interior design
Energy Harvesting Eco-leaf Shade Doubles as a Light Source at Night
The Eco-leaf is a solar shade concept that will lower your carbon footprint and brighten your living room. Eco-leaf’s unique energy harvesting design integrates proven-technologies like solar, E
Multilevel Vertical Allotments Turn Decrepit Buildings Into Spectacular Garden Towers
Translating Yona Friedman’s ideas of participation, Lucie Dadakova designed these ‘Multilevel Vertical Urban Allotments’ as her final year project for an Interior Design degree course.
Bizarreka Design Brings an Eco-Edge to the Tourism Malaysia Office in Paris
Tourism Malaysia in Paris has decided to sharpen their eco edge by appointing Bizarreka Design to transform their entire ground floor office into a mini-escape. The new interior environment captivates
By Hand: Whittled Housewares Create Sustainable Creature Comforts with Charm and Beauty
Nowadays wherever one looks for fashionable, modern furnishings, they’re lost amongst pieces made in a factory. You won’t find any crumbly, soulless particleboard in the pieces featured here.
The Cevisama Ceramic Tile Show Kicks Off Today in Spain
This week marks the start of the Cevisama ceramic tile show in Spain, and Inhabitat is reporting live from Valencia on the world’s most cutting-edge ceramics. You heard that right –
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,
Philips’ Super Efficient AmbientLED Bulb Now Available in Stores!
We originally wrote about Philip’s new LED replacement for the common incandescent light bulb back in May, but we’re happy to report that this illuminating low-energy alternative bulb is now finally
Amazing Bathroom Tiled With 13,650 Nickels
Inspired by the penny tile floors at the Standard Hotel in New York City, this unique home in Seattle was tiled with thousands of nickels – 13,650 to be exact! Apartment Therapy has the scoop,
Comfy Recycled Felt Cushions Look Like Giant Scrabble Pieces
If you enjoy playing Scrabble (and by “playing” we mean “feverishly plotting to destroy all other players with consecutive triple word scores while laughing maniacally”)
Deserved Deliveries: A New Type of Birthing Clinic for NYC
Each year thousands of people take up residence in New York City and many settle down to start families, so it seems like this cutting edge metropolis would be the ideal place to weigh every available
The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps
Paper shredders are essential if you’ve got confidential info you need to discard, but boy are they bulky! Why not turn those clunky eyesores into functional furniture with this coffee table that
The Papervore Coffee Table is Hungry for Your Paper Scraps
What better way to manage coffee table clutter that with a table that doubles up as a paper shredder? Created by industrial design studio Pigeontail, the Papervore is hungry for all you printed leftovers.
Stunning Living Pixels Lamps Made From Recycled Banners
These gorgeous lamps may look as if they’ve been excavated from ancient crystal caves, but they are in fact the product of an imaginative assemblage of recycled and eco-friendly materials. Created by a
Philips Unveils World’s First LED Replacement for Most Common Bulb
There are over 425 million 60 watt incandescent bulbs sold every year, which makes the energy-sucking globes the most commonly used bulbs in the United States. Lighting the way to a more energy-efficient
Stunning Renovation Showcases Reclaimed Materials, Flexible Spaces
Sometimes it takes looking to the past and pulling cues from previous design theories to break new ground and push modern green design forward. Dezeen shows us Edwards Moore’s stunning renovation of an
Light Form: Gorgeous Wood Wall Panels Flip Up to Reveal Light
Even the most basic origami figures prove that a few simple folds can result in an intricate and captivating sculptural design. Expanding upon the concept behind this Japanese art, designers Francesca
Bug Infested Wood Transformed into Sleek Modern Furniture
In recent years global warming has lent a hand in increasing the population of the Mountain Pine Beetle, which has been wreaking havoc on acres of woodland area, giving way to a surplus of diseased,
The Kitchen of the Future Today
The kitchen of the future was going to be so high-tech. Frigidaire’s Dream Kitchen of Tomorrow had it all; an IBM punch card recipe file, automatic dispensing and online TV ordering. And
Announcing: The Comcast Town Design Contest Winner!
You may remember that back in April we announced a design contest to do a virtual room makeover in Comcast Town. The prize was a collection of sweet new home entertainment electronics and a green room
Vote for Your Favorite Comcast Town Apartment Design!
Thousands of you tested out your virtual home renovation skills in our Comcast Town Contest but only 4 talented apartment designs made the final cut. Now it’s time for your vote to decide the winner
Create a Virtual Room in Comcast Town and Win a Real Remodel!
Have a vision for your dream apartment? Great – Comcast recently rolled Comcast Town, a blue-sky space to live out your wildest interior design dreams! It’s a bit like Google Sketchup, except
Grow a Garden Indoors With the Lightpot
For those who would love to grow more plants indoors, this new Lightpot by Studio Shulab may be just the thing you need. Half table lamp and half modern plant pot, the Lightpot features a telescoping LED
David Stark’s Incredible Recycled Cardboard Creations
A new West Elm store opened up in Manhattan last week, and the opening gala featured an incredible collection of one-of-a-kind cardboard furnishings crafted by acclaimed designer and event producer David
Blight: Illuminating Solar Blinds Turn Night to Day
One of fifty top entries in this year’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition, Vincent Gerkens’ Blight offers a brilliant twist on staid venetian blinds. Rather than serving simply to block the
NYC: The New School, AFTERTASTE 4 Symposium
The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons presents AFTERTASTE 4, a symposium examining the current environmental and economic pressures on interior design. Organized around the theme “Moving
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