18-26 September 2021
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18-26 September 2021
grape lab is a sustainable design lab that does various experiments to solve environmental and social issues from a design point of view. We focus on wasted resources and vulnerable people in marginal areas of our society.
Combining recycled and wood-free papers with unique folding techniques we create unique stationery products with sustainable lifecycles.
More important than just focusing on creating a good product, we understand all the process behind its creation. We carefully think about every step of our product’s lifecycle and its connection to the environment–from production to its disposal. Continually searching for the cleanest sources, using minimal resources and green technology is our design goal.
Society is also part of our environment and as a social venture, our mission is to build a more collaborative world. People with intellectual disabilities are a vital part of our society’s diversity and our team–their talents give life to our products. We help them get more visibility through employment and profit-sharing.
Arguably, grape lab’s g.flow laptop stand is better than most other laptop stands on the market. It ticks all the boxes as an effective product, but also as a sustainable product. It’s clever, lightweight, and comes in packaging that can be used as a stand too! g.flow is just an amalgamation of a lot of good ideas into one great product that does its job with 100% effectiveness and 0% negative impact on the environment.
The g.flow is basically a tray made from folded recycled paper. Relying on origami tricks, the paper is stiff enough to hold up to 11 pounds of weight (enough to take the weight of your laptop and your hands too) thanks to the origami folds which not only give it strength, but also create multiple channels to boost airflow and cool your laptop better. The ridged paper is specifically angled for easy viewing and typing, so that you get the benefits of a cooling pad as well as a prop stand, while the device comes with a small lip on the front to keep the laptop from sliding down. g.flow’s universal design works effectively with laptops of any size, and folds down to fit into a small box that you can slip right into your bag with your laptop.
g.flow’s choice of material gives it the advantage of also being one of the lightest laptop stands on the market, while also being ecologically conscious. The paper used to construct the g.flow is 100% recycled, and is further recyclable, allowing it to have no negative impact on its environment when disposed… if disposed.
Each g.flow even comes with an artistic graphic printed on it, created by specially-abled artists, helping bring patronage, awareness, and a source of income to them. A portion of the profits from each g.flow laptop stand go to these disabled artists, going to show how a simple product like the g.flow can benefit everyone from the user to the creator, to even the environment!
And if that wasn’t innovative enough, the packaging for the g.flow comes with a slot that you can use to dock your phone or tablet too, making even the outer box as useful and mindfully created as the product within it. Someone give this laptop stand an award already!
