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Sam Cochran and GROW were mentioned in this year's New York Times Magazine 9th Annual Year in Ideas issue.
The section is called 'Man Made Greenery', and can be found at this link. Thanks to the Times for the mention!
DesignBoom reviews Copenhagen Design Week 09 featuring Solar Ivy
Press
Solar Ivy and Grow were featured at Design Week Copenhagen 09 as an example of a way to minimize your environmental footprint by using renewable energy sources.
Magazine-Architectures Avivre Maisons features Grow
Press
Grow is featured in the July / August 2009 issue of Architectures Avivre Maisons Magazine.
Grow featured in Les Debrouillards Magazine
Press
Les Débrouillards, a science magazine for kids that addresses the environment and technology, featured the hybrid Grow in the issue of June/ July 2008 as an example of alternative energy to inspire kids.
Book- Smart Surface and their Application in Architecture and Design
Press
Grow and Solar Ivy are featured in the recently published book celebrating new developments in the field of surface technologies by Thorsten Klooster, Smart Surfaces and their Application in Architecture and Design.
Book – Design and the Elastic Mind
Press
Smit's GROW prototype was included in the book Design and the Elastic Mind.
The book is a catalouge of the exhibition (of the same name) that MOMA put on in 2008. For more information visit the exhibition website.
GROW is featured on the cover of "Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People"
Announcements
GROW is featured on the cover of Emily Pilloton's new book "Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People" (foreward by Allan Chochinov).
See the write up on Inhabitat's Blog.
Book can be purchased here.
GROW featured on Gizmodo
Press
Tech blog Gizmodo discusses the GROW and the future of solar:
"
While the future of solar technology seems to rest on nanotechnological innovation, these GROW panels by SMIT are fairly remarkable. Inspired by leaves, these tiny generators do one better than their biological counterparts, drawing power from the sun, but also capturing energy from the wind as they are jostled by the breeze…"
For the complete post, click here.
Sita interviewed by Ecolect
Press
SMIT founder Teresita Cochran interviewed by Ecolect, the green materials blog:
Click here for the full interview.
GROW in German traveling exhibit
General
GROW featured in the traveling exhibit: MaterialSense.
Hannover, Germany: March – April '09
Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin, Germany: April – June '09
http://www.materialsense.com/content/may-2009
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The 10 most recent blog posts are displayed above. For older posts and more information, please visit smitblog.com.
SMIT is committed to the sustainability of all our pursuits. Our multidisciplinary background and wide range of skill sets allows SMIT to work in many specialized fields that are emerging under the cultural and social umbrella that is sustainability. By actively engaging in education, product & systems design, and a green consultancy over the past 5 years, SMIT has become a recognized pioneer in the sustainable design community. SMIT's design work has been widely exhibited and published, and is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. SMIT is currently developing a number of projects in the USA and abroad with architects and builders that utilize the company's first product, Solar Ivy, on an architectural scale.
Co-founder
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Design Officer
Sam has been the Chief Design Officer at SMIT since 2005, and took over as acting CEO in 2010. In this role he oversees all design, product and manufacturing developments at SMIT with account for their sustainability, profitability and marketability.
Teresita Brigitte Cochran
Co-founder
Chief Marketing Officer
Since then, Teresita has worked on business development, fund-raising and marketing as SMIT's Chief Executive Officer in both New York City, NY and Boston, MA. She has been invited to guest speak at various sustainability and business focused events, and has been interviewed for a multitude of magazines and related press for her work with SMIT.
Benjamin Wheeler Howes
Partner
Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Architectural Design
Ben specializes in architectural & systems design at SMIT, and has been the Chief of Architectural Design and a managing member since the company's formation in the winter of 2007.
Family and friends : Special thanks to all of our family and friends who helped make our prototype of GROW at the MOMA possible.
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
Special thanks to Jennifer Keller Jackson and Humera Fasihuddin
Pratt Institute Design Incubator
Special thanks to Debera Johnson
Debera Johnson
Jamie Allen
Tom Igoe
Kelly Talcott
Ricardo Hollingsworth
Daniel Friedson
Micah Kotch
Diego Portillo
Erik Cooper
Jose Alcala
Jude Heslin-Di Leo
Mori Buster
David Gibbs
Stacie Plassche
Jonathan Lee
Travis Donia
Kevin McElroy
Paul Schwartz
Ross Derrico
Interns:
Amanda Huffingham
Perta Farinha
Paul Paradiso
Justin Chin
Nicholas Stoker
Danny Alexander
Avani Palkhiwala
Ebbin Martin
Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn
Brian Kerr
Raphael Zollinger
Press
Sam Cochran and GROW were mentioned in this year’s New York Times Magazine 9th Annual Year in Ideas issue.
The section is called ‘Man Made Greenery’, and can be found at this link. Thanks to the Times for the mention!
DesignBoom reviews Copenhagen Design Week 09 featuring Solar Ivy
Press
Solar Ivy and Grow were featured at Design Week Copenhagen 09 as an example of a way to minimize your environmental footprint by using renewable energy sources.
Magazine-Architectures Avivre Maisons features Grow
Press
Grow is featured in the July / August 2009 issue of Architectures Avivre Maisons Magazine.
Grow featured in Les Debrouillards Magazine
Press
Les Débrouillards, a science magazine for kids that addresses the environment and technology, featured the hybrid Grow in the issue of June/ July 2008 as an example of alternative energy to inspire kids.
Book- Smart Surface and their Application in Architecture and Design
Press
Grow and Solar Ivy are featured in the recently published book celebrating new developments in the field of surface technologies by Thorsten Klooster, Smart Surfaces and their Application in Architecture and Design.
Book – Design and the Elastic Mind
Press
Smit’s GROW prototype was included in the book Design and the Elastic Mind.
The book is a catalouge of the exhibition (of the same name) that MOMA put on in 2008. For more information visit the exhibition website.
GROW is featured on the cover of “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People”
Announcements
GROW is featured on the cover of Emily Pilloton’s new book “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People” (foreward by Allan Chochinov).
See the write up on Inhabitat’s Blog.
Book can be purchased here.
GROW featured on Gizmodo
Press
Tech blog Gizmodo discusses the GROW and the future of solar:
”
While the future of solar technology seems to rest on nanotechnological innovation, these GROW panels by SMIT are fairly remarkable. Inspired by leaves, these tiny generators do one better than their biological counterparts, drawing power from the sun, but also capturing energy from the wind as they are jostled by the breeze…”
For the complete post, click here.
Sita interviewed by Ecolect
Press
SMIT founder Teresita Cochran interviewed by Ecolect, the green materials blog:
Click here for the full interview.
GROW in German traveling exhibit
General
GROW featured in the traveling exhibit: MaterialSense.
Hannover, Germany: March – April ‘09
Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin, Germany: April – June ‘09
http://www.materialsense.com/content/may-2009
********************************************************
The 10 most recent blog posts are displayed above. For older posts and more information, please visit smitblog.com.
Press
Sam Cochran and GROW were mentioned in this year’s New York Times Magazine 9th Annual Year in Ideas issue.
The section is called ‘Man Made Greenery’, and can be found at this link. Thanks to the Times for the mention!
DesignBoom reviews Copenhagen Design Week 09 featuring Solar Ivy
Press
Solar Ivy and Grow were featured at Design Week Copenhagen 09 as an example of a way to minimize your environmental footprint by using renewable energy sources.
Magazine-Architectures Avivre Maisons features Grow
Press
Grow is featured in the July / August 2009 issue of Architectures Avivre Maisons Magazine.
Grow featured in Les Debrouillards Magazine
Press
Les Débrouillards, a science magazine for kids that addresses the environment and technology, featured the hybrid Grow in the issue of June/ July 2008 as an example of alternative energy to inspire kids.
Book- Smart Surface and their Application in Architecture and Design
Press
Grow and Solar Ivy are featured in the recently published book celebrating new developments in the field of surface technologies by Thorsten Klooster, Smart Surfaces and their Application in Architecture and Design.
Book – Design and the Elastic Mind
Press
Smit’s GROW prototype was included in the book Design and the Elastic Mind.
The book is a catalouge of the exhibition (of the same name) that MOMA put on in 2008. For more information visit the exhibition website.
GROW is featured on the cover of “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People”
Announcements
GROW is featured on the cover of Emily Pilloton’s new book “Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People” (foreward by Allan Chochinov).
See the write up on Inhabitat’s Blog.
Book can be purchased here.
GROW featured on Gizmodo
Press
Tech blog Gizmodo discusses the GROW and the future of solar:
”
While the future of solar technology seems to rest on nanotechnological innovation, these GROW panels by SMIT are fairly remarkable. Inspired by leaves, these tiny generators do one better than their biological counterparts, drawing power from the sun, but also capturing energy from the wind as they are jostled by the breeze…”
For the complete post, click here.
Sita interviewed by Ecolect
Press
SMIT founder Teresita Cochran interviewed by Ecolect, the green materials blog:
Click here for the full interview.
GROW in German traveling exhibit
General
GROW featured in the traveling exhibit: MaterialSense.
Hannover, Germany: March – April ‘09
Royal Dutch Embassy in Berlin, Germany: April – June ‘09
http://www.materialsense.com/content/may-2009
********************************************************
The 10 most recent blog posts are displayed above. For older posts and more information, please visit smitblog.com.
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