water
carafe drinKraantjeswater
REcentre launched a design competition for a sustainable water carafe for drinKraantjeswater. hegge ID (BE) was the final winner with a carafe made out of hotel porcelain with the looks of a water tower.
The carafe will be in stores as from February 14. It consists out of a carafe (750 ml) and a cup which also closes the carafe (250 ml). It will be produced by Berghoff Worldwide in a series of 6.000 pieces. These first 6.000 pieces will be for sale at 10 euro/carafe. To keep up to date about the selling points or to pre-order your carafe you have to sign the charter or send an e-mail.
drinKraantjeswater
22.03.10 - 22.03.11
drinKraantjeswater (drinkTapwater), a campaign by Limburg.net, the province of Limburg, the Intercommunale Watermaatschappij (IWM), the Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening, and Bond Beter Leefmilieu wants to stimulate the inhabitants and government of Belgian Limburg to drink tap water instead of bottled water. A sustainable principle REcentre fully supports.
lab'eau drinKraantjeswater
07.04.10 (All day)
On the 7th of April 2010 six designers were selected for a first round of lab'eau: Jan Hoekstra, Frans Hegge, Gorissen & Deponti, Linde Hermans, Jean-François D'or and François Royen.
Apart from designing a sustainable water carafe, they also participated in a workshop, led by Thomas Lommee, to find other sustainable concepts that facilitate and promote the consumption of tap water.
Sustainability at School 2009-2010
01.09.09 - 01.09.10
REcentre propeled a variety of projects in collaboration with teachers and design students from St. Luc Liège - ABK Maastricht - Gut Rosenberg Aachen - Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg Dpt. Arts & Architecture - KHLim Media & Design Academie.
For the 2009-2010 edition of Sustainability at School, the participating design schools had collaborated on 3 different themes:
Design Competition water carafe
06.01.10 - 01.03.10
Six Euregional designers were assigned to design a sustainable water carafe. REcentre selected the experienced designers, brought in extra expertise on sustainable design and on water.
On the 10th of June 2010 a jury of professionals and experts judged the closed design competition.
