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LifeEdited: Home Electronics and Entertainment

12:01 pm in Design & Architecture, gadgets, lifeedited, multi-purpose objects, small spaces by TreeHugger

lifeedited-banner.jpg lifeedited-home-electronics.jpg Photo credit: William Hook via Flickr/Creative Commons The term "green electronics" may be a bit of an oxymoron. While companies try to be responsible, there is still often a contradiction between high tech and low impact. Nevertheless, like most of us,...Read the full story on TreeHugger

A Desk for Kids Multitasks and Transforms As They Grow

8:47 am in Design & Architecture, furniture, multi-purpose objects, tables by TreeHugger

az-desk-1.jpg All Images Courtesy of Guillaume Bouvet You want your kid to have a desk that fits her, to do homework, play and draw. You also want your kid to grow up, eventually. But you don't want to buy a new desk every few years as she outgrows the old one. So here's a solution to the age-old dilemma, one that avoids the unnecessary waste of money and materials. It's the "AZ Desk," a design by Guillaume Bouvet that transforms not only to multifunction, but also to keep up with growing kids, all the way into adulthood....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Lovely Zig Zag Shaped Magazine Holder Doubles As Shelve And Clothes Hanger

10:37 am in argentina, buenos aires, Design & Architecture, multi-purpose objects, small spaces by TreeHugger

Wooden Flat Magazine Holder By Milonga In Buenos Aires Photo 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...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Four-Piece, No Screw No Glue Modular Shelving System By Disenaveral In Buenos Aires

8:00 am in argentina, buenos aires, Design & Architecture, flat pack, multi-purpose objects by TreeHugger

No Screw No Glue Modular System To Build Shelves By Disenaveral Photo 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....Read the full story on TreeHugger

A Line of Furniture You Build & Rebuild, However You Like

7:23 am in concepts & prototypes, Design & Architecture, furniture, multi-purpose objects by TreeHugger

gypsy-furniture-1.jpg All images courtesy of Clark Davis I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm so intrigued by Clark Davis' Gypsy Modular furniture. Inspired by Legos and an itinerant lifestyle, it's furniture that you can assemble and dissemble, however you like. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger