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,Decorative Objects,chinaware,ceramic design,emotional connection,knitting ceramics,fixing ceramics,british art,new designers 2011

Michelle Taylor Knits and Sews Together Broken Ceramic Tea Sets Anew

Michelle Taylor's work is about a personal childhood experience of loss. By fixing broken ceramics, chinaware...

Pyschedelic CMYK Lamp Draws Colorful Strokes of Light Using LEDs

Denis Parren's conceptual CMYK lamp questions how we percieve colors and light by casting multicolored strokes...

New Hope School is a Boat-Shaped Thatched Roof Building on an Ecuador Beach

[gallery_extend] Active-schools facilitate the development of healthy children by fostering social and...

Zero energy,Kinetic Energy,Green Home decor,green furniture,experimental design,techniques design,dutch design,gravity,magnetic fields,plastic,iron shavings

Jólan van der Wiel’s Amazing Stools are Shaped Using Magnetic Fields and the Force of Gravity

After an investigation into what he could do with gravity and magnetic fields, Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel...

energy efficiency,Architecture,Passivehaus,london,bere architects,solar thermal hot water heating,energy efficient,triple glazing,triple glazing,green roof,rainwater recycling,

The Muse: Bere Architects’ Paradisiacal London Home Has Four Roof Gardens, Forty Trees, Ponds and Meadows

[gallery_extend] Inspired by the German Passivhaus approach and technical methods developed by physicist...

social design,Green Products,Green Materials,Green Lighting,green furniture,Eco Textiles,Decorative Objects,Botanical,linen,PIG 05049,Christien Meindertsma,rope,flax designs,biodegradable materials,dutch design

Christien Meindertsma’s Delicate Yet Rough Designs Are Made From Flax

Best known for her eye-opening research book PIG 05049, Christien Meindertsma has taken on a new endeavor, designing...

Green Products,Decorative Objects,palm wood,fair trade,vietnam,handcrafted bowls,wooden basket,fair trade originals,dutch design,recycled bread board

Piet Hein Eek’s Fair Trade Baskets are Beautifully Handcrafted from Recycled Palm Wood

Famous Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek recently designed a beautiful set of baskets, bowls, and trays for Fair Trade...

Sustainable Materials,green furniture,bamboo furniture,dutch design,tejo remy,bent bamboo,fast growing,strong bamboo

Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen Build a Nest Chair Out of Bamboo

Recycled Materials,Green Products,green packaging,Recycled Milk Cartons,portuguese design,social design,recycled wallet

Portuguese Collective Blindesign and Female Inmates Create Objects from Recycled Milk Cartons

Architecture,Green Materials,Sustainable Materials,locally sourced materials,stone wall,nature views,mexican design,mexico

Beautiful Mexican ‘Casa en el Bosque’ Designed to Adapt to the Existing Pine Forest

[gallery_extend] Standing within a splendid plot covering 2 square miles, House in the Forest is very...

Recycled Materials,Recycling / Compost,Modern Pets,Green Products,Green Materials,Animals,cat litter,biodegradable cat litter,paper pulp,compostable,recycled paper

Ecolite is a Compostable Cat Litter Box Made from Recycled Paper Pulp

Although more expensive and less durable than their plastic counterparts, biodegradable cat litter boxes have some...

Recycled Materials,Green Products,Green Materials,green furniture,recycled wooden pallets,french design,modern sofa

Slick Minimal Black Sofa Built From Recycled Wooden Pallets

Believe it or not, this slick black sofa designed by French Studio-aparte is made from discarded wooden pallets....

Recycled Materials,Green renovation,Green Lighting,Eco Tourism,Eco Travel,Architecture,recycled train station,puente del inca,inca bridge,aconcagua,mendoza,argentina,natural light,recycled artifacts,hostel,affordable accomodation

PHOTOS: Abandoned Rail Station Transformed Into a Colorful Eco-Hostel in Aconcagua, Argentina

[gallery_extend] The red and turquoise hostel in Puente del Inca was built in 1903 and is located at...

inca bridge,aconcagua mountain,golden arch,thermal water,mineral water,argentina,eco-turism,eco-travel,inca,natural bridge,inca saga,historic site

Inca Bridge: A Golden Mineral Arch Forms a Natural Bridge at the Foot of Mount Aconcagua

[gallery_extend] Hanging 2,719 meters above sea level, 'Inca Bridge' is a fantastic natural bridge that...

Sustainable Building,social design,Green renovation,Green Materials,Architecture,bamboo,mud,pakistan,cob,local materials,local people,locally sourced materials,

Roswag Seiler and Pakistani Locals Hand-build a School from Cob, Bamboo and Mud

The Tipu Sultan Merkez School in Punjab, Pakistan has a new sustainable building that was designed by German architects...

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