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Andrew Chase’s Spectacular Steampunk Sculptures Are Crafted from Recycled Metal

Andrew Chase’s Spectacular Steampunk Sculptures Are Crafted from Recycled Metal

Andrew Chase works with painstaking detail to create his remarkable steampunk sculptures -- an impressive collection of animal-inspired artworks made from reclaimed steel sheets, car parts, industrial

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Patrice Bideau’s Bio-climactic House Is a Beautiful Abode On the Shore of Brittany, France

Patrice Bideau’s Bio-climactic House Is a Beautiful Abode On the Shore of Brittany, France

A beautiful beach house is what dreams are made of, but the Bio-climactic House designed by Patrice Bideau brings forth design nirvana with its  flurry of sustainable principles employed all

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Provenance’s Clever Recycled Packaging Highlights Materials as Well as Products

Provenance’s Clever Recycled Packaging Highlights Materials as Well as Products

Provenance makes homeward products from recycled, reclaimed and renewable materials. As the packaging has to sell the story of the materials as much as the product, the brand language ‘this is now’

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Miami’s Waldorf Towers Turn to Sustainable Design to Create a Stylish Hotel

Miami’s Waldorf Towers Turn to Sustainable Design to Create a Stylish Hotel

Be an eco-conscious beach bum this summer and take a sustainable holiday in South Beach, Miami at the Waldorf Towers. Located just a few steps away from the sea, the Waldorf Towers are one of the few

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A Pennsylvanian Woman Takes Up Residence In This Teeny Tiny 140 Square Foot Home

A Pennsylvanian Woman Takes Up Residence In This Teeny Tiny 140 Square Foot Home

Tiny homes are taking over the world, and just when we thought they couldn’t get any smaller, another one pops up half the size of its predecessor! Resting on a friend’s tract of land, Janice

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EZ Log’s Housing Kits Can be Assembled Like Lego Blocks

EZ Log’s Housing Kits Can be Assembled Like Lego Blocks

Build a new home, office space, or mini-escape using one of EZ Log's awesome kits featuring wood blocks that can be stacked up like LEGOs! The kits come in over 200 designs and employ a tongue-and-groove

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Sculptural Solar Trees Spring Up at Charlotte’s Discovery Place Museum

Sculptural Solar Trees Spring Up at Charlotte’s Discovery Place Museum

Charlotte, NC recently showed its commitment to clean energy with the installation of two beautiful bright red solar power installations shaped like trees! Situated at the Discovery Place science museum,

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U.S.E.D. Salvages Old Seatbelts to Create Durable One-Of-A-Kind Bags

U.S.E.D. Salvages Old Seatbelts to Create Durable One-Of-A-Kind Bags

U.S.E.D. salvages seatbelts from defunct vehicles and uses them to create vibrant bags, backpacks, purses, and accessories. Based in Canada, the family owned and operated business creates high-quality

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Great River Turbine is a Gigantic Hydroelectric Energy Generator

Great River Turbine is a Gigantic Hydroelectric Energy Generator

The great river turbine is a conceptual design for a large (one hundred foot diameter) stainless steel water turbine developed to function as a tourist attraction and as a powerful electricity generator.

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Seametrics Infographic Sheds Light On How Much Water Is Used In Agriculture

Seametrics Infographic Sheds Light On How Much Water Is Used In Agriculture

We all know that agriculture requires an incredible amount of water - but what sort of impact does the industry have on the earth? In an infographic titled “Interesting Facts About Farm Water

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DIY: Make Your Own Stylish iPad Case from a Recycled Bubble Envelope

DIY: Make Your Own Stylish iPad Case from a Recycled Bubble Envelope

Make a super stylish iPad (or Nook, or Kindle) case from a recycled bubble envelope by following these easy DIY instructions via Creme de la Craft! A bubble mailer becomes the perfect object to upcycle

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Re:composed by Springtime Turns Recycled Waste Into Luxurious Furniture and Decor

Re:composed by Springtime Turns Recycled Waste Into Luxurious Furniture and Decor

Springtime is turning trash into luxurious materials for their cool new line of Re:composed furniture pieces. Re:composed focuses on using waste destined for the dumpster as a base material for beautiful

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Folditure’s Ultra-Thin Leaf Chair Folds Flat When Not in Use

Folditure’s Ultra-Thin Leaf Chair Folds Flat When Not in Use

Folditure's Leaf chair is the world’s thinnest luxury folding chair combining high-tech components with age-old artisanal craftsmanship. With the release of a button, the elegant streamlined form of the

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The Green Bar by Dale Mathis Is a Mechanical Bar That Wants to Pour You a Drink

The Green Bar by Dale Mathis Is a Mechanical Bar That Wants to Pour You a Drink

The Green Bar by Dale Mathis is a mechanical bar that can almost pour you a drink. The bar is admittedly mostly for show, but nonetheless it has been expertly constructed by Mathis almost entirely from

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A Group of Delft Tech Students Get Crafty and Build an Interactive Modular Pavilion from Wood

A Group of Delft Tech Students Get Crafty and Build an Interactive Modular Pavilion from Wood

A group of inspired students at the Technical University in Delft recently designed an interactive modular installation made completely out of wood. Dubbed modii, the small pavilion was designed as

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Greg Corman Creates Colorful Sculptures For Bees To Nest In

Greg Corman Creates Colorful Sculptures For Bees To Nest In

Greg Corman turns scrap wood and found objects into colorful and quirky wall-hanging sculptures that double as nesting habitats for bees. Corman drills tunnels into the wood for bees to use as brood

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Help Kickstart Highlight Design’s AmbientOne LED Table Lamp!

Help Kickstart Highlight Design’s AmbientOne LED Table Lamp!

Good lighting design can change your mood, define living spaces, and with LED technology, it can last a lifetime without needing bulbs replaced. The AmbientOne Table Lamp has a custom LED array that will

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Lyn Deutsch’s Awesome Philippine Miniature Houses Are Made from Recycled Materials

Lyn Deutsch’s Awesome Philippine Miniature Houses Are Made from Recycled Materials

These tiny little houses by Lyn Deutsch are a great way to add a little flair to aquariums, plant pots and even lighting fixtures. Painstakingly handcrafted by Deutsch, the Philippine Miniature Houses

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Recovering/Uncovering Turns Trashed Cardboard Into Canvases for Portraits

Recovering/Uncovering Turns Trashed Cardboard Into Canvases for Portraits

Recovering/Uncovering is a project that reclaims cardboard on its way to the dumpster, and re-uses it as canvases for portraits. Using a combination of line drawing, cross-hatching, and the natural

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Murray Legge’s Gorgeous Pool House Is Topped Off With a Green Roof Oasis

Murray Legge’s Gorgeous Pool House Is Topped Off With a Green Roof Oasis

The rooftop garden sits above floor to ceiling windows that makes the roof covered in coneflowers, black-foot daisies, and native grasses appear as if it is floating in the air. From the main house, the

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Wood-Like Cardboard Stools Pop Up in a Snap and Can Hold 440 Pounds!

Wood-Like Cardboard Stools Pop Up in a Snap and Can Hold 440 Pounds!

Hen and Hammock's beautiful tree trunk stool and scrap wood stool are very cleverly designed pieces of cardboard furniture. The stools are printed with weathered wood patterns, they can stand up to an

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Artist Jeff Ivanhoe Creates Pop Art Mosaics from Recycled Aluminum Cans

Artist Jeff Ivanhoe Creates Pop Art Mosaics from Recycled Aluminum Cans

AluMosaics is an art form that transforms aluminum cans into stunning works of art. Founded by artist Jeff Ivanhoe, AluMosaics combines recycling with creativity and imagination. Ivanhoe recycles soda

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Company & Company’s Wood Ladder Folds Down to Fit in Even the Tightest Corner

Company & Company’s Wood Ladder Folds Down to Fit in Even the Tightest Corner

Our living spaces are getting smaller and smaller, and keeping something like a ladder in our apartment is usually out of the question. Designed by Company & Company, this cool, new design comes from

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Galveston’s Green Revival House is a LEED Platinum Renovation With Historic Charm

Galveston’s Green Revival House is a LEED Platinum Renovation With Historic Charm

Historic houses can become energy-efficient without losing charm - just look at the Galveston Historical Foundation's Green Revival House at 3101 Avenue Q in Galveston, Texas. The project started when GHF

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PLOF Recycles an Array of Production Waste into Colorful Ottomans

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

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Pakmat is a Green Air Mattress that is Stored Inside its Own Air Pump

Pakmat is a Green Air Mattress that is Stored Inside its Own Air Pump

Do you enjoy camping but find it hard to get a good night’s sleep? The Pakmat is a comfortable, eco-friendly, and compact product ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, as well as for emergency use during

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Wij krijgen Kippen’s Giant Egg Wanders Amsterdam to Provide Green Energy Education

Wij krijgen Kippen’s Giant Egg Wanders Amsterdam to Provide Green Energy Education

“Wij krijgen Kippen,” which roughly translates from the Dutch to ”we pick up chickens,” has an unusual educational tool for informing the public about energy usage — their

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80*120′s Self-Build Workshop Turns Shipping Pallets Into Street Furniture

80*120′s Self-Build Workshop Turns Shipping Pallets Into Street Furniture

Izmo used their inventive 80*120 self-build workshop to create 11 pieces of street furniture pieces from discarded shipping pallets. The program, which was targeted at students and professionals in the

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Free City is a Sustainable Ecotopia for the 21st Century

Free City is a Sustainable Ecotopia for the 21st Century

Free City is a conceptual prototype for a 21st century city, conceived by FREE (Fernando Romero EnterprisE) in response to global issues brought forth by population growth and urban transition in the

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Kids Ocean Day to Create Giant Aerial Art Formation on California Beach

Kids Ocean Day to Create Giant Aerial Art Formation on California Beach

Around 6,000 kids, teachers and volunteers are expected to participate in the creation of a giant aerial art formation for this year's Kids Ocean Day on Dockweiler Beach in California. As part of a

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