Read the rest of Spillman Farmer Architects Transform Bethlehem Steel Factory into a Vibrant Art Center

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Read the rest of Berlin’s Technik Museum Is Topped with a Historic Candy Bomber Plane

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Here at Inhabitat we have seen some very creative iPhone amplifiers that use bamboo canes, repurposed musical instruments and even an entire tree trunk to blast tunes. But here is one example you can easily DIY by combining a vintage bike horn and a standard plastic tube. Homemade, low-tech and definitely eye-catching, Lowtechatmo’s Bike Horn iPhone will combine your love of music with your love for bikes.

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Icelandic designer Jón Helgi Hólmgeirsson has created a paper gramophone that actually plays records! Dubbed Jónófón, the biodegradable design is made from a thin plywood base and a paper horn, and it can be powered by a 9 Volt battery or an external power supply.

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In the past, Icelanders told time using a traditional measurement system called Eykt – the day was split into eight Eyktir consisting of three hours each. Inspired these traditions, designer Jón Helgi Hólmgeirsson created a 24 hr Eyktir clock entirely made from biodegradable layered cardboard.

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Mixing traditional Japanese woodworking techniques with modern design, Ryosuke Fukusada has created a functional wooden light bulb! The unusual design was made using a technique called Rokuro, and it consists of an LED light bulb wrapped with a very thin layer of wood. Topped with a recyclable aluminum socket, this wooden LED light shines beautifully through the grain.

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French designer Philip Starck is exhibiting his elegant recycled Broom Chair at this year’s bustling ICFF. Made from 90% recycled industrial waste, the Broom Chair made its debut at Milan Furniture Fair, where we first spotted its classic, sustainable form. Designed for Emeco — the firm who made the 111 Navy Chair from recycled plastic bottles back in 2010 — this gorgeous piece is creating a quite stir at the NYC Design Festival.

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Read the rest of 6 Awe-Inspiring Designs Made From Food!

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Post tags: 6 best, agricultural waste, Alison Knowles, Andrea Trimarchi, Art, arti performance, biodegradable designs, biodegradable materials, boom!, building blocks, cacao, canned food, Canstruction, chocolate weapons, Design Academy of Eindhoven, earth day, Eleanor Roosvelt High School, Eric de Laurens, fish scales, flour, Fluxus, food, food design, food photography, Formafantasma, french design, glasses, goggles, Héctor Galván, healthy eating, Israel, limestone, local produce, matthew carden, mexico, NYC, Omelette, orange peels, Ori Sonnenschein, political message, recycled fish scales, Recycled Materials, Recycled Plastic, recycles materials, Royal College of Art, salad, Simone Farresin, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, small landscapes, Small World, soft colores, Solskin Peels, sustainable food, tangy orange

Read the rest of 6 Monstrous Sculptures Made From Recycled Vehicles

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Read the rest of 6 Cozy Cocoons to Retreat From The World

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Post tags: "green furniture", "natural materials", autism, bark cocoon, Berta Riera Pomes, biodegradable cocoon, biodegradable materials, british design, Cape Town, cocoon, cold-bent plywood, cradle, daniel pouzet, DEDON, Felt, flat pack furniture, Freyja Sewell, golden cube, golden polyester, hand-made cocoon, Human Nest, hush, iglu, martin azua, non-toxic, pop up house, Porky Hefer, prefab home, rattan, recyclable materials, recyclable polyester, self inflating, soft cocoon, stilts, victoria university of wellington, weaverbirds, wooden cocoon, woven material, Yunwei Zhu

Read the rest of 6 Mind-Boggling Examples of Intricate Tiny Art

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We recently showed you Ryosuke Fukusada‘s innovative and playful designs, which include wooden light bulbs and tiny cakes shaped like furniture; his recent project, Net Lamps, places efficient LED lamps as glowing orbs suspended within crocheted nets. Hanging Net Lamps combine elastic Poly-net knitted into a tight column, which, suspended from metal loops on the floor and ceiling, hold the lamp in mid-air as it softly illuminates the unusual surrounding fabric.

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Read the rest of A Community Garden Blooms at Berlin’s Abandoned Tempelhof Airport

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Post tags: "green furniture", abandoned airport, Architecture, berlin, Botanical, community gardens, DIY, food, Gardening, growing food, mobile garden, people initiatives, Recycled Materials, recycled matrials, recycled pallets, recycling / compost, social design, Stadtteilgarten Schillerkiez, sustainable food, tempelhof airport, Urban design

Read the rest of Berlin’s Jungfernheide Park Lets You Climb Amidst Hundred-Year-Old Treetops

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The super cute Kororodesuku (Kororo desk) and Kororo stool are two brilliant multifunctional furnishings designed by Tokyo-based Torafu Architects. The brightly colored desk has various windows to let light in, and the stool can hide small objects inside!

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Read the rest of Berlin’s Wagendorf Lohmühle is a Hidden Self-Sufficient Caravan Village

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Read the rest of Thomas Allen Turns Tired Pulp Fiction Book Covers Into Pop-Up Sculptures

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Read the rest of Living Grass Walls Completely Cover the Interior of London’s Dilston Grove Gallery!

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Read the rest of 1970s Double-Decker Bus in Berlin Transformed Into Mobile Kiosk

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