Designer Ivars Gansons has turned an old bed frame and a stack of bicycle inner tubes into a beautiful recycled street bench. Each section was inventively created with reused objects interwoven to form a
Designed by Blindesign, a Portuguese collective that understands design as a tool capable of social innovation, this crumpled silver wallet is made from recycled milk cartons. The milk cartons are either
Przetwory Design is inviting artists, designers and crafters from around the world to participate in the 6th annual Recycles Festival at the Soho Factory Complex in Warsaw. Taking place between the 9th
Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Parvez Taj takes reclaimed Douglas Fir harvested from old buildings throughout Southern California and turns them into unique eco paintings. Taj hand selects each
Kevin Shea’s off the map Long Island Green Dome is the ultimate sight to gawk at for any sustainable design junkie. At 45 feet high, it is the largest residential geodesic dome in the world and
Landscape architects EFE-PE recently sent us their delightful “Firefly Garden”, which they envisioned as a polka-dotted “carpet” of funky green pods. The actual pods were made out
Chris Anderson, a graphic design student from Wollongong, is collecting 1000 old and broken surfboards to create a “Surfboard Graveyard” as an awareness campaign about the unsustainable
In 2007, Inhabitat put together an event about recycling and reuse in design, called Reclaiming Design. This event at HauteGREEN in New York was a big success, thanks to the thought-provoking design and
Designer Jurg Grassl has found a way to recycle our old magazines in an illuminating way. A finalist in our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition, Grassl’s lamp is a simple construction that uses
Attention all skaters – how many of you have damaged your skateboards beyond repair after unsuccessfully trying to nail a rail or grab some air? Before you go throwing your board into landfill,
StilNovoDesign uses recycled oak wine barrels to make distinctive green furniture and home décor creations. The secret? Using quality materials and combining craftsmanship with modern day style. Once
Artist Jeff Schmuki uses common materials and repurposes them into art that comments on the real costs of over-consumption. Lattice is an undulating soft sculpture composed of nylon fabric tubes stuffed
The Bubble Chandelier is an effervescent eco-friendly light constructed out of 2 liter soda bottles. Designed by Shaun Kasperbauer, the fixture is named for the shadows it casts which mimic the shape of
While we like to think that Christmas trees go to a better place when they’re done filling us with the holiday spirit, the truth is that they either sit on sidewalks rotting or end up in the chipper
Here’s a case of designers behaving baaaaa-dly. James Corbett from Australia makes superbly detailed sculptures mostly out of vintage old car parts. This one, a cute but not cuddly sheep made of
The Caluouette perpetual calendar is a marriage of two contrasting materials – a salvaged timber beam and colorful transparent acrylic tags. The user can mark the acrylic tags as desired with notes
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,
If you forgot to buy your favorite feline a holiday gift, you can always make it up to them by treating them to one of these adorable cat beds made from vintage suitcases. Made by Atomic Attic, each bed
If you’re a grownup who still secretly loves having toys around (don’t worry, you’re not alone), this awesome bowl might be just the way for you to do it without breaking your
Joel Hester takes hoods and other metal bits from old, rusted-out cars and turns them into amazing tables. Each recycled table has dings and rust spots and all sorts of lovely little bits of character.
