How To: Recycle a Cardboard Box Into a DIY Earring Holder
Step One: Gather your materials You will need: A lid from a sturdy cardboard shoebox or similar box A stapler String, yarn, lace, ribbon or embroidery thread in assorted
Recycled Materials
Allison Patrick Transforms Hundreds of Soda Can Tabs into Gorgeous Glowing Lampshades
Each of Allison Patrick's's handmade lamps can be used as either a hanging pendant or a table lamp by simply adjusting the metal frame inside. The drum-shaped structure comes in different sizes and they
Thomas Wold’s Quirky and Unique Creations Made From Upcycled Furniture
Thomas Wold is a custom craftsman who lives in the Bay Area with a design/fabrication studio in Berkeley. He struck our fancy with his amazing upcycled furniture creations that take parts and pieces from
PLOF Recycles an Array of Production Waste into Colorful Ottomans
Thoughtful designers, like those at Atlier Belge, are looking for new and innovative ways to create furniture that incorporates sustainable solutions. PLOF is an eco-friendly and durable way to reuse
A Community Garden Blooms at Berlin’s Abandoned Tempelhof Airport
These gardens are visited daily by a truly diverse range of people who come to enjoy the vast, open space provided by the abandoned airport site. Blooming under the Tempelhofer Freiheit umbrella, this
Heliocosm is a Refreshing Minimalist Cosmetic Store in Paris
The newly renovated natural cosmetic store on Herold Street in Paris is a long 100 square meter space, elongated even further by F R E A K S freearchitects' swift interventions. The first and last rooms
Berlin’s Wagendorf Lohmühle is a Hidden Self-Sufficient Caravan Village
Wagendorf Lohmühle's recycled and hand-made mobile shelters use solar panels to transform the sun's energy into free electricity. Some wagons, like this geometrical wooden one, were built on-site from a
Eco Effect’s Flat-Pack Armadillo Lamp Shade Provides Armor for Your Light Bulb
The Armadillo lamp shade from New Zealand-based company Eco Effect is a flat-pack lamp shade made from recycled eco-board that is quick and easy to assemble. Armadillo means “little armored
Pop Culture is a Colorful Canopy Made of 100′s of Recycled Bottles in Nebraska
Britzman and University of Nebraska students put a total of 200 hours into this project, which received financial support from Fulbright Canada and the University College of Architecture. The bottles
The Invisible Chandelier Reuses Hundreds of Burnt Out Bulbs In One Brilliant Luminaire
Toronto-based Castor has come up with a radiant idea for reusing hundreds of burnt out light bulbs. The design team collected an array of working and non-working lamps and bulbs (all trashed) and fixed
Ackroyd and Harvey’s Twist Sculpture in Bristol is Powered by the Sun and the Wind
When driving along a sprawling motorway towards the UK city of Bristol at night, a massive glowing helicoidal tower welcomes visitors and locals. Installed in 2008, the tower, called Twist, was designed
HomeAway’s LEED Gold Headquarters in Austin Makes Work Feel Like a Vacation
Many of the architectural elements and much of the furniture in HomeAway's HQ were made from reclaimed wood, including the Nantucket-themed game room and the boardroom, which features wood beams that were
Tommaso Guerra Creates a Colorful Chandelier from Recycled Glass Jars
Italian designer Tommaso Guerra has an amazing way of transforming everyday practical objects into designs with new meaning and expression. By filling glass jars taken from his grandmother's pantry with
The Beer Moth is a Sweet Room in a Refurbished Fire Truck in Scotland
In order to make it possible for people to walk around the truck's flatbed, on which the room for two has been created, Walter had to raise the roof by a whole foot. Everything inside the room has been
Colorful HádeHaver Bags Are Made from Recycled Plastic Lids
HádeHaver, a collaboration between young designers Sandra Paulo and Bruno Barbosa, is a new company from Portugal that produces unique handmade bags made of plastic lids. The lids lend the bags an
Dala Furniture Recycles Food and Drink Packaging Into Luxury Furniture
Recently unveiled at Milan Design Week, DALA furniture is made entirely from a new material developed by German firm DEDON. Created by young American designer Stephen Burks, these brilliant, resourceful
Tommaso Guerra Turns Teapots into Poetic Lamps With a Twist
Tommaso Guerra is an Italian-born designer with an eye for seeing poetry in everyday objects. Looking past the obvious function of a teapot, he created these fairytale-like Teapot Lamps. By keeping the
The Acoustic Factory Creates Soundproofing from Living Plants and Recycled Materials
Few things more annoying than trying to work in an environment where you can't hear what your colleagues are saying. The Acoustic Factory has put a green twist on solving acoustic problems, producing
TETRAN’s Eco-friendly Modular Cubes Can Be Arranged Into Almost Design
By means of simple repurposing, restyling, and repair, TETRAN’s modular design cubes eliminates the need for millions of tons of furniture waste. The modular cubes can be used and re-used to create an
Gary Taxali Recycles Used Book Covers Into Cool Art Emblazoned with His Signature Retro Drawings
Taxali reuses the textured fabric covers of vintage books, and yellowed dog eared pages that would normally deems these materials ready for the garbage bin. Taxali’s retro style of both figure drawing
Rubbish Becomes a Crafty Design with the Lampada Metro by Arcangelo Favata
Rubbish becomes a cool new design with the Lampada Metro by Sicilian artist Arcangelo Favata -- aka Alicucio. The contemporary lamp was on display at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, and features the
Artist Evol Transforms Discarded Cardboard Boxes Into Intricate Portraits of Urbanity
Evol draws inspiration from the suggested history of the tattered, used pieces of cardboard and scrap metal that he creates his work upon. The printed words, colored stains or weathered splotches are all
AirHotel: 6 High-Flying Hotel Rooms Made of Recycled Materials in Belgium
Sterreschijter This hanging metal structure looks like an oversized bucket or carriage. It is attached to a tree trunk by clamping and tensioning and has a translucent roof opening. Suspended a full six
Prefab Mirror Mongayt Has a Pixelated Facade that Reflects Nature in Moscow
Mirror Mongayt was built in stages in order to save costs, starting with the lower 180 square meter floor and followed by two 90 square meter additions. The home's universal screw-pile foundation
Brilliant ‘Satellite’ Floor Lamp is Made Entirely of Ground-Up, Recycled CD Cases
Dutch Designer Dirk Vander Kooij repurposed an industrial robot to produce new designs from recycled e-waste. Unveiled during Milan Design Week, his “Satellite” floor lamp is a beautiful
The Best Green Designs in Ventura Lambrate at the Milan Furniture Fair
Ento by Julene Aguirre, Jacky Chung, Aran Dasan and Jonathan Fraser from RCA, is a project investigating the nutritional value of eating of insects. The project examines and how they are processed in
Mugtree is a Cute Cupholder with Pop-Out Coasters
Very fittingly called the Mugtree, this laser-cut cupholder is shaped just like a little tree for your kitchen. To save on materials, the negative areas that create the spaces where the cups go turn into
In Vino Vitae: Unique Heart-Shaped Wine Rack is Made of Reused Plumbing Fittings
Axel Yberg builds functional art from reclaimed plumbing fittings and his latest work is this extraordinary heart-shaped wine rack commissioned for cancer survivor Erin Zammett Ruddy. Called In Vino
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