Taboo Collection, is the name of these furnitures made out of recycled garbage bags and bottles. Designers Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck, from Dakar were inspired from the daily habits of Western Africans, who traditionally sit on stool or squat on the floor around tables to eat from a communal tray of food. Taboo Collection contains 75%…
“From redundant to abudant”. Presented in Salone del Mobile di Milano 2011 by Peter Botazzi and Denish Bonapace. Da Morto a Orto is an exhibition of recycled furniture used as planters. “Da morto a orto” isn’t just a collection of one-off pieces; it is a critical, ironic reinterpretation of everyday objects that we no longer…
Merryn Haines-Gadd is an independent furniture and product designer based in Oxfordshire, UK. Merryn came up with this upcycling project; he took an old wooden chair frame and used old magazines to remake it as a functional chair. Friction, not glue, holds the paper together. The designer notes: “ That is the beauty of the idea,…
Gypsy Modular…. A smart name for smart pieces of furniture…. Gypsy Modular is made out of modular components so that you can dismantle it and fix it again, with no tools. The material used for the furniture is a medium density fiberboard, is very strong and made from recycling other things. The series has named…
It glows and grows! It is Eden lamp and is been designed by Enzo Berti. Each lamp is illuminated by two LED lights. By the way, LED lights are not harmful to plants! Is been manufactured by Torremato and it comes into many colours, finishes and of course flaura!!!!! (via: shoeboxdwelling)
Italian designer Luigi Semeraro created SPARVAR, a series of armchairs and pouf made out of empty graffiti spray cans. Spavar is constructed by bonding over 200 empty cans together and securing the form between two painted wood sides. Spavar was recently presented at the Milan Design Week 2011 and it is self produced, thus in limited edition! What…
Tub Chair….that is the name of this sofa made from a used bathtub! Frees.Co Equipe Creativa are the designers behind the project. What they did is to create this sofa out of a bathtub; one side of the bathtub is cut and its floor is matted by foam. You can place this sofa easily to any…
Orlando Dominguez from Gin Art & Design created these amazing pieces of furniture out of re-purposed fabrics and hides. The artist emphasises on sustainable design which is dedicated to environmental consciousness. Worth seeing piece of recycling art! (via: greenmuze & recyclart)
Patricia Urquiola is a Spanish architect and designer. And this is Biknit, a brand new and above all green series of chairs and a chaise lounge for Moroso furniture manufacturers. If you look closer, you will get it. The chaise lounge is been made of wood, steel and…..stockings. It was presented at Salone del Mobile…
