Latest Stories in Interior Design - Page 11
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BBC Show Claims Home Working Produces More CO2 Than Going To Office
We just take it for granted at TreeHugger that working from home saves a huge amount of energy and is great for the environment. But Alex Johnson of Shedworking points us to Costing the Earth, a BBC radio show that
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Armoire Dressed In Fallen Birch Skin: Sawkille Co.
Gleaming like arboreal wayfinders on a dark night, birches are trees that definitely stand out from the forest crowd. Birch bark was traditionally used for paper, clothing and construction; it also has
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Versailles-Inspired Tyvek Chandeliers by Paula Arntzen
Spun out of synthetic, high-density polyethylene fibers that give it its characteristic durability and lovable crinkly texture, Tyvek is a surprisingly polyvalent material, though it's typically thought of as house wrap. But there's a
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Red Nest By Paul Coudamay Hides The Bed With A Sliding Bookcase
TreeHugger has shown many ways to hide the bed; most are designed to gain more space. But the Red Nest by Paul Coudamay doesn't; the bed is still there taking up space, but is hidden by the sliding bookcase.
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Reuseit.com Makes Disposable Seem So Passé
Three years ago we ran a piece on ReusableBags.com and their cloth shopping tote bag. In a world rife with product churn (out with the old, in with the new) it's pleasing to see they still offer the exact same bag for hauling
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Mammalampa Lamps: Naturally Poetic Lighting from Latvia
Latvia may be a little off the beaten track in terms of tourist destinations, but it's evident that its newfound psyche has a bit of old-world charm merging with a modern muscularity. Case in point: take a look at these lamps by
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Jar Lamps By James Shaw Light Up the Ordinary
As you may have guessed already, here on TreeHugger we are big fans of both cutting-edge on one hand, and a range of clever reuse ideas for everyday items on the other. Coming from the virtue of reuse, UK designer James Shaw's simple
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Soil Table Flips Ferns Upside Down for Emphasis on Nature
A design student at Belzalel Design Academy in Jerusalem has come up with an unusual flip to the average houseplant on a table. Rather than above, Ori Mishkal has put the plants below the table's surface. The piece
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Shirt Sleeves Make Snazzy Lamp Shades (DIY)
Well here is a decorative way to upcycle a worn sweater: From Open Design City, is an open source shirt sleeve lamp made with starch plastic and recycled textiles. Whether
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Newspaper Upcycled Into Wallpaper From Weitzner Limited
From papier mache beads to your own homemade kitty litter, there's reams of clever ways to reuse that huge pile of old newspapers, but what about wallpaper? "Newsworthy" is this upcycled newspaper wallcovering from New
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IKEA to Phase-Out Incandescents Starting August 1st, 2010
Photo: Flickr, CC First U.S. Retailer to Phase Out the Bulb Starting August 1st, 2010, IKEA will start phasing out incandescent bulbs (which are a lot more effective at producing heat than light) from its U.S. stores, with the goal of having completely
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Illumitex Wants to Make Your Lightbulbs Square (and More Efficient)
Photo: Illumitex Brilliant Idea Unless we want to see most of human civilization shut down as soon as the sun sets, we'll have to keep finding ways to produce artificial light. But how can we do that in a way that uses as little energy as possible and
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Work Anywhere With Kruikantoor, a Combination of Wheelbarrow And Office
TreeHugger loves mobile designs that allow multiple uses of space or that fold up and go away when not needed. Mocoloco shows us Dutch designer Tim Vinke's Kruikantoor.
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Hot New Trend: Old Fashioned Incandescent Lightbulbs
What's hot in restaurant design these days? Retro light bulbs, of the old, carbon-filament power-sucking kind. And the warmer the light, the less efficient they are, some running under 2 lumens per watt. (a fluorescent
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Amazing Lamp Powered by Algae, Water, and Your Breath
Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during
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Trash Me Lamps Take on Grave-to-Grave Design
We've all heard of cradle-to-cradle design, which is design that mimics natural life cycles during which something is made of materials, runs its useful life cycle, and at the end of that useful life cycle, becomes material
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More Eco-Beauty at Twitter
Today there was new space added to the Twitter HQ, doubling their size. Designed by the lovely and talented Sara Morishige Williams (@sara), the newest spaces are consistent with the philosophy of the existing offices
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Elegant Lightform Shades Use Digital Technique To Make Every Piece Unique
Digital design and fabrication makes things possible that could only be dreamt of earlier. Dwell shows a lampshade that is not only designed using computers, but students at Ball State's Institute for Digital Fabrication wrote a program that modifies
