My design lab students have explored redesigning products for the home aimed at reducing energy consumption. Seen below is David Shaltanis’ ID Thesis, Moove. Here, Shaltanis modernized wind-up razors used in the Apollo space program to explore the potential of “de-electrifying” home appliances. Electric appliances are responsible for more than doubling electricity use in the US home since 1980 (according to a US Department of Energy report.)
