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Designer Turns Moving Day Discards Into Charming Furniture

11:11 am in canada, designers, furniture, montreal, recycled, recycled consumer goods by TreeHugger

marjolainepoulin3.jpgPhotos: 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...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Fragile’ Ecosystem Sculpture Of 100% Recycled Materials By Roadsworth

2:15 pm in artists, arts, Design & Architecture, montreal, recycled consumer goods, urban life by TreeHugger

roadsworth2.jpgImage: Screengrab from Fragile project video Montréal street artist Peter Gibson, a.k.a. Roadsworth, well-known for his clandestine and eye-catching works of pavement art -- is back in Montréal making his mark again. But this time, instead of being arrested for using spray paint for the greater urban good, he and artist Brian Armstrong have turned to recuperated materials like plastic bottles and cardboard to make a large-scale art installation mimicking an ecosystem, now on exhibit in a downtown Montréal...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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