Tag: Upcycling - Page 6
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Artificial Reefs: Sunken Ships, Tanks And Other Underwater Paradises
Huffington Post is hosting a beautiful slideshow of artificial reefs, made entirely from old tankers, subway cars, army tanks, and other oddities. It's a gorgeous look at underwater wonderlands.
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Discarded Cement Sacks Make For A Great Looking Monobloc Chair In Mexico
Felix, the chair in the picture above, is an experiment by Mexican studio Talco --whose wooden crates wall we featured last week; for a series of furniture made from waste from construction.
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Film Review: To Buy, To Throw Away, To Buy; the Secret History of Planned Obsolescence
Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called "comprar, llençar, comprar", meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the
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Readymade's Top 20 Projects of 2010
There's a lot of great green ideas in Readymade's Top 20 Projects of 2010. Minimalist vases from light bulbs, kitchen cabinets from wine crates, wallets from comic books, upgraded dresses, outdoor solar showers.... brilliant ideas for low eco-footprint
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Awesome Clocks Made From Turntables, Apple Computers, Bikes and More
PixelThis is an artist who builds beautiful and funky clocks made from all sorts of recycled things -- record players, computer parts, even bike wheels. PixelThis states, "I have been taking things apart since the day I
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Terracycle Takes the Trash Inside...Our New Office
Terracycle has always been a company with a trashy reputation, what with our reusing everything from soda bottles to Ziploc bags. Millions of people have been collecting these things, and we've made them into all manner of
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How to Find the Best Local, Handmade Gifts
The holiday season is in full swing, and that means one thing: the spirit of
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Not Made in China, Designer Guillem Ferran Proves a Point with Products Made from Used Pallets (Photos)
Here is a series of objects with the unusual label "not made in China". The Catalan designer Guillem Ferran, whose Where Memory Used To Sit chair collection, Distendido and La Pell leather project we wrote
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New Soap, Old Bottle. Detergents now come in a Heineken, Coke or Dr. Pepper Bottle
Researching innovative packaging solutions the other day, I stumbled on New Soap, Old Bottle. Similar to this green way of drinking (old bottles, fresh wine), Scott in the States sells new liquid soap packaged in old plastic bottles. That way, he saves
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Reuse Community Takes Facebook By Storm - With More to Come
Image Credit: Reuse Connection Repurposing a stove into a high-powered entertainment system might not be to everyone's liking, but we still love reuse—warts and all. When I asked how we identify that fine line between reuse and hoarding, the
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Look Ma, No Solder: Amazing Scrap Sculptures Of Wildlife By Edouard Martinet (Photos)
One man's junk is another man's art -- that's
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Awesome Recycled Skateboard iPhone Cases, Bike Fenders & Jewelry From MapleXO (Photos)
Photo: Founder of MapleXO Lindsay Jo Holmes with recycled skateboard iPhone case and earrings (above via Grove and MapleXO below) Recycling skateboards is nothing new, as skateboarder and designer Lindsay Jo Holmes will tell you. Holmes is the founder
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Sublime Sofas With Soul: Recycled Textile Seating by Casamento (Photos)
How can we get away from the soullessness of most mass-produced sofas? For some, it may be marrying two unexpected partners (like the surprising Fridgecouch), or for others it could be making it multifunctional, transformer-style.
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Powerful Recycled Factory Machinery Furniture By Tim Byrne
Inspired by old factory machinery, comes this collection of upcycled furniture with an industrial twist. Melding sculpture and pragmatism, American designer Tim Byrne refurbishes old steel, cast iron and aluminum spokes, cogs and
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Cool Couches Made From Recycled Fridges (Photos)
The fridge couch -- well, someone out there had to finally marry the two. Created by Canadian designer Adrian Johnson, these customized ultra-retro seaters are made from vintage refrigerators and salvaged
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Vintage Suitcases Upcycled As Boom Boxes (Photos)
There's more than meets the eye with an old-school, hardcover suitcase. This certainly rings true for the BoomCase -- customized boom boxes by self-confessed "audio-nut" and designer Dominic "Mr. SiMo", who upcycles these stylish,
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Artful Jellyfish-like Bowls From Upcycled Plastic PET Bottles (Photos)
Plastic bottles -- that environmental bane of a disposable, modern society -- can be both an abundant form of pollution in waterways and oceans, as well as a materials source for mind-boggling art. In the skillful hands of
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Another Reason To Love Reuse: It Creates Lots of Jobs
I am very sorry that I am unable to attend the ReuseConex conference next week; some are calling it the Woodstock of Reuse. I have always made the case that it is far better than recycling, which I consider little more than a
