The seat/table by Aussie maker Spacecraft is made using strips of printed plywood — a by-product of previous designs.
Ensuring a carbon-foot-friendly production it also utilizes recylced wood from historical building sites.
Well la di da!
www.spacecraftaustralia.com
This postgrad project by Manuel Jouvin of France brings new meaning to the expression “nose to tail.”
Working with a snail farmer, Jouvin discovered that castings from cellulose-eating snails could be moulded into containers for the gastropods.
He then came up with the idea of feeding them Pantone-coloured paper.
Materia is manufacturing the biodgradable material under [...]
Water conservation has become a new way of life.
The Metris S faucet by Hansgrohe USA is a low-flow, ADA-compliant electronic faucet, which is battery operated and features infared-sensor technology. It uses 30% less water than a conventional tap.
And it looks pretty damn cool, too.
www.hansgrohe-usa.com
Sculpture made out of tires in Yong Ho Ji’s studio in Seoul, Korea.
The young artist is facinated with the musculature of animals and spent some time trying to find a way of replicating this when he stumbled on the idea of recycling tires in to his art.
Having built a frame, Ji layers pieces [...]
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
