Tag Archives: Sustainable DEsign

Creative consultant Porky Hefer of Cape Town, South Africa constructs unique outdoor spaces in the form of large scaled nests. Tailored to each client and designed specifically to suit each area and scheme, the nests are built up from wooden frames then woven with bark and branches. After the design is complete, each piece can then be Continue Reading

Designer Nic Parnell has put together a vibrant eclectic collection of fixtures made solely from reclaimed and found wood.  The contrasting colorful assortment of pieces are, for the most part, kept in their original frame as to not take away from the characteristic beauty of the natural wood.  Their organic shapes are used functionally in the designs Continue Reading

This eye catching large scaled sculptural designed entitled the Wendy has won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition. Designed by HWKN architects and set to be constructed, installed and opened by the end of June, this extruding figure, made of nylon fabric that has been tightly stretched across a grid of scaffolding, will hopefully have as much of Continue Reading

The country of Sweden offers plenty of heavily wooded vacation spots for the outdoors-y tourists, but no place compares to the Treehotel. Located in the sparsely populated village of Harads, Sweden, five uniquely designed “tree rooms”, or tree houses, offer guests a chance to lodge in luxury amongst the trees. Leading Scandinavian architects including  Martin Continue Reading

What can you create with a pile of boxes? Stepping outside of the ordinary, this isn’t your typical box fort. Take a look at this cleverly constructed temporary bar made out of, you guessed it, storage boxes! As participants in the Universidade do Porto  in Portugal’s design competition working on a minimal budget, two designers  Diogo Continue Reading

Belgian industrial designer Jens Praet has come up with a sustainable solution for ridding the cluster of old magazines and paperwork that might be crowding coffee tables and desks in your home. The design genius cleverly turns the paper into furniture in a series appropriately titled, Fossilized. By mixing multiple pounds of shredded paper with Continue Reading

Light and compactible, the Flux combines the practical advantages of a folding chair with stylishly classic furniture design. Designed by Douwe Jacobs and Tom Schouten, the chair (as well as the name of the firm) got its name from combining the words flexibility and luxury. Staying true to it’s name, the Flux chair embodies this Continue Reading

These frames are so cool! I’m trying to get hold of a pair IMMEDIATELY. Designed by Drift, the frames are handmade and constructed from sustainable wood.  Though simplistic in design, the construction was well thought out by founder Chris Mantz, who mirrored the steel structure of his frame after the architectural “curtain wall” design (used Continue Reading

Studio Swine now has a sustainable line of shades entitled, “Hair Glasses.” It’s a collection of fashionable sunglasses constructed using human hair. Though I’m not saying I would buy a pair, it’s an intriguing idea nevertheless.  My first thought was, why hair out of all things? Every year the UK

Bleu Nature‘s luminaries are uniquely crafted, all from recycled scraps and recycled drift wood. Making use of everything from small sticks to large logs, they have constructed a rather large and visually diverse lighting collection. With their online  selection carrying over a hundred variations,