Need some summer inspiration for green DIY? We have something pretty and special for you today. Easy and green ideas for decoration and planting, using only PET bottles. What about these hanging vases? Just follow the Micasa instructions and here you go! What about this vertical garden made out of recycled PET bottles? The idea…
Bench of Thought (Banco del Pensamiento) created by Spanish Alvaro Tamarit. The designer has collected and repurposed old books into an ergonomic chair. The structure is based on wood with built in wheels so it can easily moved around. Tamarit has completed a series of objects through the process of creative recycling. Can’t wait…
Shiner is a series of furniture made out of recycled industrial waste. The Atlanta based manufacturer takes scrap industrial materials destined for a landfill and turns them into furniture with a contemporary aesthetic. All steel used in Shiner’s designs are recycled from industrial discard and the wood is waste byproduct from boat manufacturing. Each piece…
A new series of furniture, the Rememberme furniture, is going to be launced by theItalian company Casamania and has been designed by German designer Tobias Juretzek. Each piece of furniture is made out of recycled, old clothes……. Using cast-off clothing from friends, thrift shops and even his own closet, Juretzek presses the pieces together into…
Ghost of a dream is an artist collective uses discarded lottery tickets to create brilliant installations of what lottery winner just might buy with all that cold hard cash. Instalations like the “Dream Home” have been created with over $70,000 worth of discarded tickets. Luxuries, expensive art, antique furniture, a chandelier and of course a…
Mishmash is a bench made out of bicycle seats. Is been designed by Jeremy Petrus in collaboration with Selle Royal. Mishmash is the result of the combination of two designs: Nelson’s Marshmallow sofa and Casiglioni’s Sella stool. And also is a great inspiration of what to do with old bike seats! Have a nice weekend…
“Marie Coquine” is the name of the standing lamp designed by Philippe Starck for Baccarat. The lamp incoporates a 12-light zénith chandelier into an umbrella and a chestnut wood handle etending from its base. It is suspended at one end of a pole extended on a weel steel tripod, from the other end end of…
The Giving Tree is a stool made out of used clothes. Korean designer Jongho Park’s Giving Tree Project, created in collaboration with Hyuckcheol Kwon, Injae Noh and Minuk Tak, raises awareness about the dangers of environmental pollution through recycled furniture. The stools are handmade and designed to look like tree stumps! Hmmm, what a nice…
Karen Ryan launced her “Custom Made” series back in 2005. Inspired by her grunny’s old appartment, Ryan aims to subvert the cycle of consumer culture. Thus, she creates chairs with chairs…. As the designer explains “I collect discarded and unwanted chairs from the street, car boot sales, jumble sales, second hand shops and charity shops…
BrandBase is an advertising agency in Amsterdam relocated to an empty canal house right in city’s historic center. The house was empty and needed some furniture. So, the agency in collaboration with Most Architecture created a sustainable, economical and of course creative working structure made out of 270 wooden pallets! Yes, 270 wooden pallets were…
