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Axis Eco Toothbrush Made Out of an Old Gluestick

Axis Eco Toothbrush Made Out of an Old Gluestick

The Axis toothbrush is a smarter way to brush your teeth. Made almost entirely from recycled and re-usable components, it stores and dispenses toothpaste from a re-used gluestick held within the recycled alluminium brush handle. The bristles are also detachable giving them a new lease on life and turning them into household cleaners when they are through being used to brush teeth. Through the use of recycled materials and interesting surface finish the toothbrush aims to encourage sentimental value and attempt to change the perceived view of the toothbrush as ... < class="more">

Billboard Vinyl Recycled into Bags and Wallets

Billboard Vinyl Recycled into Bags and Wallets

Tamara Stoddard works in advertising and is always getting in huge billboard vinyl sheets to check color with. So much of it was going in the garbage that she decided to put it to use. The fabric is amazingly durable and waterproof so she began making these stylish bags wallets, wine carriers and passport covers out of it!

Medusa: A Jellyfish Lamp Made from Old Plastic Cups

Medusa: A Jellyfish Lamp Made from Old Plastic Cups

Elena Bescós Ciprián made this fetching jellyfish-shaped lamp out of all recycled materials from her house. The body of the lamp is made out of small plastic cups, and plastic taps, parts of egg cartons, and other miscellaneous plastic pieces were used for the tail.

Book Cover Made From Recycled Styrofoam

Book Cover Made From Recycled Styrofoam

Alin Tocmacov was about to throw away the packaging from his MacBook, when he realized that he could turn the beautifully patterned styrofoam packaging in to the perfect book cover for his portfolio. He then cut the recycled packaging to fit the back of the portfolio and embedded the acrylic recycled iPhone packaging to the front.

S3 Sustainable Slotted System

S3 Sustainable Slotted System

Arizona State University students in Professor Deborah Schneiderman's Senior Design Studio were asked a series of questions about what purposes a wall truly serves. What does a wall provide? What passes through? What is obstructed? How can one create a modular solution to a worldwide problem while remaining smart and sustainable? As a team, they developed the S3 Sustainable Slotted System. The S3 Sustainable Slotted System, a slotted prefab modular wall system, is a fun, creative way to make interior partitions that people can build themselves. It's designed ... < class="more">

Jewelry Made From Dehydrated Flowers

Jewelry Made From Dehydrated Flowers

Moisi is a new and fresh contemporary jewelry brand. this is the first colection. With this jewelry, I hope to bring back to life dusty dehydrated mini rosa flowers, leafs, petals, fruits, home decoration perfumed dehydrated plants that lost their scent long time ago, date tree seeds, plum seeds, soya beans, and so on. By enclosing this vegetal lifeless elements with handmade crochet, I wanted to give the jewelry a romantic look. Their eco approache gives hope and a positive feeling.

Beetle Red chair

Beetle Red chair

Eleanor Young found this sad looking worn out chair in the street, took it home, cleaned up the frame, sprayed painted it and set to work on making a new cover. The new design retains the character of the chair, bringing it to life with bold patchwork upholstery, using wool and off cuts of fabric lying around her house.

ReCycle by Ossy’s Bottle Cap Pixel Art

ReCycle by Ossy’s Bottle Cap Pixel Art

Inspired by Pop Artists and recently by Trash Artists, ReCycle by Ossy does its share to bring public awareness to environmental issues through design and art using a self-developed bottle cap weaving technique. Local restaurants collect and supply the studio with otherwise non-recyclable bottle caps on a weekly basis that are then transformed into pixel art icons and portraits. Starting with a 288-bottlecap UK flag, ReCycle by Ossy has grown to develop larger projects including a 1600-bottlecap portrait of US President Barack Obama and a 5000-bottlecap portrait of ... < class="more">

Bird Feeders Repurposed from Teacups!

Bird Feeders Repurposed from Teacups!

Old tea sets are beautiful but it seems a shame for them to sit and gather dust in the back of your cupboard. Claire Potter takes her teacups and cleverly converts them into little bird feeders, threaded through the garden at different heights like a drift of everlasting flowers.

Muffin Lamps Made of Envelopes

Muffin Lamps Made of Envelopes

These lamps are made with envelopes that are used like molds for muffins. The circular pieces with the doubled edges and waves create interesting organic forms.

Spring Bracelets Made from Broken Skirt Hangars

Spring Bracelets Made from Broken Skirt Hangars

These bracelets are made from springs inside the clips on broken skirt hangers. Four springs wired together creates a single pin-wheel unit, and each bracelet has five or six of those units. The designer glued a silver bead at the end of the springs for safety and visual interest.

PBR Furniture Made of Shipping Pallets

PBR Furniture Made of Shipping Pallets

Now you can furnish your house using only PBR shipping pallets! Eduardo Gonçalves' PBR LINE consists of cool and comfortable furniture made using shipping pallets at a very low cost. The sky's the limit! + Eduardo Gonçalves

Float-on : A Low Cost Life Jacket Made of PET Bottles

Float-on : A Low Cost Life Jacket Made of PET Bottles

Life jackets and other flotation devices save lives but are not cheap enough for mass distribution in India. This life jacket is made out of four discarded 2 liter PET bottles. They make perfect buoys due to their air tightness and strength. The bottles are held together by a wearable jacket stitched out of discarded advertising hoarding flex.

Putting the Pieces Back Together Puzzle Table

Putting the Pieces Back Together Puzzle Table

This side table by Terry Hritz was inspired by the night her father died of a heart attack when she was 7 while she was working on a puzzle. The legs and aprons are made of actual puzzle pieces with additional parts and the table top fabricated from recycled cardboard.

Bar Made Out of Scrap Materials in Just 24 Hours!

Bar Made Out of Scrap Materials in Just 24 Hours!

Can you believe this bar was built in just 24 hours out of all scrap materials? Friends Charles Constantine and Chris Williams took to the streets and grabbed anything they could get their hands on - two end tables make up the main element and are clad in palette wood, while the top and side of the bar are 1/4” plate that they cut from some junked structural beams and cleaned up. As far as the aesthetic, Chris and Charles wanted to refine the materials, but not too much that ... < class="more">

Coffee Table Made From Vintage Engine Block

Coffee Table Made From Vintage Engine Block

Lynn Howard and her husband made this glass coffee table using a discarded Austen Healey engine as a base. The toughened sheet of glass cantilevers between the two sections of the red-painted engine.

Salt and Pepper Shakers Made From Empty Glass Bottles

Salt and Pepper Shakers Made From Empty Glass Bottles

There are tons of glass bottles thrown away or recycled everyday, and Erin Yoakum has found a way to give some of these discarded containers new life. His salt and pepper shakers - also know as ‘shake’ - use the base and the mouth of reclaimed bottles (the hardest parts to crush when recycling) to make these cool kitchen tools. Only two bottles are used in the creation of each salt and pepper shaker set, and no additional waste is created in their construction.

Bike Tire Puppy!

Bike Tire Puppy!

Frankie Dailey repurposes blown out bike tires into cute sculptures like this doggy, tree and rubber duckie!

SBiR Wood Transforms Scraps into Bold Jewelry Collection

SBiR Wood Transforms Scraps into Bold Jewelry Collection

A jewelry collection so big it’s ridiculous! These statement pieces, designed by Sallvann Caorn from SBiR Wood, use non-traditional materials and processes to be big, bold and to challenge the definition of jewelry. This collection of unique jewelry layers a combination of various scrap woods and metals that have been donated from building sites and other various furniture scrap resources.

Slide Chair Made Using Reclaimed Jungle Gym

Slide Chair Made Using Reclaimed Jungle Gym

Evan Dublin's awesome Slide Chair was built with reclaimed jungle gym components she found at a New York City salvage yard. The whimsical nature of the chair offers a playful outlook on the classic wing-back chair, providing a secluded area for children of all ages. + Evan Dublin

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