Slovakian Matej Kren is the artist behind the “Idiom” instalation of books. A spiraling tower of hundreds of stacked books got its stage under the Prague Municipal Library. Idiom is like a huge Jenga tower; books are stacked , forming a colorful rainbow cylinder that reached the celing of the library. A tear shaped…
This is the Printing Dress, a dress made out of paper, designed by Asta Roseway, a senior designer at Microsoft Research and Sheridan Martin Small of Xbox. Everything started with a moto; “you are what you tweet”. The paraphrase of the famous saying “you are what you eat”, has only one to show, the dramatical…
Rita is a yiuco facebook friend and she got inspired! After reading our “Green Pet Bottles” post, Rita did some Upcycling DIY and here’s the result! What about you? Have you ever had any upcycling inspirations for DIY from our blog? If yes, please sent us your pictures and a little story about your upcycling…
Bou-Toshi is a Japanese game. And is what inspired designer Yukihiro Kaneuchi who created these series of vases made from sand ad resin. The vases are made according to the principal of the game; First, players make a heap of sand and place a pole in the centre. Then each player takes turns removing sand,…
This is Frii, a concept bicycled designed by Dror Peleg, an Israeli industrial design student. Frii is made from recycled plastic that has been melted and injection molded into a lightweight, durable and colorful bike born anew. The designer intends it to be used for “quick trips through the city streets” and hopes that interested…
Jennifer Collier is the artist behind these unique recycling projects. Jennifer uses all kinds of papers, magazines, maps, and many more , and recycles them into incredible wrapping for ordinary objects that would otherwise go unnoticed. Her technique consists of “[…] bonding, waxing, trapping and stitching, I produce unusual paper ‘fabrics,’ which are used to…
Upcycling has no bounds Yiuco has a great friend; Julia from Actual Colors May Vary did some research and she recomend to us these fascinating artworks crated ….from Junk! Creativity has no bounds….Upcycling has no bounds either. Just have a look on the following artworks and get inspired: via:…
Is called “Green Pillow” and is an inflatable houseplanter, sustainable for indoor and outdoor use. Once inflated, it becomes a plant cushion. You can use it on your sofa or outdoors, it is waterproof and it can float. It holds pots of up to 13cm in diameter. Designed by ArtTerre via: shoebox dwelling
This is the Sleepbox, designed by the Russian Arch Group and installed during August at Aeroexpress terminal of Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow. It is entirely made out of wood and the concept behind it it is been explained by the archtects: “Imagine the situation where you are in a modern city, you are not a…
Mary Ellen Croteau is a Chicago artist who originaly started her recycling art projects by stacking plastic bottle caps into colorful towers….. But that was just the beginning, since the artist walk a steep further combining bottle caps to create new color combinations and formed them in to a giant self-portrait. The artist explains in…
