Tag: Decorating - Page 4
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Dirty Rags; from old uniforms to funky object (Photos)
What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban
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Turn Black Friday Green, Part I: KIND Towels
If you must shop the day after Thanksgiving, at least buy something sultry and green. Joel Fitzpatrick, famous for making Hush Puppies a household name, has launched KIND towels to put a little desire back into your cloth
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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies
Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair.
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Nudge, the New Eco Lifestyle Shop in Helsinki, Has Opened Its Doors
I wish there was a Nudge in every city. It's a whole new way of shopping, or actually, it's not just about shopping, but rather about living, and style. Nudge is the new eco lifestyle experience, which consists of a shop, a
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West Elm Design Director Paulo Kos Goes Online for Inspiration
Paulo Kos (far left) and the Pratt students who worked on the West Elm collaboration. Image credit: Pratt Institute West Elm, purveyor of clean-lined, modern, and often sustainable home goods and furniture, knows how to lock down a creative partnership.
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Valencia Design Week 2010: Rugs! Natural, Ethical and Beautiful. (Photos)
At this year's Valencia Design Week in Spain, not a huge amount of companies convinced us about their products being truly good for our planet, in fact, we noticed a
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10 Great, Green Design Products From Ikea (Slideshow)
While Scandinavian modern furniture giant Ikea has a mixed reputation on the sustainability front, the company has been making an effort to green its processes and its wares -- from partnering with the World Wildlife Fund on lower-impact
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10 Great, Green Design Products From Ikea
While Scandinavian modern furniture giant Ikea has a mixed reputation on the sustainability front, the company has been making an effort to green its processes and its wares -- from partnering with the World Wildlife Fund on lower-impact cotton production
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Waterproof Ceylon Paper Pottery Made From Sand, Paper & Recycled Wood
Regular ceramics are pretty energy-intensive products, though there's a number of innovative alternatives (like no-fire tiles or crockery made from recycled post-consumer and post-industrial waste). But what about
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Sustain: An Eco-Supply Store On The Rocks
It is a tough environment for brick-and-mortar retailers right now. It is tougher still if you are in a niche market, like green bricks, mortar and eco-supplies. It is even tougher if you are in a small town on the Canadian shield like Huntsville,
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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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Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards Honor TreeHugger Favorites
It's National Design Awards time, when the Cooper-Hewett, National Design Museum honors "outstanding contributions from the design world, including architecture, fashion, lifetime achievement, and sustainable design solutions." Quite a few of the winners
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Crazy/Cool DIY Idea: Embed Vintage Furniture in Plaster (Photos)
Faced with the challenge to create a posh lounge for VIPs at the Cannes Film Festival with prohibitively low budget, the fellows from the Bronx based firm Mut Architecture came up with this interesting idea. After
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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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Innovative Student Furniture Design at ICFF Steals the Show
Actually, the student designs steal the show every year at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held annually in New York. This year was not quite up to Pratt's spectacular exhibit from last year, but was close. Parsons I think Parsons the
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Booth Trends: Live Action Demonstration Instead of Passive Presentation
You don't just drop your product and hire the booth babes anymore; The big trend at ICFF this year was live action. Finnish furniture company Artek (founded in 1935 by designers including Alvar and Aino Aalto) demonstrate their
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ICFF Preview: Hottest New Furniture Designs From A to Z
TreeHugger is off to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) this week to find the best in green design. Last year we noted that not everything we show on TreeHugger is deep green, but everything has some kernel of an idea that is interesting
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Living Walls go Mainstream, Hit the Homes Sections
Kristina Shevory writes in the New York Times that living walls are becoming increasingly popular in homes. "Avid and aspiring gardeners, frustrated with little outdoor space, are
