Lloydesign Creates Colorful Layered Stools and Tables from Salvaged Offcuts
Using 95 percent recycled materials, Lloydesign creates beautifully layered eco-friendly furniture.
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Jose Agatep’s Beautiful Repurposed Bottles Terrariums are Self-Contained Ecosystems
Artist Jose Agatep gathers glass containers of various shapes and transforms them into incredible terrariums filled with locally grown plants, wild mosses, small stones, soil, and wood chips collected
Norwegian Students Build Airy Bamboo and Teak Library for Thai Orphans
Looking for more than a vacation in southeast Asia, an amazing set of young, skilled students from Norway set out to change the future for a group of orphans in Thailand. TYIN Tegnestue is a non-profit
Seattle Treehouse is a Wonderful Retreat for Kids and Adults Alike
This gorgeous tree-top residence in Seattle tells a wonderful story of inventive architecture and repurposed and recycled materials. The Hale-Edmonds family took on the challenge of a steeply sloping site
The Best Green Products from the 2011 International Housewares Show
This potato brush by Full Circle infuses an everyday object with a lot of personality! It is specially designed to fit in the palm and has a unique corer tool to quickly and easily remove potato
14 Eco-Friendly iPad 2 Cases, Sleeves, and Bags
If you've got an iPad in your pad, you could probably use some padding to protect it. Fear not - we've rounded up 14 chic and stylish eco-friendly cases, sleeves and bags to cushion your new iPad 2 and
Aging Ford Plant Revitalized Into Stunning Commercial Space
Photo © Billy Hustace After producing Ford cars, Jeeps and outfitting tanks during WWII, the huge complex sat vacant upon closing down in the fifties. Then the 1989 Loma Peralta earthquake forced the
Old Train Warehouse Turned into Organic Fair Trade People’s Market in Buenos Aires
Organic vegetables grown at a local natural reserve, milk sold in repurposed salsa bottles, lavender and cornstarch refillable deodorant, tetra-brick wallets and coca sweets from the Andes - these are
Artist Brian Dettmer Carves Old Books into Intricate Narrative Sculptures
Most of Dettmer’s focus is on books, favoring out of date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books and dictionaries. He begins carving away arbitrarily at the pages, letting the images reveal
Coffin Couches: Sofas Made from Recycled Caskets Put the Fun in Funerary
We're dying to get our hands on these luxurious coffin couches, but it turns out we don't have to go that far. Coffin Couches makes their posh sofas from recycled 18 gauge steel coffins that they collect
Stunning Recycled Dress Made of Envirosax Bags Debuts at Sundance
Reusable tote bags are holding more than just your groceries these days. Inspired by the carefully constructed couture of Marie Antoinette and the unrelenting gusto of the Mad Hatter, this corseted gown
Winning Design Turns Abandoned Italian Bridge into Eco Village
We have been having a lot of fun profiling projects submitted to the Solar Park South competition which challenged designers to re-imagine a soon to be decommissioned bridge on the Reggio Calabria
Kevin Van Aelst Photographs Ordinary Objects in an Extraordinary Way
Van Aelst has the keen ability to change the way we look at things in our everyday lives, from masking tape, to apples, chewed gum or old newspapers. With the aid of a sharp object, he turns a discarded
Blender Lamp is the Perfect Mixture of Style and Sustainability
Talk about the perfect blend of style and sustainable design. This clever hanging lamp by BootsNGus was upcycled from an old blender and provides a unique dose of green lighting to any kitchen. It already
Company Reclaims and Repurposes Over 5 Million Feet of Wood Fencing
Centennial Woods reclaims wood from snow fences across Wyoming and sells the sustainable harvested wood for both interior and exterior applications. The wood is a stunning mixture of grays and browns in
Lance Armstrong Livestrong Foundation Finds A Home In An Old Paper Warehouse
As you might expect for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, biking is a central facet of the work culture in the non-profit. Bike storage and showers for employees played a fairly central role in the design
Recycled Vodka Bottle Tumblers Are Absolut-ly Awesome
Whether you like your vodka straight up, on the rocks or virgin (a.k.a. water), we think you'd enjoy your beverage a lot more if you were to sip it from one of these awesome tumblers made from used
Old Rail Engine Repurposed as Giant Trash Inhaling Machine
This old rail engine was assigned to be scrap until Indian Rail engineers decided to use it to clean up the tracks instead. It's been fitted with a massive suction pipe that sucks up all of the garbage in
NASA Unveils Passenger Plane Designs for 2025
On the heels of MIT's design for the plane of the future, NASA has given us a peek into some of the new ideas they have slated for the not-so-distant future. Recently, NASA asked the three largest
Artist Sinisa Kukec Transforms Trash Into Treasure
Kukec gleans these materials from everywhere from the trash to sourcing from friends. In fact, he bought many of the frames used in his latest exhibition from a drug addict, and was gifted a desk from
Clever Fan Lamp is a Breath of Fresh Air for Your Decor
We're big fans of this rather clever lime green lamp and we think you can see why. Conant Lighting, known for its ability to take defunct objects and transform them into extraordinary eco lighting,
Chic Dry Erase Boards Made From Recycled Materials
Belgrave Trust offers a cool line of dry erase boards with a light environmental footprint - carbon offsets are automatically incorporated into the price of each item. To top it all off, each board is
Incredible Footbridge Addition in the Remote Forest Built From Recycled Materials
A stunning, modern, yet organic design, Cano's work proves that beauty and innovative architecture can come on a budget. The new additions feature repurposed pine once used as framework in T3arc's
Berkeley’s Gather Restaurant Serves Up Local, Sustainable Food
Gather is a restaurant located at the heart of the sustainable food movement in Berkeley, California. Designed by Nicole Sillapere of Sillapere Design, the beautiful eco restaurant is housed in the
7,000 Shipping Containers Used to Create Bazaar in Kyrgyzstan
The market stretches about a kilometer long and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of Bishkek. Technically, the market is composed of several (about 9) different markets, but there are no fences or
Intoxicating Recycled Wine Bottle Candles Make Great Green Gifts
Soothing candles make a wonderful gift for anyone you know who deserves some relaxing aromatherapy, but it takes a lot of energy to create the glass containers that hold them. Not so with EkoMiko candles.
Compai Repurposes Sugar Molds into Colorful Organizers
Dreary weather dragging you down? Compai's planters-cum-organizers have the color you crave. Made from repurposed vintage sugar molds, which were once used in Mexico to make and store cane sugar, these
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