Surboard maker Nathaniel Grey says he’s “always been interested in making more sustainable surfboards, that last years instead of seasons.”
The Aussie’s hollow board are made from a mix of Western Red Cedar, Balsa and Paulownia and glassed with an epoxy resin, which has less volatile organic compounds (VOC) than polyester.
Nathaniel is always experimenting to make [...]
Australian design duo Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have designed an answer to the overwhelming conumdrum of discarded plastic bags.
The Weblight incorporates 70% recycled material. Each light is unique as the forming process creates unique and highly detailed patterns of texturesand holes.
What a bright idea!
www.designbythem.com
Suzie Stanford from Australia has been supplying British designer Paul Smith’s fashion empire with jewelry collections since 2001.
Now the uber talented re-fashioner of ‘things’ has turned her designing skills to furniture, and in the process, is giving new life to discarded tapestries and vintage tea towels.
The chair above is a finished piece where each discarded [...]
Design is becoming evermore aware of its affect on the environment.
Reverse Design, design that is born from the waste materials of other manufactured products, embodies this concern, creating fascinating new ideas and aethetics.
Gitta Gschwendtner’s Off-Cut trunk and seat uses a variety of timber off-cuts, glued and miled into the appropriate forms, to create a random [...]
City folk jealous of country dwellers with huge gardens will soon be able to grow massive harvests with a new garden on wheels that looks like a suitcase.
Forward-thinking Italian designer Gionata Gatto, 28, who lives in Eindhoven, Holland, has masterminded UrbanBUDS — allowing those with the tiniest gardens to grow up to 22 different [...]
KeepCup is a small company in Australia that’s hell bent on eliminating paper cups by getting coffee chains to sell these re-useable plastic ones.
Additional bonus, they’re also a great way to brew your own cup of java on the go.
Perhaps that’s why it’s unlikely we’ll be seeing them at a Starbucks anytime soon.
www.keepcup.com.au
