Would you ever believe that the plastic cups shown above, are made from fish scales? Believe it or not, designer Erik de Laurens has come up with the idea; fish scales has become the novel raw material for making plastic. By dying the scales and treating them under heat and pressure, he can make them…
All that glitters is not gold…..Is discarded plastic bottles! Royal College of Art student Florie Salnot collaborated with Sandblast, a London-based nonprofit that works with the Saharawis of Algeria, to find a creative yet economic solution to raise awareness about their cultural displacement. The low-cost, low-energy production process requires only hot sand, a nail board…
Life is the name of this paper made water bottle. Life has been made out of recycled paper. The design of the bottle is very simple. You would only find a double stitch that provides rigidity to the bottle and a green cotton cord wrapped with paper that allows people to hang Life on their…
Plastic Bag Monster attacks Slovenia……… Please do not panic….. The monster appear in Ljubljana….Its plastic tentacles are spreading through the streets of the city… It has adjusted to the environment, thus it has survived; it is reproducing by our consumerism, it feeds on individuals’ sloth and irresponsibility…… IT IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!! And only thanks to the slovenian artist The…
These minimalistic Enjoy spatulas by London designer Sebastian Bergne just won the EPRO Best Recycled Product Award, and for good reason. Manufactured by Tefal, they’re made of 90% recycled PET and have been developed to use as little resin as possible. They’re also elegant and affordable and won a place in the Red Dot design competition…
Devastating fires that burned 5,000 hectares of forest in the area haven’t kept Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, from being able to put up a massive Christmas tree in the center of town. While the holiday project was planned by Israeli designer Hadas Itzcovitch and her father, artist Ernest Itzcovitch, well in advance of the tragic Carmel fire,…
