Latest Stories in Eco-Friendly Furniture - Page 11
-
Transformer Furniture: The Amazing Oven Lounge
We keep looking for great ideas for Graham Hill's LifeEdited project, for different ways to live and work in small spaces. Andy's oven lounge might be the perfect thing; Graham doesn't cook a lot, so why take up so much space
-
Put Deposits On Everything, Even Street Furniture
Deposits are a wonderful tool; I have previously suggested that It's Time for Deposits. On Everything. Dutch designers Vincent Wittenberg and Guy Königstein have carried the principle a step further,
-
Con.Temporary Furniture: Simple Screwless Flatpack
Swiss designer Colin Schaelli tells the story of John Doe, who was so tired to going to the Big Swede for cool furniture on a budget. Really, his only friend from Scandinavia is Billy. "All others appear too unappealing to him. And
-
Turniture: The Chool Turns from a Stool To A Chair
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it "LifeEdited." You can help: Enter the design competition and win up
-
The Desk Is A State Of Mind (Video)
Desks, offices and the future of work are common topics of discussion around our virtual water cooler. Our own desks vary widely (see them in a slideshow here) and sometimes we don't have one at all.
-
Can You Buy New Furniture And Be Green?
Sami looked at this issue last year, but Lucy Siegle addresses the question in the Guardian and concludes that antiques are green. She quotes the website of the same name:
-
You Can Sit 12 Different Ways On The Loop Transformer Chair
Imagine what Mel Brooks could do with this; instead of The Twelve Chairs, he just gets one transformer chair that can work twelve different ways. DesignBoom shows Boaz Mendel's Loop Chair can be reassembled as a bar stool, a
-
Flatpack Never Looked Better Than Joe Doucet's Screwtop Table
Louis Sullivan said "Form Follows Function" and designer Joe Doucet listened. He has designed a flatpack table that proudly shows how it is put together. Core77 writes that it "wears its joinery method on its sleeve, so to speak."
-
A Garden Table That Doubles as a Rain Barrel
More and more people are harvesting rainwater in their gardens and a new eco-inspired garden table by Simon Davies can help stylish gardeners do just that. Rain water that lands on the outdoor table flows directly into a tank
-
Pay & Sit Park Bench Is A Libertarian Dream
Whenever we write about investing in bike lanes or sharing the road, drive-by commenters invariably complain that they are paying road taxes and they will share the road when cyclists and pedestrians contribute. Let's ignore the
-
Artesania: Chairs and Sofas With Social and Environmental Conscience by Alotof
Collaborations between designers and artisan communities often lead to interesting results. We've seen some of that with the pieces of furniture by Oficina Nomade, the ceramic objects by Imaginario Pernambucano, and the palm
-
Flatpack Smackdown: KitKat Vs. D. E. Sellers
Fast Company shows us an advertising campaign from New Zealand where Kit Kat asks: "In the Kiwi summer of 2010, large crowds gathered at outdoor events and concerts. But how could we capture the imagination of this captive audience,
-
Sparkling Chair Made of PET and Air, Just Like a Water Bottle! by Marcel Wanders
The most eco-friendly material to make furniture is probably the one we don't use (no material, no ecological footprint so to say)... so what about air? We have featured a series of inflatable items, such as inflatable solar panels, an inflatable house
-
Transformers: Street Furniture Hides in Electrical Box
You know what happens with street furniture; people sit or lie on it and there is never room for you. Unless you know about the Guerilla Bench from the German design studio Rugwind. They have designed a bench that folds up inside a standard
-
Reliable Structures: A Truly Minimalist Table
Talk about minimal! Caroline Woolard and Elizabeth Tubergen of the 6 Foot Collaboratory have designed the simplest of all possible tables, supported entirely by the cooperation of the diners. Designboom writes that "users must band together, literally
-
Bloom Chair Made From Identical Folded Plates
Designboom shows Korean designer Rerang Park's Bloom Chair, constructed of identical folded steel plates. They lean together and support each other, much like an arch. It almost looks like it could be made to fold flat and then unfurl like a
-
Alternatives for Standing Desks
After writing Are Standing Desks Healthier Than Sitting? I decided to try it, with a quick and dirty setup of an old draughting table. I am only four days into the experiment and consider it way to early to evaluate
-
Are Standing Desks Healthier Than Sitting?
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill uses a standup desk, a very simple board on two cabinets; I stayed in his apartment a few years ago and just loved it, and have wanted to convert to one ever since. I
