For the motorhead in all of us, Classified Moto upcycles suspension springs from decommissioned bikes into center pieces anyone would be proud of.
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Brussels-based designer Marcial Ahsayane designed the most precious letterbox, which looks after and water its very own plant with a sloping roof. via Contemporist
This is one architecture piece that I wish I had visited in Norway. Design by Snøhetta, the same people who did the beautiful the same Operahuset in Oslo, this Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion is recently completed in Drove, Norway. The pavilion allows visitors to observe the beautiful creatures in one of their only remaining natural habitats on a plateau perched 1200m above sea level.
MÖBIUS — Federation Square is a collaborative stop motion sculpture where twenty-one large triangles animated by Melbourne, throughout Federation Square. MÖBIUS is a sculpture that can be configured into many cyclical patterns and behave as though it is eating itself, whilst sinking into the ground. The result is an optical illusion and a time-lapse of people interacting with the sculpture and moving through Melbourne’s landmark location throughout the day. By ENESS
String Gardens are just what’s in the name: surreal, seemingly floating balls of soil and a myriad of plants, suspended only by strings, and probably a whole lot of magic.
The Wrapper solves the big question of what to do with big design magazines filled with big beautiful designs after you are done admiring them. As the name suggests, The Wrapper’s founders Chris and Polly wants you to share good design with your friends by taking apart their magazine and using the pages as gift wrap.
For the zen music person, the iBamboo is a great ‘amplification’ alternative to its powered counterparts.
Merging the latest high tech with the simple beauty of nature, iBamboo is a100% eco-friendly speaker made from a whole length of bamboo. The natural resonance of the bamboo amplifies the sound produced by the iPhone’s built-in speaker. The sound waves move in two directions at once, intensifying the stereo effect created by the iPhone.
Slip on this stylish bracelet to show your support for Project Ocean, a partnership between Selfridges and the Zoological Society of London which challenges the public to imagine a world with no more fish in the sea. Project Ocean aims to increase awareness of the issue over–fishing, thus inspiring change and raising funds. The £5 you pay for this bracelet will be given to the Zoological Society of London to set up new – and maintain existing – marine reserves around the world. Buy it here!
A great idea to upcycle old vinyl records, by laser cutting pieces of monsters that you get to un-puzzle all by yourself!
Korean sculptor Yong Ho Ji’s work with recycled rubber is very impressive but I really wouldn’t want to chance upon one at night. Via Treehugger.
My concept is mutation — mutants. The product is from nature, from the white sap of latex trees but here it’s changed. The color is black. The look is scary. Rubber is very flexible, like skin, like muscles.
This is the house that An Te Liu built. When he announced his plan for ‘green architecture’ for the ‘Leona Drive Project’, this life-sized Monopoly house certainly did not come to mind. Quite the tongue-in-cheek but it certainly does make me smile. Read more about it here. Game anyone?
Dutch product designer Yvette Jacobs makes amazing looking tableware using the most basic of materials: Paper!
Now doesn’t this leave a great taste in your mouth. Via Japan Trends.
A new web service, Tada Yasai (”free vegetables”), as the name suggests, is offering people veggies completely without charge.
You do have to pay the delivery costs but essentially there is no catch. The vegetables and fruit are simply left-overs from local farmers in Saitama and Gunma, including produce that is not necessarily fit for the supermarkets (e.g. because the potato is an odd shape). Rather than waste the food they will send it to people who don’t mind eating “imperfect” vegetables. Since it comes straight from the fields the taste or freshness won’t be any different to what you buy from the shelves.
This is a brilliant brilliant idea! Soap Flakes by Nathalie Stämpfli gives you the hygienic plus side of liquid soap, where you don’t have to be touching the wet bar soap of the previous user, and the plus side of bar soaps, which are great at saving space in shipping containers instead of moving water all around the globe.
Today, most of the soap we use is liquid soap, which contains a lot of water. Block soap instead is more concentrated and therefore has some ecological benefits: You don’t transport unnecessary water around. In place of plastic bottles you can simply use paper for packaging. The solid blocks can easily be piled and allow a greater space efficiency in a truck.
How a plain box makes a difference.
This box never has to deal with a store shelf. It doesn’t require layers of plastic — so you can open it easily. It can use fewer materials than our retail package — which can make recycling simpler. And it would love to be recycled (where facilities exist).
It’s just one small thing we’re doing to make your experience, and the planet, a little better. your choice to buy online helps make it possible.
A brown box may not be pretty, but we think the results are beautiful.
I think so too. Thank Logitech.
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