11:00 am in designers, furniture, israel, recycled, recycled consumer goods by TreeHugger
Photos: Yoav Avinoam
Sawdust is a multi-purpose "waste" material that can apparently be reused in many ways: turn it into
mulch, throw it by the handful into a
composting toilet, or transform it into furniture as Israeli designer
Yoav Avinoam has done with his down-to-earth but stylish "Shavings" furniture collection....
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11:11 am in canada, designers, furniture, montreal, recycled, recycled consumer goods by TreeHugger
Photos: Marjolaine Poulin
Like America's Independence Day, Canada's
day commemorating its inception as a nation falls on July 1st every year. But in the province of Quebec, July 1st is also known as
La Fête du déménagement -- or "
Moving Day." Chaos reigns as it's the day when many rental leases expire and almost a quarter million people move en masse. It's also a field day for free stuff, due to the fact that not all belongings make it t...
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10:03 am in designers, furniture, germany, recycled, recycled consumer goods, recycled fashion by TreeHugger
Photos: Tobias Juretzek
From
farmhouse beams, to
refrigerators and
naval mines, furniture made from old -- and odd -- materials is nothing new, but what about furniture that's made from clothing? Defying expectations of what mere clothing can do,...
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12:30 pm in concepts & prototypes, Design & Architecture, furniture, small spaces, toilets by TreeHugger
Images Courtesy of Adam Senior
At TreeHugger, we're a little obsessed with work space designs: desks
made for standing, sitting,
a little of both and even
walking. Here's a design from British designer
Adam Senior that takes a minimalist approach to the desk. Th...
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2:55 am in concepts & prototypes, dematerialization, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, furniture, interiors, less is more, living room, small spaces, spain, tables by TreeHugger
Photo Credit: Daniel Gantes.
This designer from
Valencia in Spain believes that even if you have little money and/or space, a dinner for two should always be possible on a decent table.
Daniel Gantes designed
La Cool Vie Bohème so that couples with a minimum wage can still have a romantic dinner....
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12:39 pm in bamboo, Design & Architecture, designers, furniture by TreeHugger
All Images Courtesy of Sebastian Errazuriz
A while back, we lamented the often
boring, linear look of bamboo furniture. Now we can count one more design that goes against that trend: the "Magistral Cabinet," an imposing piece of furniture covered by 80,000 bamboo skewers. The work of Chilean-born, New York-based artist and designer
Sebastian Errazuriz, the cabinet is the first I've seen that looks so much like a six foot tall rectangular hedgehog....
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8:30 am in architects, architecture, california, chairs, design, Design & Architecture, designers, flat pack, furniture, green building by TreeHugger
Image Credit Cerentha Harris
This slick sustainable prefab house drew crowds at the 2011
Dwell on Design. Other hits? Think solid cork stools and coffee tables, linen made of seaweed, walnut plaster and gorgeous flatpack furniture.
While the actual floor does not have quite the scale of
ICFF or
Neocon, this boutique home and design expo attracts a high-profile scene with the latest in modern design.
TreeHugger's R...
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7:24 pm in awards, Design & Architecture, design competitions, designers, furniture by TreeHugger
Play: Bike Shelf by Chris Brigham for Knife & Saw. Photos by RCruger
Yves Behar's
Jambox wireless speaker, a Public lightweight bike, prefab playhouse kit, paper tables, a Coke bottle chair, and 20 other product designs got
Dwell magazine's stamp of approval for its first-ever
Modern World Awards, presented at its
Dwell on Design conference last weekend. It's about tim...
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