Sustainable Design

Brooklyn-based artist Stephen Shaheen cleverly creates lamp installations that resemble humans struggling to illuminate themselves. Appropriately titled Headlight, the designer utilizes found recycled materials

How amazing are these massive parade floats crafted completely from FLOWERS? Bloemencorso, an annual parade of flowers  is held annually in Zundert, Netherlands. Each float is first architecturally built to represent animals, characters, even graffitti art, etc., and then plastered with vibrant natural flowers, mainly dahlias.

Artist Cornelia Konrads has discovered an evoloved medium in public art. The Germany native effectively creates gravity defying installations on chosen landscapes. Sticks, logs, and even snowballs appear to float in mid-air, stopping passers by and animals (I’m sure) in their tracks to stare in amazement. See more of Cornelia’s mind-bending installations here!

International Public Art Collective, Cracking Art Group has teamed with Milan based art management groups, Duomo and Opera de’Arte in an effort to bring awareness to a delapidated cathedral in Milan, Italy. An installation of 50 life sized blue snails sits scattered across the roof of the building. Crafted fro,m recylced materials the snail bring much needed attention Continue Reading

In her new series entitled “Connect,” artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga has put together some stunningly dramatic large scaled chandeliers that were designed to portray an aesthetic that was once closely associated with the victorian era. Mixed in with a creative DIY designer flair, each piece in her collection was constructed from salvaged bicycle parts. The finished  chandeliers Continue Reading

Beijing Design Week helps surface the design world’s creme de la creme in architecture and design. Today, we feature a very sustainable light installation, appropriately titled MilkyWave by world-renowned design firm Aidia Studio. Illuminating a dilapidated stairwell of a former bicycle shop, a constellation of illuminated ceramic milk jars hang in strategic harmony. A wave of 1,664 translucent jars Continue Reading

A’Design Awards is an annual competition that handpicks the best designs in a range of different categories. This year’s designs were extraordinary, of course, displaying comfort, style and innovation. A personal favorite is the Monroe Chair by designer Alexander White. Inspired by the pleats in Marilyn Monroe’s dress in Billy Wilder’s Seven Year Itch circa Continue Reading

NYC based artist and sculptor, Yunwoo Choi creates massive sturctures from discarded magazines and newspapers. Using wire and resin to hold the rolled up paper together, installations that literally pop out at you are created. Check out more of Yunwoo’s work here. Via Design-Milk Written by Whitney Washington Make sure to check @UDOMag out on Continue Reading

DIY designer Allison Patrick, of Etsy.com’s Zipper8Design, handcrafts the cutest sustainable pendant lamps with anything from book pages, sheet music, maps and even little drink parasols! Featured in Bloomberg Business Spotlight, PBS, and Etsy, Patrick’s work has become well-known on the design scene. Each handcrafted lamp is the perfect conversational piece for any room! Check out more of Allison’s work at her Continue Reading

Say goodbye to your boring traditional carpet and say HELLO to FLOR! So what exactly is this brilliant idea? FLOR is a modern and sustainable modular system that allows you the freedom to creatively construct your own personalized carpet tile design that reflects your decorative style while meeting your design needs. Whether you’re looking to do Continue Reading