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Martín Azúa’s Furniture Creates a Cozy Home for Plants and Animals
If sustainable design is about designing to enhance our relationship with nature, then Martín Azúa‘s designs are the perfect example of this principle in action. The Spanish designer created
Colorful Hexagonal Wall Tiles Made From Sound-Absorbing “Wood Wool”
Fresh from the scene of Stockholm Design Week, these colorful hexagonal wall tiles by Form Us With Love strike a brilliant balance between sustainable materials, economy and functionality. The modular
LIFE BOX – Brilliant, Seed-Sprouting Cardboard Packaging!
If you ever engage in online shopping (or even if you don’t), you probably recognize how ubiquitous and space-cluttering cardboard packaging is. But what if every cardboard box you got from Amazon
Life Box: Paul Stamets Unveils Brilliant Seed-Sprouting Cardboard Box
Just think – what if all the cardboard boxes that you receive when you buy online from Amazon or Apple had seeds in them and you could simply put them in your nearest plot of soil and grow some baby
NeoCon 2010 Is Less Than Two Weeks Away!
In less than two weeks, the 42nd annual NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair, the National Exposition of Contract Furnishings, will be taking place in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. The show will draw over 40,000
The Best of The Toronto International Design Festival
There have been many design events circling around the big Interior Design Show in Toronto for years, but this is the first time they have all been rolled together into one big festival. The normally
Makedo Connector System Turns Trash into Treasures
Are you in need of some cool new décor for your barren apartment? For us more fiscally challenged individuals it seems like the easiest and cheapest thing to do is to tack up a poster of our favorite
GREEN GIFT GUIDE: Eco-Friendly Gifts for Mom & Dad
As the holidays arrive, we’ve been bringing you all the best green gifts for everyone on your list – and we can’t forget about Mom & Dad! These are the people that nursed our
Core77 Rolls out 77 Righteous Gifts Under $77
Our friends over at Core77 are clearly having a blast as they unleash their eagerly awaited annual gift guide: 77 Righteous Gifts Under $77. This year’s guide is positively radiating holiday cheer
LED Sparks Create Energy Efficient Light Sculptures
What if you could design your own lighting fixture in the time that it takes to unscrew a light bulb? That’s the premise behind Daniel Becker‘s Spark system, a series of energy-efficient LED
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
Art and Design Converge at the 2009 London Design Festival
One of our favorite shows from the 2009 London Design Festival was Corn Craft, a beautiful showcase of sustainable materials hosted by Gallery FUMI and Studio Toogood. Held in Gallery’s FUMI’s
Copenhagen Design Week: It’s A Small World After All
One of our highlights from Copenhagen Design Week 2009 was a well-curated exhibit of new Danish design titled It’s a Small World. The show asks itself how Danish design is reacting to the challenges
Copenhagen Design Week 2009 Kicks into Gear!
Fans of fine Scandinavian design rejoice – Copenhagen Design Week is currently taking Denmark by storm and Inhabitat is on the scene to bring you all of the freshest designs and most exciting
New Leaf Paper Made From Recycled Banana and Palm Fibers
It’s often hard to appreciate the novelties of paper with the ever-present impacts of global deforestation looming overhead, but one reputable company, New Leaf Paper, helps simmer our conscious frets
Ditto Ecological Hangers Save Landfill Space
One of the debut brands at last week’s Greener by Design Conference in San Francisco was a company called Ditto Hangers, co-founded by industrial designer Gary Barker, also co-founder of Greenheart
BKLYN DESIGNS STARTS TOMORROW!
HEY DESIGN LOVING NEW YORKERS! BKLYN Designs starts tomorrow and we couldn’t be more excited! Running from May 8-10, this awesome showcase of local furniture design kicks off NY Design Week, and is
Inhabitat Giving Out Awards at BKYLN Designs 2009!
DRUMROLL PLEASE! New York Design Week is about to begin and we’re kicking things off this weekend with our first ever Green Design Awards at BKLYN Designs! Running from May 8-10, this incredible
BKLYN Designs Begins Next Friday!
Heads up East Coast design junkies! BKLYN Designs, New York’s preeminent showcase of locally-sourced green design is kicking off next week from May 8th through the 10th, and Inhabitat will be on the
Glassware Made from Recycled Wine Bottles
Drink and be merry – the bottles you leave behind have a new life ahead of them. The Green Glass Company of Wisconsin takes used and unwanted bottles from wineries and has created a diverse
Dwell’s Innovate It! Design Competition
Attention all inventors, designers, and fans of efficient industrial design! Our friends at Dwell recently announced the second phase of their Innovate It! contest, which calls upon you to take ordinary
Is Boxed Water Better?
Only 14% of plastic water bottles are recycled, and Americans add 30 million PET water bottles to landfills every day! Aiming to provide an alternative to this alarming trend, Michigan-based Boxed Water
GREENBUILD DENVER: Products & Materials
Well folks, we’ve got some good news and some bad news; The good news is that you’re currently reading one of the best weblogs for keeping up to date with all the latest and greatest materials
STEREOLUZ
Now that speaker design has gotten all high-tech, are you feeling nostalgic for the wooden boxes of yesteryear? If you are like me and harbor a fondness for the boxy design of old hi-fi speakers (but not
ECO SURFBOARD
When I think of token surf spots around the globe, the UK is not the first one that comes to mind. But as it turns out, Britain’s surf history is some three hundred years old. The British Surfing
FAUX SONGBIRDS
I am perplexed by mechanical products that are designed to imitate nature. If you want to hear the tranquil sound of birds chirping in the morning, why not just open your window? I mean, even in New York
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