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…
The Recycled Wardrobe by RJ Dollen, is a collection of high fashioned ….trash! Or else, how to promote the 3R’s values in a creative and stylish way. RJ Dollen is a photographer from Colorado and has swapped trash into sexy and high class fashion. As he claims “… we’re putting the call out to you, the creative…
Taboo Collection, is the name of these furnitures made out of recycled garbage bags and bottles. Designers Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck, from Dakar were inspired from the daily habits of Western Africans, who traditionally sit on stool or squat on the floor around tables to eat from a communal tray of food. Taboo Collection contains 75%…
Patricia Urquiola is a Spanish architect and designer. And this is Biknit, a brand new and above all green series of chairs and a chaise lounge for Moroso furniture manufacturers. If you look closer, you will get it. The chaise lounge is been made of wood, steel and…..stockings. It was presented at Salone del Mobile…
Boston-based designer Ryan Novelline created this fairytale gown made out from pages taken from discarded children’s books. Using illustrated pages from clasic line of children books, he managed to sew together 22,00 square-inch skirt! With the golden book spines, the designer crafted the bodice. Though it isn’t something you’d wear on a regular basis, this is still…
Designed by Finn Stone, these amazing lego stilettos will be available this spring in only 12 pieces. The artist is slapping together Lego bricks on an old pair of stilettos. Wearable or not , congratulations on this upcycling masterpiece Mr Finn Stone! (via: greendiary & randommization)
Proof makes the finest quality hand-made sustainable wood eye wear in the world. Believe it or not, it is true. They are coming from India and as they state on their press release the have a mission; to make sunglasses that have the “power to make a change in the world”. The unisex shades are…
This is an airbag helmet, designed by the Swedish Company of Hövding Sverige Ab. What the designers had in mind, was to create a product that ensures the best possible safety measures and being stylist at the same time. After analyzing video footage and conducted surveys on accidents and crasses, the company came up with…
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…
