PARSONS AAS INTERIOR DESIGN - The New School

Phillipe Bauman, The Starter Kits decided
to continue to enter competitions
as well as to develop a flagship product,
a neatly boxed package of every day
domestic products that are the most
environmentally responsible items on
the market - and some created by the
group to fill a void in the market, meant
to replace the environmentally damaging
items that currently line cupboards
worldwide. By focusing initially on
young professionals in metropolitan
areas, The Starter Kits seek to decipher
and disseminate information about
more efficient ways to live sustainably.
On October 21st, 2009, just six months
from their initial competition discussion,
The U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC), in concert with the American
Society of Interior Designers (ASID),
named The Starter Kits the winner
of the first Sustainable Suite Design
Competition in the Student and Young
Professional category. Their winning design,
Front Street Hotel in Brooklyn, NY,
retrofits an existing building into a sleek,
yet ecologically sensitive hotel.
The Starter Kit is a neatly boxed package of every day domestic products that are
the most environmentally responsible items on the market - and some created by
the group to fill a void in the market, meant to replace the environmentally damaging
items that currently line cupboards worldwide.
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