22.2.11

Glass Bottles Upcycled


Why not upcycle your recycling instead returning them to another (lower quality) material item that will surely eventually make its way to a landfill of low quality material trash. Jean Michel Daluzeau uses glass bottles as material for his glass blowing and recreates a glass bottle into vases, lamps, anything he can imagine. 

15.2.11

Boomerang Reuse

 Croatian designers Bernarda and Davor Silov of Atmosfera have used the boomerang to create furniture of all sorts of sizes. This ancient toy has been used as a single element within a design and also a single shape that is transformed into many. The single form is easily transformable, but also easily replaceable as a single unit if needed.

Green Islands

French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created "Green Islands" within the office. He is looking to create the environmental atmosphere of being outdoors, including the calming and stress relieving effects while still occupying indoor space.

10.2.11

Save the Beach Hotel


HA Schult has made it his personal mission to bring awareness to the necessity of preserving our beaches and ocean. An artist and an activist, his latest piece is a design for a "trash" hotel to be built on a shoreline-made entirely out of trash!

7.2.11

New York Made Into Furniture


 Manufactured in South Bronx, these furniture piece material sources from Manhattan. Meant to capture the beauty of the worn and historical material sources, the pieces are seldom finished and when stained, only water based stains and sealants are used. Whenever possible wooden pegs are employed in order to reduce the amount of machinery work necessary in order to fabricate the furniture.

Passive Egg Houses

These egg houses are 90% recyclable. Meant to resemble easter eggs (as you can see, they are painted in whimsical bright colors) and inspired by nature, they are a composite material of recycled tires and wood waste. 

H & M Goes Green



Using organic linen, organic cotton, recycled polyester, and tencel; H &M clothing retailer goes green. Their sustainable line with debut in April 2011 with woman and mens wear. 

3.2.11

Living Small




Living in tiny square footage requires great planning and organization, however if you're capable of pulling it off you will have great pride in your space and quite the bragging rights. Check out these tiny spaces and their organization and storage solutions.