Back in January 2005 the MACEF Design Awards announced the results of their international competition for designers working with re-purposed and recycled material. Since Inhabitat wasn’t around in January, I just recently discovered the many fabulous design entries that were shortlisted in this competition. In case you missed it the first time around (like I did), here are the results of the RE-think + RE-cycle design competition:
The grand prize winner, Nicolas le Moigne, walked away with ?5000 for his simple and ingenious recycled watering can. The design consists of which a specially designed spigot and handle piece which can be popped on to any standard water bottle, instantly transforming into a watering can.
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A design which I loved and I think should have gotten an honorable mention was Josh Owen’s cd-case chandelier. I have a thing for multi-purpose, storage chandeliers. This reminds me a bit of the Glasklasen Wine-glass chandelier.
Another design which should have gotten an honorable mention is Jim Termeer’s Candletime, a set of candle-holders which are set up in the shape of a giant digital LCD time display. See next post for details >
A more literal interpretation of energy conservation got an honorable mention with Klaus Kuppers Energy Index – a proposal for a wall installation which would tell you in real-time how much energy you were consuming at any given moment. This is a great idea! I want one. I wish the designer would make a prototype.
Loads more interesting entries from this competition can be found at Design Boom >
I have been using recycled bottles as watering cans for as long as I can remember – though mine are even more environmentally friendly due to the omission of the aforementioned invention!
What do I win?
You win Inhabitat’s undying love and respect for your minimalist efficiency!
Too bad you can’t market and sell that.
Yeah, tell me about it!
What the watering can bottle cap really needs is a funnel-esque flared top for easy refilling, now that would be a worthwhile improvement on just the bottle.
Lovely site, by the way. Can we have a link to the homepage from the entry pages? (Maybe the logo..)
I agree! A link back to the homepage would be nice =]
Great site by the way. I really enjoy it!
Okay – I created a link back to the homepage from entrypages! Its a little sloppy (its the whole header graphic, logo included) but will have to do until I update the design of the page. Better now?
Wow.. Now that‘s’ a link!
Much better for those of us who tend to come here via RSS, thanks.