Call it responsibility or accountability. Or simple popular demand. The rarefied world of design is embracing the environment as never before. Top architects are implementing revolutionary methods. Fashion and furniture mainstays are manufacturing products using sustainable materials. And luxury empires are establishing credos on issues their customers are still waking up to. Behind the scenes, trailblazing executives are taking big risks to make it all happen — beautifully.
Nature is at the heart of John Hardy's jewelry business. The company's headquarters in Bali, which include an organic farm, were constructed from bamboo and mud bricks. Proceeds from every purchase in its Bamboo collection go toward replanting the woody renewable resource. More than 3,569 seedlings have been sowed.
