Tag: Benches

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  Queen of England Celebrates 60 Years on the Throne With 60 Mile Walkway

  London's Jubilee Walkway for both pedestrians and bikes celebrates 60 years of the Queen's reign.

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  Third Time Lucky, the NeoRomántico Bench Goes Cradle to Cradle (Photos)

  Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench

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  Cardboard Turns Back Into Wood In Domingos Totora's Amazing Furniture And Sculpture

  Brazilian designer Domingos Totora is the author of these mesmerizing pieces of furniture produced with recycled cardboard that is turned into a wooden-like material through a sustainable process.Although making furniture

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  Ryan Frank is Back with Bee Friendly Furniture for the National Theatre

  All images via Ryan Frank. Ryan Frank may have moved his design studio to the sunnier climes of Barcelona, but he is still getting great commissions back in London, where he's made a name for his funky ways with reclaimed materials. The latest project

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  Get Up Esparto, the Biodegradable Seat that Stands Up By Itself

  Here are some funky seats for small spaces; when not in use, they stand up to occupy less space! Get Up Esparto is a series of chairs to hang out on and relax, with the peculiarity that they stand up by themselves when you are

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  Furniture Outstanding in the Brit Insurance Design Awards

  The Brit Insurance Design Awards are a showcase for the best international design. Now in its fourth year, there are over one hundred fabulous projects nominated. These will be narrowed down to one big winner,

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  Cork Furniture and Cardboard Bars by Marina68 (Photos)

  At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at

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  Relaja, a Locally Produced Bench Made from Recycled Marble from the Canary Islands

  Using marble is generally not very eco-friendly; you have to dig it out, leaving a dead hole in the landscape, it takes plenty of water and energy to cut it, and, is very heavy to transport. Moreover, the marble industry creates tonnes of waste when

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  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

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  Glowing Tomatoes, Couches to Kick, and More Wacky Green Ideas From the Milan Furniture Fair (Slideshow)

  I went to Milan and what did I find? The world of the Milan Furniture Fair, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2010 is like no other -- In fact, it's probably the only place in the world where punches are thrown at couches, tomatoes

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  Make This Crazy-Cool Puff With Recycled Tights from Remade in Chile

  When Chilean designers play with waste, we know interesting things can happen: the posh plastic bags boots, weird recycled butts clothing, and crazy accessories with trainers are proof. This is why we're thrilled to

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  Sleek Recycled Pallets Furniture to Improve Work of Cooperative in Brazil

  Revale is a project by Brazilian studio Design Simples, aimed to improve the work and life of the Unindo Forças woodwork cooperative in Vale do Sol (Barueri, Sao Paulo).

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  Can Cutting Native Forests for Furniture be OK? Nativas del Sur Shows it Can

  Can you make super sleek furniture with wood from native ancient forests in a sustainable way? This project from Argentina that works with selective logging and super efficient use of wood suggests you can. More

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  Rustic yet Modern, Beautiful Furniture with Wood Leftovers from Brazil (Photos)

  We've talked about Lara Donatoni Matana's work before, but we recently came across these amazing pieces of design she's been working with over the past years. More info and pics inside. Decorative plate.

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  Recycled, Native, Socially Aware Eco Design from Argentina at Sustentable Festival [PHOTOS]

  Argentine sustainable design was on the spotlight last week, when the second edition of Sustentable Festival took place in Buenos Aires featuring more than 100 products in an exhibition. Some of them familiar, some newish, we

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  Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Design Junkie (Slideshow)

  We all know at least one person who's more inclined to exclaim over how great a gift looks than how durable, usable, or sturdy it is. But sometimes you can get beauty that is more than skin-deep. The gifts in our design guide--graphic benches, custom

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  Green Gift Guide: The Design Junkie

  Whether your design junkie is obsessed with the newest eco-friendly designers, entirely sustainable furniture, or strikingly cool artwork, you'll find the perfect gift here. You might even take inspiration from these designs to come up with some of your o

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  Great Looking Trash Can + Furniture with Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic from Chile

  Chilean designer Rodrigo Alonso has come up with a new line of furniture and accessories made of post-consumer recycled plastic, moulded into cool polyhedral shapes. One of the best: a trash can that looks so nice