Some people may view an empty olive tin as trash. For Petra Schultz and Karin Yilmaz-Eggerempty olive tins was the inspiration to start “rafinesse & tristesse” in 2006. From tins to toy cookers to miniature sinks, bar stools or even paper roll holders. All items are handmade, unique and of course products of recycling. With loving…
Mr Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi is an artist from Milan. What he does, is to revitalise old objects into new and specifically into lamps. From everyday use objects, to bike petals, form old cans to vespa’s, Mr Lamponi’s lamps are unique. Great design all of them are individually made. Have a look on these magnificent pictures…
An object is no longer being used for its original purpose in life! That purpose has expired and I have recreated a beautiful ‘something else’. These are the exact words of Katie Thompson the founder of Recreate. But what is Recreate anyway? Is a cutting egde interior design range …. Katie is using pieces…
Bel & Bel is a Spanish creative studio-workshop opened in 2006. Is been located in Barcelona and what these guys do is to remodel old Vespa® scooters into chairs! All of the products are handcrafted, 100% bel&bel. They are unique and uncommon and as the designers saying ” although the majority of our products have a…
Jessica Sapick is a designer from Detroit. She grabbed our attention immediately. After some research, we learn about Highbrow, her line of handmade upcycled eyewear with signature clip-on eyebrow ornament. We contact her and she replied almost on the spot. And that was another thing we liked. Jessica’s Sapick design makes a lot of heads…
Jeanette Ramirez is a Barcelona-based artist, who is experimenting with moss for quite a while. She started by collecting moss around the city, reproducing it using beer and yoghurt, and covering ugly holes in old walls. Ramirez has become fascinating by this smooth green living thing that is very difficult to extract alive and grow, but…
This is Rachel’s Denny Domestic Trophy. It is a piece of her most known work; deer heads covered in cozy cashmere cable knit woolens. Denny works in a variety of materials—wood, plaster, resin, wool, found objects. She is interested in the potential of her materials and how they can be manipulated in unexpected ways. Thus,…
Making products that can be quickly disassembled for easier recycling is an important part of green design, and this wooden lamp by Daniel Garcia Sanchez is a good example of this. The parts in the picture above constitute the whole lamp, which requires no glues or screws of any kind to put together. The lamp was…
1.285. That was the number of bright green used uniforms the students of Elisava school in Barcelona received. And since they were design students, they receive a brief as well; what can you do with them? A local waste collection and urban cleaning company, Urbaser, asked from Elisava’s students to design usefull products for the…
