Tag: Argentina - Page 8
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Rescuing Native Communities Craft Through Design: Caranday Quinua
As we've shown before with initiatives like Oficina Nomade, design partnerships between studios and native artisans have proved to be a great way to empower local work and materials in small communities. By using their techniques
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Cutest Outdoor Backpack + All Sorts of Bags from Recovered Fabrics, by Carro
We've seen fabrics reuse before, that's for sure, but these bags made by Argentine design brand Carro are almost too cute too handle. Can you believe the large outdoor backpack on the picture above?
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Rubber Soles Carpet, Trainers Puff + More: Reuse Ideas for Adidas Stuff from Satori
First it was the Chilean students: their designs with Puma trainers were probably not the most practical things, but they sure showed creativity on how to reuse footwear. Now a group of Argentine students from the Satori initiative have
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Designer Covers Mountain House with Recycled Tin Cans in Patagonia
Here's a proof that you can always go further if you're really fanatic about recycling. Also proof that some materials can look great in very unexpected places.
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Casa Viguet Shows How To Build in Sunny Climes
On of my biggest complaints about the Hemeroscopium house was its construction in Spain without a bit of shading on the windows. Architect Nicolás del Campo shows how it is done right, with his Casa Viguet in Buenos Aires. It has decent overhangs, a
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Beautiful Refurbished Vintage Furniture by Livin' Pop
You know how much we love vintage, one of the simplest ways of being green (by making use of what's already made). As we've showed before with Raval Warehouse, if that vintage looks modern and polished, what more can you ask?
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Buenos Aires Fashion Week Winter 2009 II: Recycled Tights in Clothing, a Green Design Exhibit
Yesterday we gave you the first part of our coverage of the Buenos Aires Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2009. In this second and final delivery, find Cosecha Vintage, a new brand that incorporates recycled tights into clothing; and
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Buenos Aires Fashion Week Winter 2009: Slow Fashion, Local Materials, Sustainable Sponsors
Last week it was that time of the season when Buenos Aires becomes glamorous and a little shallow: Fashion Week. For the last two seasons we've seen some presence of green in the event (check our coverage for last winter and
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Minimalist Soap Holder Alert
Sure you could just toss the soap on the counter, or if you're lucky your sink has a little cut-in indentation for holding soap. But it's inevitable that that soap will end up a slimy mess as the water pools under the soap
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Argentine Government Wants to Boost Bicycle Market
The Argentine government launched yesterday a plan to boost bicycles sales
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Tourism in Antarctica Grows, Raises Concern over Conservation
Recreational travel is growing in Antarctica, and is raising concern over the safety of the place. According to Clarin newspaper, the number of cruise ships that are navigating this area has gone from 35 in the early '90s to 258
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A Red Spot in Buenos Aires' Grey Roofs: Container Room by FPS
In order to enlarge a small house owned by a textile designer with a minimum use of energy and materials waste, architects Francisco Fenili, Jorge Perez Gonzlaez and Julio David Sepiurka decided to place a metal container in
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Massive Landslide Leaves Thousand Evacuated in Argentina, Linked to Deforestation?
A massive landslide of water and mud that took place last week in the town of Tartagal, northern Argentina, left at least 12 people missing and over 1000 evacuated.
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Natural Wool Felt Bags and Home Accessories, by Planar
Argentine designers Pablo di Muzio, Lucila Flombaum and Natalia di Muzio have created Planar, a line of bags and home accessories that take advantage of local materials and are built with patterns that create minimum waste.
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New Great Looking Design Store in Buenos Aires Features Green: Fabro
Even though initiatives that embrace green design concepts continue to grow in Buenos Aires (remember we had our very own Sustainable Festival last year), the economic limitations and the fact
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Sleek Organic and Natural Wool Coats from Argentina
Garments made from natural wool from llamas or sheep knitted with loom usually have a rustic feel that not always adequate to modern styles. Argentine brand Cubreme has come to change that completely.
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Ban Against Incandescent Bulbs: Argentina Joins
In the midst of the end-of-year-holiday-rush the Argentine Senate gave the country a good Christmas present: it approved a law to ban incandescent light bulbs. The rule establishes that from December 31, 2010, the
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Vintage Furniture Revamp Ideas from Raval Warehouse
One of the basics of green living is reducing waste, and one of the best ways to go green when thinking about furniture is buying vintage. Of course vintage is not always attractive and sometimes it's hard to make it look
