Made out of one complete piece of laminated bamboo, this minimalist chair is a great example of bentwood - but with a sustainable twist. This type of design reduces the need for component parts which means less demand for materials and manufacture.
From an environmental viewpoint the chair uses bamboo which is a 100% natural, rapidly [...]
It is never too late, not even for a company like Nike, to turn things around on the road to environmental sustainability. And it sure is great to see them try!
They have made a huge part of their website about how they intend to do just that. They now feel they have a responsibility to [...]
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BEIJING - The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village has won its own gold medal for going green. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype for energy efficiency [...]
It appears that some of the most creative and inventive advertising is coming from nonprofits these days.
This week I’ve been taking a look at the nonprofits and “for a good cause” marketing techniques. From the Live Earth event, to Al Gore and global warming, to major corporations claiming they are green, environmental ad campaigns seem [...]
I know we are no were near Christmas, and I am normally the kind of person that really dislikes when the Christmas decorations come up too early and Christmas starts in November. But I just could not help but post this very funny lamp already now in July. The lamps are made from used Christmas [...]
Who said that recycling could not be lots of fun?. The Bicicleta Rug from Nani Marquina made out of recycled bicycle tires looks just like the fun recycling should be!
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The Bicicleta rug from Nani Marquina was born out of research into the possibility of using recycled rubber to create new textures. A trip to India, [...]
The Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project (AEACP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding people in need and to saving the diminishing number of Asian elephants left on our planet through its work with domesticated elephants. The AEACP raises funds through the sale of artwork created by elephants in order to generate money and [...]
Dirt can be made beautiful. A San Francisco, California group launched The Reverse Grafitti Project. They are creating green art by cleaning up dirt and grime from walls. In the video you see them making a 140 foot long mural in the Broadway tunnel. The images created by washing dirt away are native species of plants [...]
The original Tide chandelier is part of a larger body of work based on the collection of man-made debris washed up on a specific stretch of Kent coastline. The English designer Stuart Haygarth has been collecting material over many years and the work is still in progress. The material collected is sorted and categorized and several [...]
The Danish designed NOBODY Chair from Komplot Design was presented the “Best in International Design Over Last 12 Months” award at the London Design Museum Inaugural Exhibition and Awards Celebration. The designers Poul Christiansen and Boris Berlin describe their chair this way: “With its clear metaphor for a cover, the cloth is laid on the chair [...]
