Corporate gifts made of packaging
Packaging og your products used or left turn into nice new items and why not in corporate gifts. See, for example, purses made from tetrapack packaging
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from banners to bags
Turn your old banners to bags, wallets, backpacks, tote bags and many other…
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Mi papá estuvo en la selva- the book that grows a tree
My Dad Was in the Jungle is the translation of this book in English…. The greatest thing though, is that kids can plant the book after reading it! The Tree Book Tree project was started by Pequeño Editor, a publishing company based in Argentina, with the idea of helping kids from 8-12 where books come from, as…
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Plastic Bag Mandalas
I woke up this morning, filling the urge to call the tatoo studio I have spotted for my new tattoo arrangements….. And then, after my morning “pinterest-reading-@work- with my hot cappuccino”, I found this…. ….and I said to myself, yes this is carmic, this a “Mandala” day!
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The chair that habitats plants and insects
What can anyone think of these chairs. A nouveau ant farm or an atrium fused with antique seating? Analog Media Lab, created Chair I:Rococo Armchair Retrofit and Chair II: Ghost Chair Retrofit . Both chairs are comming in two flavors- as the group of designers mention- and are part of an experimental series on exploring the interface…
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The circular economy: from consumer to user
With the price of resources and energy becoming increasingly volatile, can today’s linear economy work in the long term? What if we didn’t buy the goods we use, but instead favoured access and performance over ownership? This short animation from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation introduced the idea, and suggests how it could work for businesses,…
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What is circular economy?
The circular economy represents a fundamental shift for businesses: away from the ‘linear’ model where resources are extracted, made into products and disposed of, to a model where products are remade, repaired, resold, or recycled. The inner circles or ‘loops’ of accepted models are those where products do not need to be recycled or broken…
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Upcycled Art and Fashion
People may not be at all familiar with the idea of upcycling as a lifestyle but the artistic community and world of fashion has long been a proponent of “something from nothing.” By creating works out of waste are showing the beauty that is present in the most mundane of things or one “man’s trash…
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Por Ella Bottella
As a part of the course of 2011 digital fabrication in the pontificia universidad católica del perú (PUCP) the students jessica alvarez, monica bazo, daniela beraun, miguel chavez, alejandro ciudad, karel van oordt, alexander wiegering developed with teachers felipe ferrer and peter seinfeld an installation that is the intersection between hi-tech and low-tech technology. The…
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Black Sofa built from Recycled Pallets
No, please, do not get offensed from what we wrote but, yes, this sofa is definitely rubbish since it is made from discarded wooden pallets. French Studio- aparte designed “Woodstock”, this piece of furniture that can accommodate up to two people and comes with two small benches tucked underneath one of its sides. Oh yes,…
