Tag: Argentina - Page 3
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Lovely Zig Zag Shaped Magazine Holder Doubles As Shelve And Clothes Hanger
Also spotted at the recent edition of the Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts: multi-purpose objects and small
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Four-Piece, No Screw No Glue Modular Shelving System By Disenaveral In Buenos Aires
Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.
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Recovered Cardboard Shaped Into Sleek Wavy Chairs And Tables At FPD In Buenos Aires
One of such findings is
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Movable Squares To Give Life To Idle Streets During Holidays And Weekends In Buenos Aires
Plaza Movil (Movable Square) is a transportable public space to give neighbors new places to meet and play, occupying streets in days in which transit slows down in Buenos Aires. Designed by Designo Patagonia as an entry to
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Argentinean Artist Gives New Life To Old Money
Money does grow on Máximo González's trees: The Argentinean artist collages their trunks, branches, roots, leaves, and fruits using bank notes that have been taken out of circulation. The delicate works
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Moving-Ice Shaped Museum Raises Awareness About The Importance Of Glaciers In Patagonia
Inspired by the Norway Glacier Museum, Glaciarium is a new cultural and scientific venue located in the Argentine Patagonia aimed at raising awareness about the importance of glaciers in the environment.
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1930s Fish Market Recycled Into New Design Center in Buenos Aires (Photos)
A dark warehouse that used to function as the city's fish market from the 1930s until the early 1980s has been recycled into a new home for the Metropolitan Design Center in Buenos Aires.
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5,000 Wine Bottles Recycled Into Acoustics-Improving Ceiling At Buenos Aires Restaurant
When I posted the story about La Dorita restaurant and its dozens of recycled-wine-bottles-lamps, a reader suggested that I took a look at another venue from the city which had a wine-bottle ceiling.
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Every Lamp In Buenos Aires Restaurant Made With Recycled Wine Bottles (Photos)
Although we've seen wine bottles reused in lamps bases, other forms of lightning and even in gardens, La Dorita restaurant chain in Buenos Aires went all the way with them and its restaurants offer an impressive spectacle:
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Cozy New Store For Exquisite Sustainable Fashion Brand In Buenos Aires (Photos)
The exquisite sustainable fashion brand Cubreme (featured in TreeHugger a few years ago) has opened a new showroom to host its flawless organic wool coats and accessories, and its new line of agroecologic cotton home-wear in
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BRT Keeps Going In Latin America: Construction Of First Line Begins In Buenos Aires
Ever since Jaime Lerner used it to radically transform transit in Curitiba, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems have spread all over the world. Why wouldn't them? They work similar to subway networks but above the ground, and cost a
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Green Roofed Shipping Container, Recycled Furniture At Lovely Pop Up Cultural Center in Buenos Aires
Designed to set up 'educational points' at different areas of the city, a new pop up, nomad cultural center has opened at the explanade of the Proa foundation in La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires.
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Rolled Wool Felt Stool/Table + Pencil Cup Make For Cute DIY Projects
Argentine design firm Masekos has a fresh take on the rolled fabric tied with a belt idea: their stool is made with natural wool felt mixed with fabric scraps in the middle, which give the item some color. The piece, which also works
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Bike Sharing Keeps Moving Forward: Now In The Interior Of Argentina
Photo: Santa Fe Government. It may be faltering in Barcelona, but bike sharing is definitely moving forward in more than 200 cities around the world. The latest addition to the trend in South America is a new program in Santa Fe province, about 300
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Natural Dyes For Textiles Made From Agricultural Waste In Argentina
Although natural dyes for textiles are widely spread in the green world (with a production house in Chicago and many DIY tutorials around), the Argentine National Institute for Industrial
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SatoriLab Lighting: More Than Just Neat Lamps From Discarded Materials (Photos)
The result of a new workshop by SatoriLab, these cool lamps were designed and produced by design students with discarded cosmetics and computer materials donated by brands like SANYO and Natura.
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Cute, Low Impact Wool Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments by Planar
I have to admit I'm a bit the green grinch of the family: I really can't stand all the mindless consumption over the holidays, and I'm always pushing the buy nothing concept. I don't even have a Christmas tree.
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Designo Patagonia On The Importance Of Local Materials And Designing Things That Don't Make You Stupid
Manu Rapoport is head designer at Designo Patagonia, a studio based in the south of Argentina whose products we've featured before.
