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Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, renovated resort, green renovation, brutalist building, green resort, Georgia, Nata Janberidze, Keti Toloraia, luxury hotel, industrial design, terrace, swimming pool

Nature takes center stage at this renovated Soviet resort in Georgia

An old Soviet resort got a modern makeover that transformed it into a stunning mountain retreat facing the dramatic...

bolt tent, kama jania, finland designer, bolt lightning tent, lightning proof tent

Lightning-proof Bolt tents will keep you safe in a storm

When the weather gets bad, the last place you want to be is out in the open. If you're a hiker, climber, or camper,...

Busho Studio, Matyas Szaplonczai, Soviet Union, Soviet bloc, Soviet Union factories, refurbished materials, refurbished lights, green lighting, repurposed lighting, salvaged lighting, salvaged materials, mine lights, explosion-proof lights, industrial design, industrial design lights, mine fluorescents, floodlights

Old Soviet-bloc factory relics are salvaged and reworked into unique vintage lights

The abandoned factories that Szaplonczai explores had been built by Iron Curtain countries at the height of communism...

industrial design, Long Island City, paper factory, paper factory hotel, Queens hotels, queens hotel, renovated factory, renovated warehouse, paper factory lic, long island city hotel, long island city restaurant, mundo, mundo lic, mundo restaurant, adaptive reuse

Hip hotel converted from a 100-year-old paper factory whisks guests away to another world (PHOTOS)

The Paper Factory Hotel features 122 guest rooms ranging from affordable shared bunks to luxurious private suites,...

energy, renewable energy, Bryant park, green barrel energy, landscape forms, smartphones, solar power charging, charging stations, electric charging stations, citycharge, Ignacio ciochhini, industrial design, eco technology, green technology, clean technology

Phone Dead? New CityCharge Stations Let You Juice Up with Solar Power

Developed and tested over the course of two years in a project collaboration between Bryant Park Corporation,...

The Dead Prize, Cameron Sinclair, Architects for Humanity, bad design, environmentally harmful design, weapons, urban planning, architecture, industrial design, prizes, awards, nominations

Cameron Sinclair Launches the Dead Prize for Designs That Harm Humanity and the Planet

Architects for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair has just launched the Dead Prize, an award "to celebrate engineering,...

Fuseproject, Yves Béhar, BlueFocus Communication Group, San Francisco, New York, China, industrial design, acquisitions, BFCG, BlueFocus acquires Fuseproject

BlueFocus Communication Group to Acquire Majority Stake in Yves Béhar’s Fuseproject

The Chinese brand management company BlueFocus Communication Group (BFCG) is set to acquire a 75 percent stake...

GWP Architecture, Heatherwick Studio, Bombay Sapphire Distillery, BREEAM Award for Industrial Design , Ecobuild Conference, London ExCel Centre, GWP Architecture, Hampshire, renewable energy , energy efficiency, BREEAM award for industrial design, industrial design, architecture

Bombay Sapphire’s 18th Century Paper Mill Renovation Wins BREEAM Award for Industrial Design

Located in rural Hampshire, UK, the historic paper mill printed banknote paper for the Bank of England and British...

Sao Paulo Cultural Center, urban garden, brazil, sao paulo, living garden, water filtration, green roof, vegetable garden, green design, sustainable design, green architecture, eco design, industrial design, renovation

Sao Paulo’s Urban Garden is a Green Paradise in the Center of Brazil’s Most Cosmopolitan City

Related: Top 5 Urban Farms in New York City The original building was inspired by the Pompidou center in...

biomimicry, biomimicry in design, energy efficiency, robotic animals, robot, Festo, Bionic Kangaroo, Robotic Kangaroo

Festo Uses Biomimicry to Design an Energy Efficient Bouncing Bionic Kangaroo

The prospect of a bouncing robotic kangaroo may seem crazy, but German-based engineering company Festo discovered...

jorge macchi, container, shipping container, industrial design, sustainable art, green art, eco art, global trade, buenos aires, reuse

Shipping Container Crowds a Tiny Room to Critique the Industrial Age

Artist Jorge Macchi criticizes global trade and industrialism with this intriguing shipping container art installation....

rockpaperrobot, transforming furniture, kinetic furniture, amex, small business tips, small business inspiration, starting a small business, green business, green design, interactive furniture, kinetic design, eco design, furniture design, industrial design, american express business tips, kinetic engineers, kinetic furniture

Designers of RockPaperRobot Furniture Share Their Business Tips – Learned The Hard Way

Getting a business off the ground is no easy feat. Once you gather enough courage and resources to run with your...

Yojiro Oshima, wood bike Yojiro Oshima, japanese design, wood design, eco friendly wood, green design, bicycle prototype, industrial design, student design

Yojiro Oshima’s Beautifully Sculpted Bicycle is Made Almost Entirely From Wood

This amazing wooden bicycle was completely hand-crafted by Yojiro Oshima, a design student at the Craft&Industrial...

tumbleweed robot, climate change, desertification, biomimicry, industrial design, Israel, nature-inspired robot, seed-planting robot, desert, sand dunes, autonomous robot, wind-powered robot, Shlomi Mir

Seed-Planting Tumbleweed Robot Draws From Nature to Fight Desertification

Israeli industrial designer Shlomi Mir has created a tumbleweed-inspired robot that uses wind power to study desertification...

COBE architects, Transform architects, Porsgrunn Maritime Museum and Exploratorium, Norway architecture, aluminium facade, architecture, museum design, urban design, industrial design, urban renewal architecture

COBE and Transform Architects Open Jagged, Aluminum-Clad Maritime Museum in Norway

Certainly more contemporary than its surroundings, the new 2,000 square meter maritime museum curiously manages...

Panoramica, green design, sustainable design, industrial design, green furniture, green interiors, sustainable furniture, icff, new york design week, international contemporary furniture fair, Cooperativa Panoramica, mexican designers, materiality, hanging pot

Panoramica’s Materiality Collection Celebrates the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Materials

Panoramica's Materiality collection is marked by its elegant and earnest appreciation of common everyday materials....

Noble Goods, BKLYN Designs, Brooklyn Designs, Amanda Coen, New York City, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, sustainable design, eco design, green design, reclaimed wood, salvaged wood, salvaged materials, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, industrial design, furniture design, home goods, house ware, West Elm, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Christopher Moore, Molly FitzSimons, resin, resin inlay, eco resin, FSC certified, FSC wood

Noble Goods Unveils New Line of Sustainable Wood Furniture with Unique Resin Inlays

  Noble Goods gets its name from where it all began in 2011 -- on Noble Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn....

Brooklyn Designs, BKLYN Designs, Amanda Coen, New York City, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, Analog Modern, Peter Buley, sustainable design, eco design, green design, reclaimed wood, salvaged wood, salvaged materials, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, industrial design, furniture design, home goods, house ware, West Elm, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Analog Modern Draws Upon Traditional Craft to Create Their Contemporary Furniture Collection

Passing Analog Modern's stall at BKLYN Designs, it was hard not to notice the many wooden butterflies that covered...

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, brooklyn designs, eco design, furniture design, green design, home goods, house ware, industrial design, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, Jeremy Pickett, new york city, pickett, Pickett Furniture Company, reclaimed wood, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, salvaged materials, salvaged wood, sustainable design, West Elm

Pickett Furniture Offers Up Charming Home Furnishings Handcrafted from Vintage and Reclaimed Materials

It takes real skill to turn salvaged materials into something new and exciting, which is why we applaud Pickett...

Brooklyn Designs, New York City, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, Pickett, Jeremy Pickett, Pickett Furniture Company, sustainable design, eco design, green design, reclaimed wood, salvaged wood, salvaged materials, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, industrial design, furniture design, home goods, house ware, West Elm, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Pickett Furniture Uses Sustainable Wood and Vintage Textiles to Create Playful Handcrafted Pieces

Coming from a family of woodworkers, it is no wonder that founder, Jeremy Pickett, launched his furniture company...

Brooklyn Designs, New York City, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, Urban Chandy, Aellon, Lamacek, Bower, Caleb Zipperer, Dog Tag Designs, Palo Samko, Noble Goods, Hooker and Co., Pickett, Mark Jupiter, Adam Frank, Casa Kids, Bien Hecho, Garrison Architects, From the Source, sustainable design, eco design, green design, reclaimed wood, salvaged wood, salvaged materials, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, industrial design, furniture design, home goods, house ware, West Elm, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Inhabitat’s Favorite Brooklyn-Made Green Designs at BKLYN Designs 2013!

Inhabitat's favorite local NYC design show, BKLYN Designs, just wrapped up a three-day run in the DUMBO neighborhood...

Brooklyn Designs, New York City, Inhabitat, Inhabitat NYC, Urban Chandy, Aellon, Lamacek, Bower, Caleb Zipperer, Dog Tag Designs, Palo Samko, Noble Goods, Hooker and Co., Pickett, Mark Jupiter, Adam Frank, Casa Kids, Bien Hecho, Garrison Architects, From the Source, sustainable design, eco design, green design, reclaimed wood, salvaged wood, salvaged materials, recycled aluminium, recycled materials, industrial design, furniture design, home goods, house ware, West Elm, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Awesome Locally-Made Green Designs from BKLYN Designs 2013!

Aellon Maker of contemporary, sustainable furniture, Aellon’s pieces are manufactured in Indonesia. The Grace...

clothing printer, joshua harris, industrial design, 3d printing, apparel

Joshua Harris’ 3D Clothing Printer Recycles Old Garments to Create New Apparel

Excited about that stylish top from J.Crew but wish you could have it for the party tonight? Why not just 3D print...

marko vuckovic, tree bench, white corian. sustainable design, green furniture, industrial design, nature products

Marko Vuckovic’s Tree Bench is a Perfect Spot for Quiet Contemplation

The Tree Bench concept is pretty self-explanatory: a seating area encircles a tree, which serves as the design's...

James Dyson Award, Dan Watson, Sustainable, Fishing Net, Fishing, Royal College of Arts, London, SafetyNet Technologies, industrial design, green design, sustainable design, sustainable fishing, environmental protection, ocean, sea, fishing, overfishing

Dyson Award-Winning SafetyNet Prevents Overfishing by Guiding Small Fish to Freedom With LED Lights

Royal College of Arts graduate Dan Watson has developed a brilliant sustainable fishing net with luminous exit...

Sarah Melsens and Roberta Gigante, grindbakken, rotor, ghent, restoration, industrial design, sustainable architecture, green design, adaptive reuse

Ghent’s Industrial Grindbakken Pits Transformed Into a Cutting Edge Art Space

For the Grindbakken pits' first temporary activity, Rotor came up with the idea of framing several parts of the...

Patrick Ramey, Bike Pump Adapter, Bike Pump Key-chain, Bicycle Flat Tire, Tire Air Refill, Functional Object, Industrial Design, Key-chain Design, Design for Cyclists, Air Pump Adapter

Brilliant Keychain Bike Pump Fits in the Palm of Your Hand!

City streets are a rough place for cyclists - they're strewn with bits of glass, metal, and potholes, so popping...

Clark Whittington, Art-O-Mat, cigarettes, cigarette vending machine, vintage, industrial design, North Carolina, Artists In Cellophane

Art-O-Mat: Vintage Cigarette Vending Machines Recycled to Dispense Art Instead of Cancer

Whittington crafted his first Art-O-Mat vending machine way back in 1997. It was installed along with 12 of his...

Modular System Add-On, Francesc Rife, barcelona design festival, FADfest, FADexpo, green design events, sustainable design, spanish design, industrial design, eco design

The Best Green Designs From Barcelona’s FADfest Design Festival!

This wall vegetation system by Nodo17 Architects is constructed from a cage of galvanized sheet metal and geo-textile...

Born Out of Necessity, sustainable design, Museum of Modern Art, Industrial Design, Dunne & Raby, Augmented Digestive System, Desert Seal, Architecture and Vision

‘Born Out of Necessity’ at MoMA Seeks Solutions for Pressing Problem Through Innovative Design

"Born out of Necessity focuses on the problems chosen by or assigned to the designers—some of them real, concrete,...

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