8:00 am in argentina, australia, brazil, Design & Architecture, designers, indonesia, zero waste by TreeHugger
A paper-waste recycling workshop in Brazil. Photo: "It's Not Easy Being Green."
From the organizers of a prestigious annual competition in
Australia to Balinese
craftspeople selling their wares on the street, the world is full of people designing a better world, a little bit at a time. Two European designers are meeting as many as they can on a globe-trotting tour of sustainable des...
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9:03 am in architecture, argentina, Design & Architecture, small spaces by TreeHugger
Photos: Courtesy of Diego Arraigada.
Argentine architect
Diego Arraigada did the blog rounds some time ago for his stunning
view house, but we're hooked with this smaller, more personal project.
Faced with the challenge of designing a room for a new born child in a small apartment, the architect came up with a structure half way between a piece of furniture and architecture called Room House....
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11:05 am in argentina, buenos aires, Design & Architecture, urban life, water conservation by TreeHugger
Photos: Sabrina Goldin.
It's no wonder that there are not so many posts on rainwater collectors at TreeHugger: they're usually just pretty ugly big plastic containers, with few exceptions such as
PetalDrops or
Rainpods.
This is why Gota Verde (Green Drop) makes for a rare beast: a water collector thought for urban environments that also turns into a green wall....
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10:37 am in argentina, buenos aires, Design & Architecture, multi-purpose objects, small spaces by TreeHugger
Photos: Paula Alvarado.
Also spotted at the recent edition of the
Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts:
multi-purpose objects and
small spaces.
Designed by local brand
Milonga, it's a flat, flexible piece of wood in a zig zag shape that can be u...
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8:00 am in argentina, buenos aires, Design & Architecture, flat pack, multi-purpose objects by TreeHugger
Photos: Paula Alvarado.
Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair,
Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio
Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations....
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1:15 pm in argentina, buenos aires, cities, communities, Design & Architecture, latin america, urban life by TreeHugger
Images: Designo Patagonia.
Plaza Movil (Movable Square) is a transportable public space to give neighbors new places to meet and play, occupying streets in days in which transit slows down in Buenos Aires. Designed by
Designo Patagonia as an entry to the
Livable Cities award, it seeks to improve the lives of people who don't live next to good public spaces or who don't have the means to get to them....
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Photos: Paula Alvarado.
Illegally located between major tourist hubs and one of the most upscale neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, the shanty town 
Photos: Ana Mitrano.
