Ana Lisa

Ana Lisa

Ana Lisa Alperovich-O'Brien is a freelance curator, journalist and tutor at the Design Academy Eindhoven teaching sustainability, biomaterials and bio design. She specialized in sustainable design & architecture and loves reporting from global design week events and writing architecture features. Born in Buenos Aires, she spent her 20s in London where she attended Goldsmiths University. Check out her website and Instagram.

Art, Bright Ideas, Green Lighting, jaoanese design, cherry blossom, OLED, organic light-emitting diode, LED, Saloni Milano, Yozakura, Torafu Architects, Kaneka, light installation

Magical OLED Installation by Torafu Architects Is Inspired By Cherry Blossoms

Torafu Architects designed a magical installation inspired by Yozakura, a traditional Japanese custom of enjoying...

art, Recycling / Compost, Taku Satoh Design Office, paper alphabet, 3 dimensional hiragana, Two Experiments Exhibition, Gallery Kobo, biodegradable letters

Artist Taku Satoh’s 3D Japanese Alphabet is Made Out of Layered Paper

Taku Satoh Design Officecreated this 3D paper version of the Japanese Hiragana alphabet in response to the prevalence...

Porky Hefer’s Cozy Human Nests Hang From the Treetops!

[gallery_extend] Porky Hefer has been working as a creative consultant since 2007. His human nests are...

art, Tiny World in a Bottle, Izumi Akinobu, tiny art, paper art, tiny bottles, tiny environments, paper animals, paper art, tiny environments

Artist Izumi Akinobu Captures Miniature Worlds in Tiny Glass Bottles

[gallery_extend] A super tiny turtle measuring only 0.1 inches swims near an uninhabited island with...

Architecture, energy efficiency, Green Materials, green roof designs, Renewable Energy , Downley House, Birds Portchmouth Russum Architect, South Downs, England, Hampshire, natural materials, locally sourced materials, old ruins

Wine Barrel-Inspired Downley House in England is Built from a Former House’s Ruins

[gallery_extend] Set in an idyllic landscape of gorgeous national parks, Downley House was erected using...

art, recycled materials, Craig Folds Five, origami money, origami, money, origami animals, us dollars

Craig Folds Five Manipulates Money into Amazing Origami Art

[gallery_extend] Craig Folds Five's intricate art is made from US dollars, and each figure is created...

art, DIY, Green Products, Recycled Materials, repurposed objects, Reinhard Hunger, german art, birdhouses, birdfeeders, recycled materials, boom box, coconuts, recycled chandelier

Reinhard Hunger Creates Quirky Birdfeeders From Random Found Objects

[gallery_extend] A retroboom box could hold lots of seeds and can be hang from its handle on a tree...

Art, Green Materials, Landscape Architecture, Barkow Leibinger, Marrakech, Local Craft Techniques, loom, natural materials, Mosque Koutoubia, Loom-Hyperbolic, 2012 Marrakech Biennale

Barkow Leibinger’s Amazing ‘Loom-Hyperbolic’ Art Installation is Made from Local, Natural Materials

[gallery_extend] "Loom-Hyperbolic" is a site-specific architectural installation that was designed by...

green furniture, Miso, XShelf, japanese design, X, bookshelf, wooden shelf, no glue no screw, DIY, stackable bookshelf, flatpack bookshelf, flexible bookshelf

Miso’s XShelf is a Simple Stackable Bookcase

Simplicity is a must in Japanese design, and Kyoto-based Miso is taking the concept to the next level. Using neither...

DIY, Green Products, Green Resources, Green Transportation, Recycled Materials, social design, Josep Mora, Clara Romani, DIY Wheelchairs, Developing Countries, recycled chairs, rwanda, spanish design, plastic chairs

Simple Wheelchairs Made From Reused Plastic Chairs Help Injured People in Rwanda

In order to make wheelchairs more accessible to people in developing countries, two designers are revamping common...

Mark Langan Uses Recycled Cardboard to Create Beautiful Company Logos

US artist Mark Langan has created an intricate set of company logos out of recycled cardboard to help businesses...

green furniture, green Interiors, Recycling / Compost, green design, paper accordion, paper table, paper lamp, Japanese design, green furniture, Japanese fan, miso, Hiromitsu Konishi, Kyoto

Miso Designs Beautiful Origami Tables for Kyoto’s Shofudo Paper Store

When interiors company Miso was commissioned to design the table displays for a traditional Japanese paper store,...

Green Home decor, Decorative Objects, energy efficiency, Interactive Objects, green graphic design, green Interiors, Green Lighting, green lighting, news, Ingo Maurer, Architects Paper, Geometric Wallpaper, LED Wallpaper, LED lights, birdie light, low energy light

Ingo Maurer Unveils Innovative Geometric LED Wallpaper

Ingo Maurer is a German light designer best known for his cute Birdie Lights, but for his latest project, he joined...

Danish design, barn, recycled barn, refurbished barn, Praksis, terrazzo floor, red-bricked wall, biodegradable roof, straw roof, thatched roof, flexible space, exhibitions space, curved wooden walls, denmark

Praksis Turns 19th Century Danish Barn Into a Modern Cultural Center in the Country

[gallery_extend] Located close to an area of marshland, the old barn has undergone a complete renovation...

Green Design Events, green furniture, Green Materials,Green Products,Recycled Materials, Recycling / Compost, MUJI, Design Museum London, less is more, minimalist design, lightweight design, japan earthquake, Product Fitness 80, less energy, less materials, recycled aluminum

Product Fitness 80: New MUJI Exhibition Showcases Elegant, Efficiently Designed Products in London

[gallery_extend] There is an old Japanese saying that goes "eat in measure and defy the doctor", which...

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