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Reima designs a traceable, recyclable jacket for kids

Finnish children’s activewear brand Reima has released its 100% recyclable children's jacket. The stylish and...

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KALO’s PVC Bench is made from plastic waste and wood scraps

This stylish piece of minimalist furniture is made out of recycled materials and fit for two. The special project...

Palais Récup, Frank Alsema, John Zondag, Amsterdam, home, house, reused materials, recycled materials

Check out this Amsterdam house created with trash and items from eBay

Garbage doesn't need to simply be garbage; it can be used to build new things. At least, that's what Frank Alsema...

Cinematiq eyewear, eyeglasses, reused materials, Zachary Tipton, Tipton Eyewear, green design, wearables, recycled film

Cinematiq glasses are made from strips of vintage films

Love movies? Now you have the opportunity to carry real movie scenes wherever you go with eyeglasses that feature...

temporary pavilion, People’s Pavilion, Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week, recycled plastic, plastic waste reuse, Overtreders W, bureau SLA, green architecture, the Netherlands, Dutch Design Week, reused materials

Colorful People’s Pavilion in Eindhoven is made from 100% borrowed materials

All the materials needed to build this temporary pavilion in the Netherlands are borrowed. bureau SLA and Overtreders...

Kehinde Durojaiye, Nigeria, Lagos, aero-amphibious jet car, jet car, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automotive, flying car, flying cars, recycled, recycled materials, repurpose, repurposed materials, reuse, reused materials, trash, junk, invention, inventor

Nigerian man invents cool jet car that operates on land and water

If you're ever in Lagos, Nigeria, watch for a quirky aero-amphibious jet car roaming the streets. Self-taught inventor...

Wahana Architects, DeeRoemah house, natural ventilation, cross ventilation, Jakarta, green renovation, reused materials, skylight, natural light, shade structure, green architecture

Renovated Jakarta home fights sultry summers with ventilation, green space and shade

Located in a surprisingly quiet neighborhood in midtown Jakarta, the existing L-shaped building presented a great...

Opera Software headquarters, green headquarters, Poland, Mode:lina Architekci, office space, from recycled materials, green design, interior design, reused materials

How Opera used 1,000 old floppy disks and other e-waste in their new Poland headquarters

Opera's new headquarters are located in two prestigious townhouses in the heart of Wroclaw. The buildings-one built...

Turkish Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2016, Venice Architecture Biennale, temporary pavilion, reused materials, recycled furniture, green design, Turkey, Istanbul, green architecture

Turkey presents a huge ship made from 4 tons of reused materials in Venice

The large ship measures 30 meters (98 feet) and weighs four tons. It was built from more than 500 pieces of reused...

Clay Roof House, DRTAN LM Architect, perforated brick, perforated facade, reused materials, terracotta, clay roof tiles, green renovation, green architecture, natural ventilation, shading system, natural building materials

Perforated screens made from reused terracotta tiles wrap around this house in Malaysia

After purchasing the property, the owners commissioned the architects to rebuild the house and transform it into...

Ishi-no-kinendo Memorial, Koishikawa Architects, stone memorial in Japan, Japanese architects, stone memorial, Japan earthquake victims, 2011 earthquake, cherry tree, reused materials, locally sourced materials, reused building materials

Japanese sculpture memorializes 18,000 people dead or missing after the 2011 earthquake

The laminated stones stacked to create the curving walls represent the victims and are topped with a mirrored stainless...

Seabin, ocean waste, water issues, plastic waste, sustainable materials, green technology, natural materials, recycled materials, reused materials

Floating Seabin trash collector could rid the oceans of plastic waste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiy7WQYQyhY The Seabin was designed to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,...

Azkoitia station extension, Estudio Beldarrain, reused railway sleepers, reused materials, wooden facade, wooden architecture, Spain, extension, terrace, natural materials, green architecture

Spanish architects reuse railway sleepers to build a sculptural library extension

The architects covered the extension in wooden railway sleepers as if the tracks that once ran near the station...

BUREAU A, Steelhenge, Stonehenge, temporary architecture, shipping containers, reused materials, Geneva, Switzerland, green architecture, exhibition spaces

BUREAU A recreates Stonehenge with stacked shipping containers

BUREAU A was commissioned to built a temporary venue for the first edition of the biennale for independent art...

The Nest Home, Missouri University, Solar Decathlon, solar design, solar power, photovoltaics, net-zero house, shipping containers, shipping pallets, reused materials, reclaimed meterials, green architecture, affordable housing, green lighting, greywater reuse

The Nest home is a solar-powered prefab made from recycled shipping containers

The Nest Home was designed to accommodate a growing family. It offers both private and common spaces that can be...

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