die großartige Unterstützung und daß wir die Möglichkeit erhalten haben mit anderen Fashion Designers auszustellen. Wir sind sehr stolz daß wattson in der Fashion Welt auch eine großartige Fan Base hat. wattson ist in der Auststellung ab heute bis zum 31.august 2010. 

Wenn Sie weitere Informationen über den wattson erhalten möchten dann bitte wenden Sie sich an greta@diykyoto.com oder gitte@diykyoto.com. Bitte klicken Sie hier um die deutsche Pressemitteilung zu erhalten. Download GL_LABO MODE ECO_DIYK

  

DIY KYOTO live on BBC Radio 5 'Wake up to money' program

This was a great experience to go live on air at the BBC radio 5 'Wake up to money' program. MP Mark Prisk definitely is somebody who actually listens and hopefully will take actions as soon as possible. 

D&AD DIY KYOTO'S Student Prize Winners revealed!

What fantastic talent we have here! We were very proud handing out the yellow pencil to such great talents. Congratulations to Adam, Rich & Matthew for their ingenious toaster idea. 

 

And also Congratulations to the runner up's! Second prize for Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Maximo Riadigos, Katrin Baumgarten and Ting-Chung Cheng. 

The brief we set was:
Design a product that empowers consumers who enjoy access to the luxury market to live more sustainably.

Creative Challenge:
You must design a product that by its very existence helps the consumer to live more sustainably, whether by directly affecting the consumer’s behaviour or by indirectly influencing the way they live. To do this you will need to either identify a new need in the luxury consumer market which can be filled sustainably or take an existing paradigm of a product or service and re-design it to be more sustainable in it’s material use or impact on people’s lives. 

D&AD True blood // W+K // DIYK

What an exciting week this was! D&AD truly pulled out all the stops...So many events to go to, nothing more a student/graduate could wish for. We would definitely like to thank D&AD for their great work and fantastic support for our events. 

We gave a workshop and a talk at Wieden&Kennedy. Wieden&Kennedy are the forerunners of helping recent graduates establish themselves in the industry. They are a fanstatic creative bunch, do amazing work . We love Wieden & Kennedy. Thank you for having DIY KYOTO at your Headquarters!

read more about the workshop here

 

 

 
 
 

WATTSON & FIRST DIRECT @ GRAND DESIGNS LIVE

“Top 75 Gadgets Ever!” Stuff Magazine

“Great concept in a gorgeous gadget - saving the planet has never been so cool” Stuff magazine

Top 10 Green Gadgets, The Guardian

“Sleek, stylish, and eco-friendly” Daily Telegraph

“Giving all of your eco-based panicking a simple focal-point” Time Out

RRP £99.95 / www.diykyoto.com

Independent design collective and green technology experts DIY KYOTO remain ahead of the game, offering the ultimate consumer-driven energy monitor on the market, in the form of their critically acclaimed wattson01 - the multi-award-winning energy monitor that The Guardian has described as “the closest we’ve come yet to an iPod of smart meters – something cool and desirable”.

Following an extensive survey of current wattson customers and owners, DIY Kyoto are delighted to reveal that the majority of households see an average annual saving of almost 20% on their electricity bills, having invested in a wattson electricity monitor – the biggest average saving of any energy monitor currently on the market offering comparable statistics.

The independently produced wattson launched in 2006 as a pioneering example of home energy monitoring technology, and the DIY KYOTO collective continue to offer the most progressive technology and interactive potential through their unique product and accompanying software packages. Its entrepreneurial creators, three Royal College of Art design graduates, have even made their way to Downing Street with their energy monitor, for a conference on the future of science in the UK.

wattson at BEST BUY

Green Tech is the new Best Buy

We are very proud to announce that Best Buy will be supplying wattson. 

Best Buy will open its first store in Thurrock, Essex on 30 April 2010 at 7am, followed by stores in Hedge End (Southampton) and Merry Hill (West Midlands) that will both open in June and then followed by Aintree near Liverpool in the following weeks. Best Buy has also confirmed that it will be opening a store in Croydon, Surrey in Autumn 2010.

Why not test drive wattson this weekend at Best Buy? 

click here for to read the press release by BEST Buy

 

As for 2009 DIY Kyoto & wattson want to wish you a very

 

wattson at the EAST LONDON DESIGN SHOW

POP IN AND SEE US BEFORE XMAS 

That’s right. We’re going to be out and about in the build up to xmas with our 
very own stall at the East London Design Show. 

So if you’re in London between the 3rd – 6th December, you can come along and see how a Wattson works for yourself. And if you’re early there may be a few edible Christmas goodies to share around as well. All part of the DIY KYOTO Christmas service. For other energy saving tips, details of our pop up stands around town – and the odd Christmas recipe, just go to www.diykyoto.com

 

limited offer! ends at midnight tonight.

CLICK HERE FOR OFFER

wattson, Richard & Peter Jones

Richard joined Peter Jones for the start of UK enterprise week. check out UK enterprise for event details.

wattson energy saving tips

wattson on the GADGETSHOw

check it out!

TAKE ACTION on Blog action day

DIY KYOTO are agreeing with this campaign. TAKE ACTION YOURSELF and use a wattson of course :) www.blogactionday.org

45 Things You Can Do About Climate Change Right Now

Oct 15th, 2009 by Easton Ellsworth

This list is raw, unedited. It was put together by several volunteers from among the thousands of Blog Action Day 2009 participants. We hope you find it useful and that you add to it in the comments below!

1. Talk to your boss at work and ask him/her to set up a training meeting for employees on how to make the workplace more friendly to the environment.
2. Take action on big scale with an organization.
3. Take 15 minutes to ask your friends on Facebook and Twitter what they think about climate change and what people can do about it.
4. Sign a peitition like this one: http://bit.ly/bad09act
5. Find out where your senators stand on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill.
6. Work with your local university or college on making your area more bike friendly. You could even help develop a bike share program!
7. Walk leave your car in the garage
8. Go vegetarian/ vegan
9. Join a local event at http://350.org/ – it’s happening on Oct 24, 2009 worldwide
10. Stop throwing so much away. Get a pig, they eat trash like no other.

click here for the rest of the article

wattson at ELDS in TENT LONDON

We also had the wonderful opportunity to exhibit with Della from the East London Show, which were based in TENT LONDON too. Thanks Della, your energy is fantastic girl!! And let's not forget our confession booth which definitely was of great success. I hope everyone is feeling cleansed after their confessions of their greenest sins.