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Beautiful Uneven Objects From Wood Leftovers That Also Create Awareness In Mexico

2:15 pm in Design & Architecture, designers, mexico, recycled building materials by TreeHugger

Flower Vase From Recovered Wood Leftovers By Le Porc Photo Photos: Le Porc Shop. Mexican design studio Le Porc Shop has a cool project called UFO (Unknown Folk Object): a workshop in which the designers work with people to design items with wood leftovers from their shop. As the process is intuitive and without much plan, the result is a series of objects that are uneven but intriguing in their own way, and which expose the recovered materials they're made of....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Smart Adobe Houses To Help Women In Difficult Conditions In Mexico

3:50 pm in architecture, Design & Architecture, mexico by TreeHugger

Rendering Of House Designed By Model Adobe For Women Image Images: Adobe for Women. Inspired by the work of Mexican architect Juan Jose Santibañez, who helped twenty women in difficult living conditions to build their own homes in Oaxaca twenty years ago, Portuguese architecture firm Blaanc Borderless and Mexican studio CaeiroCapurso have recently launched Adobe for Women. The non profit organization aims to "help build a mo...Read the full story on TreeHugger

1,000 Tiny Religious Metal Figures Recycled Into Captivating Plate In Mexico

8:03 am in crafts, Design & Architecture, mexico, upcycling by TreeHugger

Plate From Recycled Religious Figures Photo Walking around any city or small town in Latin America, you'll usually find at least one of these laying on the street somewhere: small religious metal figures used as offerings or tokens of gratitude to saints. Mexican designer Mariana Armella collected over 1,000 of them and melted them into this dish....Read the full story on TreeHugger