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Creative Vertical Garden Built With Dozens Of Hanging Flowerpots In Brazil

9:22 am in brazil, decorating, Design & Architecture, gardening by TreeHugger

Green Wall With Hanging Pots In Brazil Photo Photos: Rosenbaum. Building on the great response their awesome vertical garden with recycled plastic bottles received, Brazilian design studio Rosenbaum has come up with another vertical garden for their latest Lar doce lar project (a segment at a popular TV show where they remodel houses of low-income families). This time they used hanging flowerpots attached to the wall, giving an interesting illusion...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Not Enlightened by CFLs in Cathedrals (Photos)

3:18 am in appropriate technology, compact fluorescent light bulbs, cool but ugly, decorating, Design & Architecture, energy efficiency, incandescent bulbs, interiors, LED, lighting, Science & Technology, spain, Take Action by TreeHugger

treehugger ugly cfl seville photo Photo: Petz Scholtus On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume. According to Wikipedia, the interior is the longest nave in Spain, and is lavishly decorated, with a large quantity of gold evident. Also evident are the CFLs propped upon time-honoured lighting fixtures......Read the full story on TreeHugger

Fedor van der Valk’s String Gardens are Anything but Simple

2:35 pm in decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, gardening by TreeHugger

Fedor van der Valk Photo Photo credit: Annelie Brujin

You may not know Fedor van der Valk by name, but chances are you know his work. Fedor's string gardens have graced the pages of books and the posts of numerous websites over the past few years. When I was in Holland last month, I saw his works displayed in several shop windows. His string gardens capture the imagination with their suspended, unexpected beauty. Recently, Fedor sat down to answer some of my questions about his work. Even though he warned me: "My English vocabulary is not that rich. It's a bit simple...Read the full story on TreeHugger

New British Design Shown at Clerkenwell Design Week

5:02 am in chairs, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, furniture, tables by TreeHugger

bamboo chairs photo Photo: B. Alter Clerkenwell Design Week is a small design festival in the ultra-cool east end of London, where lots of architects and design firms have their offices. It's a compact and easy way to see what's new in British and international design More than 50 designers and manufacturers launched new products and showed some that had been introduced at the Milan furniture fair in April. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Slow Food Gets Fast, Meets Good Design at Fastvinic, an Eco-Cozy Sandwich Shop

9:44 am in 100 mile diet, bathroom, composting, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, energy efficiency, food, Food & Health, food miles, green building, interiors, leed, local food, materials, recycled building materials, restaurant, shelving, spain, storage, toilets by TreeHugger

fastvinic green interior design restaurant local food photo Image Credit: Fastvínic The other day I had a delicious local sandwich in the fabulous new space Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the menu? Sandwiches. What's around you? Beautiful <...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Wood Design from Spain; Graffiti, Typography & Prefab Housing – Part 3 (Photos)

5:15 am in architects, architecture, buildings, crafts, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, energy efficiency, green building, interiors, less is more, materials, prefab, prototypes, recycled, recycled building materials, small spaces, spain, urban life, wood by TreeHugger

spanish wood 5 pino sign photo Image Credit: 5º Pino Here is the last part of from this beautiful collection of wood design from Spain, put together by Confemadera. Check out the privious posts about a fun wooden bicycle and the stunning heritage ceilings from the South, and last week's Fab Lab House and micro-islands along the Spanish coast. This week it's about wooden graffiti, 3D wood typographies and energy-efficient modular prefab h...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Organic Beeswax, Play Dough Tea Cups From Chile To Reflect On Our Relationship With Objects

11:23 am in biodegradable, chile, decorating, Design & Architecture by TreeHugger

Biodegradable Beewax Tea Cup By Tocornal In Chile Photo Photos: Paula Alvarado. With the goal of investigating the emotional attachment of people with objects, Chilean designer Mariana Tocornal experiments with biodegradable materials such as beeswax and play dough in these haunting and "not conventionally useful" tea cups and bowls....Read the full story on TreeHugger

With a Hollow Frame, A Design Invites You to Personalize Your Chair

8:22 am in chairs, decorating, Design & Architecture, do it yourself by TreeHugger

comfy-chair-1.jpg Images Courtesy of Stephan Schulz Have you ever wished you could have more input in how your furniture looks and feels, other than selecting from a catalog? Well, if you want a chair that is truly personalized, but don't have the skill or the energy to make your own, I present to you the Comfy Cargo Chair. German designer Stephan Schulz gives you a steel framework, and lets you do the rest. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Field of Poppies is Most Popular Mother’s Day Picture

5:08 am in artists, Culture & Celebrity, decorating, gardening by TreeHugger

poppy field photo Photo: artdaily, Poppy Field in Argenteuil, Monet The people have spoken and Monet's Poppy Field in Argenteuil turns out to be the most popular piece of art for Mother's Day this year. An online art gallery has taken a poll of the most popular picture for mom and two million surfers of the net responded with a click for this beautiful field of red poppies. Mother and child pictures were popular but nature won. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger