Tag: Netherlands - Page 6
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Work Anywhere With Kruikantoor, a Combination of Wheelbarrow And Office
TreeHugger loves mobile designs that allow multiple uses of space or that fold up and go away when not needed. Mocoloco shows us Dutch designer Tim Vinke's Kruikantoor.
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The Power is in Pedals, Says WorldWatch Institute
It was with a sad heart I learned that the WorldWatch Institute have decided to mothball their illustrious print magazine after 136 stellar issues.* But at least it goes out with a bang, by including an article on bicycle transport,
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Street Furniture Pops Up When Needed
Streets are not just for moving, but also for living. Street furniture makes living more comfortable but can take up a lot of space. Artists Carmela Bogman and Rogier Martens solved this problem with Pop-up, street furniture
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to ...Toasters?
We don't quite know what to do with human bodies. Putting them in the ground takes up a lot of space, and putting ashes in a jar is just so useless and boring. Dutch artist Wieke Somers has a better idea: she puts them into a 3D printer and
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Bricks Sofa by Robert Bronwasser for Palau, Furniture as it Should Be
Here is a furniture company that makes simply good design: long lasting, both emotionally (through timeless design) and technologically (good quality), as well as made from environmentally
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Sparkling Chair Made of PET and Air, Just Like a Water Bottle! by Marcel Wanders
The most eco-friendly material to make furniture is probably the one we don't use (no material, no ecological footprint so to say)... so what about air? We have featured a series of inflatable items, such as inflatable solar panels, an inflatable house
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Floating Island With Living Walls Made From Old Clamshells and Coffee Cups
When we last met Michel Kreuger of Studio Noach, he was building a houseboat out of old coffee cupswith Architect Anne Holtrop and botanist Patrick Blanc.
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Flatpack Treehouse is a Dutch Treat
We love flatpack and we sure love treehouses, together for the first time as the Zelfbouwboomhut, or as Google translates from Dutch, DIY Treehouse. Found in Designboom and designed by Rogier Martens, Sam van Veluw, there is a lot to like about
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Cold War Era Plane Converted Into Luxury Hotel Suite
TreeHugger loves recycling, and has shown a number of planes recycled into hotels. But none so luxurious as this renovation of a former 120-seater into a luxury suite for two, at Teuge airport in the Netherlands.
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Piet Hein Eek Hides Garden House In Pile Of Logs
Piet Hein Eek writes:
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Amazing New Shipping Container Folds Flat In 30 Seconds
Shipping containers revolutionized commerce and the transportation of goods, and almost singlehandedly made globalism possible through a dramatic reduction in shipping costs, time and losses. But they are not problem-free; unless trade is
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UrbanBuds: Mobile Suitcase Garden For The City Dweller
Photo: UrbanBuds, Gionatta Gionno In tightly packed urban settings, finding places to produce fresh food in close quarters can be quite frustrating for the conscientious urban dweller. Even more frustrating is wondering how to move one's
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Feetz Tribike: The Kid Carrying, Cargo Hauling, Folding Trike
Last week we posted a round-up of 22 extended frame cargo bikes. Previously we've also collected up a passel of 16 tricycles. Yet still we've managed to neglect a few. The Feetz is such a vehicle. It's trike for transporting kids or
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Bike Cargo, Chapter 3: 22 Extended Frame Bikes
Photo: WorkCycles. Other photos via respective manufacturers. This is the third in a four-part series on how to haul anything and everything by bike. Bike Cargos for All Tastes! In our endeavours to take a snapshot of the world of Bicycle Cargo we have
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"Experimental" Cow Dung Project To Heat 1,100 Dutch Homes
Photo: CleanTechnica From chickens to cows to algae, energy generated from biomass is making a big impact worldwide. With last year's launch of the world's largest biomass plant in the Netherlands - running on chicken manure - another Dutch biomass
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Second Skin: A Pop-Up Room By Rene Siebum
Alex at Shedworking is expanding into interior design, with this bookcase that opens up to "create an environment which helps us to concentrate and focus," although it won't do much for noise. Alex calls it "shedworkingesque."
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How Insects Do Graphic Design
Yesterday the exhibition Bits 'n Pieces launched at Material Connexion in New York, a dialogue between the analog and the digital technologies within design in a post-digital era. What grabbed our attention in the busy space during the opening, were
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The Best of Fast Company: China Dominates Texas Wind Power, Plastic Made Out of Algae, and the Future of Trucking
This week at Fast Company, we looked at China's entry into the Texas wind power industry, Cereplast's plastic made out of algae, the long-term future of trucking, and a proposal to build floating cities in the Netherlands.
