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Invasive soft rush weed turned into sustainable packaging materials

Soft rush is a plant, however, it recently has been transformed into furniture and packaging materials. Born from...

minimalist wood TV stand with pink slatted sliding doors

One for Hundred — a furniture company that grows more wood than it uses

One for Hundred, an Austrian furniture company, was founded on the belief that creating furniture doesn’t have...

The New Raw, Print Your City!, 3d printing, recyclable furniture, plastic waste, sustainable furniture, Aectual, 3d printed furniture, green design, street furniture, Amsterdam

This brilliant project turns plastic waste into 3D-printed benches for Amsterdam

Rotterdam-based studio The New Raw is rallying citizens to turn their household plastic waste into stylish public...

David Long & Antoine Morris, Log Chop Bench, tree trunk furniture, tree tunk benches, hand-sewn upholstery, sustainable furniture, wood furniture, felled wood, felled trees, wooden benches, reclaimed furniture

Lumberjill hacks stylish bench out of a felled tree trunk

When the designers from Practice of Everyday Design were looking for a unique seating option for a client, they...

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Furniture grown from bacteria and mushrooms is now available for purchase

Mushrooms are good for so much more than just eating. Ecovative, the company behind Mushroom Packaging, has teamed...

Tom Raffield, steam bending, steam-bent house, timber cladding, sustainable wood, green architecture, natural materials, sustainable furniture, sustainable lamp, green extension, England

Sustainable home in Cornwall is wrapped in steam-bent wood

Tom and his wife Danielle bought an existing lodge located in the woodland at Trevano near Heslton, and designed...

Le Voyage à Nantes, Ferpect, JKA - Jérémie Koempgen Architecture, sustainable furniture, outdoor furniture, rehabilitation, green design, wooden furniture

Fun new rolling furniture in France creates gathering spaces along the River Sèvre

The team proposed a variety of structures-rolling furniture, collective platforms, benches, vehicles and rafts-...

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Eco-friendly DIY modular furniture can be reassembled over and over into different pieces

Designer Stefano Guerrieri aimed to create DIY furniture kits that people can use to creatively modernize their...

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10 smart and cheap things every college dorm room needs

NORDLI Wireless charging furniture Your phone is at 5% and you're tossing everything out of your backpack trying...

IKEA's Space10 lab wants to change the way you buy furniture

IKEA’s Space10 lab wants to change the way you buy furniture

Space10 is essentially a lab where people can explore ideas, like how we will use our homes and spaces in the future....

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LOCK is a bending, twisting coffee table made out of layered, multi-colored bamboo

"LOCK" is a coffee table designed out of highly sustainable bamboo. Bamboo is a strong flexible beautiful and...

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Green Blade banana fiber panels provide a stylish, sustainable alternative to wood

Potassium-rich bananas are a staple for healthy eaters but did you know that the “tree” trunk is a valuable...

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Agustina Bottoni’s Monolithic Brut Barbecue Set is Made From Recycled Coconut Coir

"Brut" is a monolithic stool and barbecue set designed by Agustina Bottoni that is produced by casting a compound...

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Bonbon’s brilliant sofa transforms into a bunk bed in a snap

Compact living is one of our favorite topics. Making efficient use of space is the best way to maximize your living...

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Masaya & Company plants 100 trees for every piece of furniture they sell

Masaya & Company is dedicated to design and sustainability - they plant 100 trees for every product they sell,...

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Modular, prefab HELIX furniture transforms rooms like architectural ivy

HELIX is a modular furniture system that generates a continuous interior space across vertical and horizontal surfaces....

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14 conversation-starting chairs that push the boundaries of design

Herringbones Chair by Raw Edges London-based, Israeli-born designers Raw Edges collaborated with 5VIE Art + Design...

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Autistic craftsmen create sustainable, stylish furniture for maacraft

Maacraft is dedicated to producing homewares that blend contemporary design with socially-conscious manufacturing...

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Feist Forest handcrafted wooden tables are made using sustainably-sourced British Ash

Feist Forest makes wooden work tables to bring independent minds, skills and positive ideas together using responsibly-sourced...

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Oh! my woodness! sofa can be packed and re-assembled in minutes

Versatile, with a relaxed character but intense and clean lines, Oh! my woodness! is a solid wood sofa that can...

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Former Apple engineers launch line of cleverly built and packaged sustainable furniture

Brad Sewell wasn’t always destined for the furniture business - he acknowledges he followed a “nontraditional”...

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Liberty Manufacturing Co.’s sustainable industrial-style tables are 100% made in the U.S.

Los Angeles-based Liberty Manufacturing Co. wants to bring modern, 100% made-in-the-U.S.A. coffee tables to your...

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The Urbanite Home rescues oil barrels from landfills to create upcycled modern furniture

To create their line of coffee tables, dining chairs and rockers, The Urbanite Home designers cut, weld and rivet...

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IKEA is launching a line of official hacking kits

IKEA hacks are really popular—in the past we've looked at how the modular furniture can be hacked to suit tiny...

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8 transforming, double-duty furniture designs spotted at ICFF 2015

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair opened its doors this past Saturday at New York's Javits Center,...

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10 eye-opening products from Designjunction EDIT NYC

Brave Space Design showcased their new line of Acute Stools, which are made from smoothly beveled lengths of sustainably...

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EDI is a sleek, modern table made out of local, renewable wood using renewable energy

EDI is a new table made using 100% renewable materials and 100% renewable energy by Finnish brand Nikari. Nikari...

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Collaptes furniture is friendly on the eyes, the environment, and the assembler

The most captivating aspect of Collaptes’ furniture is in its engineering. For instance, the Macadamia chair’s...

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Max Lamb’s “Exercises in Seating” is a primitive investigation of materials at Milan Design Week

Often, Max Lamb's work is defined as being created through a sort of primitive process, which seemingly creates...

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Cardboard Furniture makes flat pack, recyclable furniture for every room

It's easy to focus on transportation and architecture when it comes to improving our carbon footprint, but sometimes...

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