MARIA YEE ECO-FRIENDLY FURNITURE

Maria Yee has been making big strides in contemporary green furniture design. While not the most cutting edge conceptually, the Santa Cruz designer does make eco minded, heirloom quality furniture that

CORE77′s ULTIMATE DESIGNER GIFT GUIDE

Our friends over at Core77 have outdone themselves this year with their fancy schmancy designer gift guide. They’ve got tons of great gift ideas for your favorite design aficionado: from Make

SELF-DESTRUCTO CANDLE – Half Candle / Half LED Lamp

With The Design Can’s clever new Self-Destructo Candle, you can literally burn your candle at both ends. The Self-Destructo is a traditional paraffin pillar candle with an embedded LED light. If you

ARTECNICA’S SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING

In an industrial economy that is none too kind to craft labor, its exciting to see a growing number of design companies beginning to prioritize social responsibility in their manufacturing and labor

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Cheap Green Gifts Under $30

It’s that time of year again, and today marks the start of our Holiday Gift Guide here at Inhabitat. Our first installment is Cheap Gifts Under $30- wallet-friendly green gifts that are great for

CREEPERS LED LIGHTING by Materialise

Belgium-based design shop Materialise has developed their signature style by combining digital manufacturing processes with organic forms inspired by nature. This juxtaposition yields beautiful designs

ONE SHOT STOOL by Materialise

Folding chairs are great in theory, but most traditional designs are often bulky and unwieldy in both folded and unfolded form — defeating the whole point of impromptu seating. Now Belgian design

JOHANNA GRAWUNDER INNOVATIVE LIGHTING

One of the highlights of this weekend’s Dwell On Design conference was Johanna Grawunder’s Saturday lecture and DesertGlow exhibition at the Art + Industry Gallery in downtown Palm Springs.

SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: Holiday Gift Bags

The first installment of sustainable style gift recommendations is in the bag, literally. The creatively recycled materials in any of these gift-worthy bags will definitely warm the heart of your favorite

DWELL ON DESIGN Palm Springs

The Inhabitat team is on site here in Palm Springs at the Dwell On Design conference, and we’ve just wrapped up a full day of lectures from distinguished speakers on topics such as Visions of Utopia

SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES by Maxine Sutton

Modernist in spirit, traditional in technique, and sustainable in execution – Maxine Sutton’s lovely textile work has a lot to recommend it. The UK artist uses recycled textiles, organic

“REDISCOVERED” WOOD & THE TRITON SAWFISH

The Sawfish has been around for a couple years now, but we took notice after spotting it at Greenbuild two weeks ago. The timber provided by this robotic logger received accolades as one of Building

PREFAB FRIDAY: The SeaSauna

While prefab construction is just beginning to influence the building industry in the United States, there are considerably more offerings for such ventures in Europe. Take for instance, Ari