Ocean Sole cleans up flip-flop waste and turns it into art
Marine waste and unemployment are two significant concerns in Kenya. A non-profit organization called Ocean Sole...
1300 recycled baskets make up this functional artwork
The lines between art, function, education and public awareness are blurred in the 1300 Recycling Pavilion, a project...
Giant glowing bottle walls light up Singapore for “plastic binge” awareness
Design collective Luzinterruptus worked their artistic magic last month with an illuminated plastic bottle installation...
Incredible “green dreamscape” made of recycled threads takes over a Taipei lecture hall
Taipei’s lush jungle landscape has crept indoors in the form of a “green dreamscape.” MVRDV and Argentinian...
Artist recycles old typewriters into beautiful guns
The Art of War takes on new meaning in Canadian artist Eric Nado’s evocative typewriter-guns. Inspired by the...
Glowing circle made from thousands of recycled notebooks celebrate Bilbao’s book festival
Don’t be fooled by the perfect circular shape of this glowing installation in Bilbao. A closer look reveals that...
Rusty shovel heads transformed into delicate lace-inspired sculptures
Artist Denise Bizot has a gift for breathing new life into an unexpected medium—rusted shovel heads. The New...
A river of 10,000 glowing books flows through Toronto
This large, interactive art installation is created by group of anonymous artists/activists who "want literature...
Urbanscapes: Free art exhibition explores New York City through the eyes of six artists
Walk Dreamer by Isidro Blasco. "Urbanscapes brings together the work of six New York artists (Isidro Blasco,...
Recycled wood wall art serves as a stunning tribute to nature
Recently appearing for the first time in Patrick Parrish Gallery, the project follows in the footsteps of the Brooklyn-based...
Artist honors 14-year-old girl who helped rebuild his destroyed sculpture
The girl, whose name is Anine, created a Facebook page asking the community to donate money to rebuild Simon Selfmade,...
Artist sculpts lifelike grizzly bear from recycled cardboard
Artist Claudio Barake has been sculpting with recycled materials for many years. Using only discarded paper, wood,...
Artist creates thousands of urban birdhouses out of recycled scrap wood
Originally from Denmark, Dambo has grown his business around the Copenhagen area and beyond. His Happy City Birds...
This artist turns used pen refills into miniature sculptures of world landmarks
Sreenivas M.R. had a hobby of collecting used pen refills from friends. As part of 'Say No to Plastic' program,...
Inhabitat Talks to Lori Zimmer about her book The Art of Cardboard
You know and love Lori Zimmer as Inhabitat's art editor and the founder of ArtNerd, but did you know that she's...
