Tag: Reusability - Page 4
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$1800 Refrigerated Shipping Container Becomes Beautiful Architect's Studio (Video)
Shipping containers in architecture are a trendy meme right now. But this architect's studio is a step above your average box home.
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Entire Walls Tiled With Old Keyboard Keys
One artist has come up with a gorgeous reuse for the plastic keys on old, discarded keyboards
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An Abandoned Pool in Queens Will Become a Unique Outdoor Theater
A delapidated dive pool in Astoria is set to be converted into a one of a kind outdoor performance space.
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UPDATE: Buy More Beer! Saturday is National Growler Day
Growlers are a great way to enjoy local craft beers in reusable containers. This Friday is National Growler Day. Let's celebrate!
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UK Company Aims to Reduce E-Waste, Looks Toward Closed-Loop Future for Electronics Industry
UK startup WEEE Systems has ambitious plans for addressing e-waste and moving the electronics industry toward a closed-loop system.
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Reusable-Bag Hoarders Share the Wealth at LA Event
With the glut of reusable bags creating their own kind of clutter, a professional organizer in Los Angeles gets people to clean out their closets and cabinets and give away their extra totes.
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Kenya's Plastiki? Boat Made From Plastic Bottles & Old Flip Flops
It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.
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The HydraDuo Water Bottle Stores Two Beverages So You Don’t Have to Choose
The HydraDuo water bottle keeps two beverages in the same container so you have options while on the go.
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Green Gift Guide: The Health and Wellness Guru
From a bike share membership, to embroidered yoga mats to a high-tech workout tracker, find a gift for your favorite health-nut here.
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Abandoned Bridge in Upstate New York Is Now a Pedestrian Park
An abandoned railroad bridge over New York's Hudson River has been transformed into a one-of-a-kind park.
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New Packaging Tells You How to Reuse It Creatively
Creative crafters can come up with all sorts of beautiful and innovative ways to
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Turning Pull Tabs into Silk and Metal Purses
Flick your Bic and flip your tab -- again and again. When I lived in Mexico a while ago, two vendors had a stand in the Puebla zocalo where they refilled Bic lighters
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Nau Fall 2011 Now Available
As we've alluded to in one or two prior posts Nau were planning to release some snug outdoor winter garments, made in part with recycled coconut waste. That time has arrived. It's now, you might say. The garment is known as the Insular
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Patagonia Says, "Buy Our Stuff On eBay"
Ever the maverick Patagonia gets a little crazy once again. As an extension of their long running Common Threads program (where they take back old outdoor garments for recycling into new fibres) they've now partnered with eBay, the
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Craft and Science are Combined in One New Exhibition
The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.
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Oil Rig Escape Pods Become a Floating Hotel
Garbage Architect Denis Oudendijk has gone and done the impossible by making off-shore oil rig waste actually cool. He's turned discarded escape pods into rustic, floating hotel rooms.
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Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing
At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer's Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven 7-minute presentations proposed on the theme of
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Make the 2012 Olympics Plastic Bag Free
The goal of London's 2012 Olympics is to be the most sustainable Games ever. But the organizers are a bit conflicted. For example, the world's largest MacDonald's will be opening just next to the site. It will be the size of 3
