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...
Federico Uribe recycles everyday objects into captivating animal sculptures
Uribe drew inspiration for “Animal Farm” from his formative years on his family’s cattle ranch in Bogotá....
Stunning Parisian pavilion is crafted from 180 recycled wooden doors
Located in the heart of Paris at the Hôtel de Ville, the 70-square-meter Circular Pavilion was installed to coincide...
Dabs African Bead Museum transforms donated trash into an outdoor sculpture park in Detroit
The site which is now Dabls’ impromptu outdoor sculpture park was just an illegal dumping ground. Seeing more...
Art of Board’s recycled skateboard tiles enliven Macy’s Herald Square
A colorful eco-art installation has taken up residence at Macy’s Herald Square. Designed by Inhabitat favorite Art...
Nituniyo builds cardboard elephant from over 6,000 recycled paper tubes
Nituniyo stacked thousands of recycled paper tubes in a cell pattern to form the easily recognizable shape of an...
These life-sized willow whales swim through a sea of plastic bottles to raise pollution awareness
A sculpture of two life-sized whales, made from Somerset willow and 70,000 upcycled plastic bottles, has been unveiled...
Nightmarish figures made from old VHS tapes wander in frozen Iceland
Philip Ob Rey’s V project was designed in collaboration with Louie Otesanek and photographer Mailie Viney. The...
Playful Troels the Troll is built out of recycled wood pallets and scrap
Named after Dambo’s assistant, Troels is, by the looks of it, a friendly giant encouraging of play as evidenced...
Street artist turns trash into incredible wild animal sculptures
Bordalo II's amazing creatures are scattered all around Lisbon, where the artist lives. Curious rabbits, toucans,...
LMNOP challenges NYC architects and designers to craft creative mobiles out of recycled materials
“All day long I dream about sushi” by Steven South and Cecilia Cordova-Kling of Perkins + Will. "LMNOP’s...
PHOTOS: Artists use recycled materials to make endangered animal sculptures at Philadelphia Zoo
Second Nature brings together two hot-button issues on the minds of eco-sensitive creatives; recycling waste, and...
Artist Nikki Ella Whitlock recycles wine bottle fragments into ethereal mosaics
Inspired by nature, Whitlock’s pieces combine organic forms with ethereal creatures that could pas as fairies...
Edouard Martinet’s enchanting metal animal sculptures are made from old bike parts
The French artist created his jolly running ostrich by securing the assorted metal parts with a...
French Artisan Takes Recycled Metal to the Dark Side with an Awesome Darth Vader Bust
French artisan Alain Bellino took his craft to the dark side when he welded a number of leftover metal pieces together...
CANSTRUCTION: Gravity-Defying Structures Made of Food Cans Rise in NYC
Pour Your Heart Out by LESLIE E. ROBERTSON ASSOCIATES The 2014 NYC Canstruction exhibit is hosted by Arts Brookfield...
Nick Gentry Transforms Old Film and Disks into Captivating Portraits
With the age of technology advancing faster than we can possibly keep up with, we are left with obsolete media....
Exquisite Birds of Paradise Made Thousands of Recycled Barrettes and Fake Nails!
Each of Laurel's birds are carefully crafted from beak to tail feather. The iridescent bodies are comprised of...