Tag: Biodegradable - Page 2
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Wood Design from Spain: Fab Lab Houses, Wooden Islands and Spanish Guitars - Part 2 (Photos)
Last week I posted a stunning wooden bicycle, and the beautiful heritage of wooden ceilings in Andalusia from a series of wood design from Spain that Confeadera put together. Other works include the Fab Lab House, some
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The Bioplastic Revolution: 9 Crazy, Cool Products Made from Plants Not Plastic (Slideshow)
The world's addiction to plastic is filling up landfills, clogging the oceans, and even becoming a food source for birds -- but finding another material that's as durable, heat-resistant, light, and useful hasn't been easy.
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The Bioplastic Revolution: 9 Crazy, Cool Products Made from Plants Not Plastic
The world's addiction to plastic is filling up landfills, clogging the oceans, and even becoming a food source for birds -- but finding another material that's as durable, heat-resistant, light, and useful hasn't been easy. One alternative: bioplastics,
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Wood Design from Spain; Bicycles, Trees and Heritage - Part 1 (Photos)
After the beautiful Xylophone of the Forest I shared with you last month, I came across a selection of amazing wooden designs from Spain, both century-old and brand new ones. Confemadera put together an impressive selection
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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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Cardboard USB Sticks! Are these disposable USB flash drives a green option? (Photos)
A while back, Jaymi wrote an interesting post discussing 7 greener options for give-away USB flash drives. Whilst some made of wood or bamboo are truly gorgeous, they are also overdesigned, and probably too expensive to compete with non-green USB
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New Zealand's New Weapon in War on Climate Gases
Christchuch, the second largest city in New Zealand and site of yesterday's damaging earthquake, has about 350,000 inhabitants. Yet most of this beautiful country is more pastoral, and
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Biodegradable Plastic Venture Hits a Stumbling Block: The Recycling Industry
Danny Clark quit his communications job a few years ago to collaborate with microbiologists and polymer chemists to establish a company, ENSO Bottles, that would make recyclable and biodegradable plastic bottles. But since launching
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Twigs as Toothbrushes Get Designer Touch (Photos)
From toothbrushes with reusable handles to recycled plastic toothbrushes there are already some green(er) options out there for more sustainable oral hygiene. But much of the world has one up on us Western consumers on this
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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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Plastic Bag Ban Starts in New Year in Italy
"Sustainability is made of little changes to our lifestyle that don't cost us anything and can save the planet," said Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italian Environmental Minister, as she confirmed that a ban on non-biodegradable,
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3 Things About Recycling the U.S. Can Learn from the Galapagos
The ballooning rates of people coming to the Galapagos, as residents or tourists, over the past few years has created a variety of environmental concerns for the islands. Not least of these is waste management, as the
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Valencia Design Week 2010: NUDE, Young Designers Show They Care (Photos)
We visited Nude at Habitat Valencia (part of Valencia Design Week) and found some refreshing new ideas that are also a little less harmful to the environment. These are the three young
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Valencia Design Week 2010: The Three Little Pigs, a Cardboard Fable (Photos)
Here's a fun installation by Spanish design studio Sanserif Creatius, called The Three Little Pigs. It is a fable about the value of the materials with which we design. Exposed in the
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London Design Festival 2010: Buzzispace, Cosy Recycled Space Dividers for Home and Office
As people's ways of working change, so do the places we work at. Teleworking, more collaborative work, easier communication and increased flexibility are demanding a change in the furniture of our workspaces and offices. But
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London Design Festival 2010: Julika Welge's Growing & Repairable Felt Carpet
Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first
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Boxsal, a Pretty Fun Picnic in a Cardboard Box (Photos)
Summer is the prefect time for picnics, pretty much anywhere! On roof tops, in Central Park, at the beach, open air cinemas or the zoo, a good picnic is special. But how often do you make the effort and unleash your creativity to put together a
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Method Laundry Detergent's Radical Innovation Wins International Design Excellence Award
Along with the great news that Method Laundry Detergent has just recently been launched in the UK (yes our clothes are already cleaner) we hear that Method's innovative pump action laundry detergent bottle has won
