IKEA is marketing its big annual sale with a line of clever furniture pieces made entirely out of the company’s very own flat pack furniture packaging. IKEA commissioned advertising agency AUGE Headquarter in Italy to make a big splash for their 40% sale, and that’s exactly what they’ve done by designing a table, a chair, and a table lamp – all made out of cardboard.

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Read the rest of The Mod Green CUBE Restaurant Is Now Open For Reservations in Milan

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Located on the southeast tip of Sicily in Italy, Casa Talia is the perfect place to spend some time living life at a slower pace. Designed and managed by architects Viviana Haddad y Marco Giunta, this Moroccan style accommodation was created by restoring twelve small houses into six suites set around a central Mediterranean garden. Made from recycled materials and locally sourced wood and stone and decorated with artisans’ furniture, Casa Talia is a great place to unwind while enjoying the Italian lifestyle and culture.

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Electric superbikes enable bikers to travel the roads knowing they are both cool and environmentally friendly. While prototypes have been developed to break speed records, there still isn’t a commercial version available for the average consumer. However CRP Racing have unveiled a prototype e-superbike at the EICMA motorcycle show in Italy that could be hitting the roads in the near future.

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Read the rest of Solar-Powered Italian Home Uses Light Wells to Illuminate Its Interiors

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Read the rest of Retired Italian Railroad Transformed Into a Low Impact Recreational Promenade

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Read the rest of Red Hot Ferrari Store in Italy Relies on Passive Cooling to Keep from Overheating

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Read the rest of Flourishing ‘Patient Gardener’ Pavilion Made of Living, Growing Cherry Trees Pops Up in Milan!

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Greenpeace members rallied last week in Italy to protest Brazilian leather and the mass deforestation it has been causing in the Amazon. The Greenpeacers dressed up in bark-like sustainable materials and stood outside of the Linea Pelle leather trade show in Bologna to raise awareness for the issue, holding signs that said “Save Your Skin” or “Save Your Leather,” depending on how the Italian word “pelle” is translated. Cattle ranching (which supplies leather makers with the hides they need) is responsible for 80 percent of deforestation in Brazil, and Greenpeace is hoping that the ruckus they’re making will put an end to that.

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We’re green with envy over Designboom‘s summer offices on the island of Sardinia, west of their home base in Milan. Seeking to get out of the city for the summer, the Designboom team tackled a DIY project they’ve been dreaming about for years – they built an office out of shipping containers! We’re not sure what makes us more jealous – the fact that they get to work in Sardinia with views of the ocean, or that they get to work in awesome repurposed shipping containers.

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Read the rest of StereoTANK: Recycled Water Tanks Turned Into Giant Musical Instrument

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Read the rest of Gorgeous Geometric Facade Crowns Solar-Powered Office in Italy

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Looks like gondolas are out, and bam!’s greenery-filled outdoor rooms for Venice are in! Chosen out of 201 proposals from all five continents by a judging panel that included Bjarke Ingels of BIG Architects, the winning design of the Venice CityVision 2011 Design Competition aims to restore the relationship between Venetians and their famous canals. bam!’s vision included the sustainable use of the canals as well as filling them with floating pod rooms that can be used in any number of ways.

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Read the rest of Shigeru Ban’s Temporary Concert Hall Made of Paper Opens in L’Aqila, Italy

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Read the rest of Abandoned Italian Viaduct Transformed Into Vertical Vacation Complex

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Read the rest of 700-Year Old Italian Farmhouse Renovated with Delicate Filigree Screens

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Alter Studio Architetti Associati recently took second place in the Tower House Competition for Treviso, Italy, which challenged architects to refurbish a twenty story landmark in the area. The proposal transforms the existing tower into 3 attached structures, each of which is designed with its own energy strategy. Photovoltaic panels on the roof and south façade provide 60 + 15 kw of power, which combined with bioclimatic devices brings the CO2 emissions down to zero.

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