Forgotten bottles, wood residue from neighbor’s door and reuse project by Design and Innovation DeGross. UTREM LUX is the name of sustainable desing, an innovation where old glass bottles are bulbs. UTREM LUX was in Designersblock during desing Festival, in London. via: desing milk
Makaon, is a Japanese artist who has created an amazing collection of famous pop culture characters.Cartoon heroes and animal sculptures out of recycled cans of beer and soda, are some of the many imaginative creations of the artist. You can view more unique crafts by Makaon on the artist’s website or craft blog. via
Designer and urban archeologist Guilhem de Castelbajac’s with his project OFF DUTY NO MORE has immortalized the iconic lights of Taxi Signs . The re-purposing of these lights as interior lamps lends a second life to a utilitarian design that is slowly being rendered obsolete and all too overlooked. Each of the lamps have been…
A project launched by My Shelter Foundation, a non-governmental organization from the Philippines aims to lighten the homes of financially-challenged people. The idea is quite simple. The system depends on solar-powered “bulbs” made from old plastic bottles. Common bottles are filled with filtered water and some bleach and then they are sealed to avoid any leaks….
Photographer Caleb Charland Wires Apple Trees, Fruit Baskets and Stacked Coins to Create Alternative Batteries. The artist fastens wires to fruit, coins,trees ,even vinegar and anything else he can find to create luminous installations, proving that alternative energy is all around us. He brings the enthusiasm of a fifth-grade science fair participant to the world of…
Jo Meesters is a Dutch designer who turns rags to riches….. The designer is cutting up old woolen blankets into floral shapes and with delicate needleworking is forming beautiful carpets. Unwanted old items are turned to new beloved ones thanks to the imaginative concept of Jo Meesters. (via: inhabitat)
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…
The 99 Bottles coatrack by Lina Eenartonyte-Auste is made by melting down old glass bottles. Inspired enough? via: design-milk
Lucy Norman of Lula Dot is the designer behind these chandeliers made from old books. Book recycling is often problematic; glue and low-grade paper used in book manufacturing make their recycling difficult. So, Lucy got the idea and reinvent the term ‘light read’. Discarded tomes were folded and hung around a ceiling light in a circular…
News as read in Mocoloco. This is Orange Peel Hanger, a tool that aims to re-use kitchen waste. Inspired by traditional Italian customs where peel and other food waste is re-used in a completely new context. Leftovers from orange, mandarin or lemon peels on a steel skewer and hung over a warm radiator during the winter. “The…
