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3:13 pm in fashion, Fashion & Beauty, gadgets, recycling, Science & Technology, technology, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos by Steven Rodrig
Steven Rodrig is at it again. Last spring he created that awesome pair of high heels out of circuit boards, which we all ogled at either through appreciation or confusion. And this summer, he's created a rather amazing pair of sandals. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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1:22 pm in Business & Politics, clothing, recycling, upcycling, waste by TreeHugger
Photo credit: Jason Cartwright/Creative Commons
If you're like a lot of people these days, you know that avoiding plastic use is a good idea. You ditch the single serving water bottles for a good steel one. You choose paper rather than plastic. But did you know that many of your clothing purchases, use plastic that you never see - Even from the greenest of companies, like The Nort...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:03 am in crafts, Design & Architecture, mexico, upcycling by TreeHugger
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
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10:52 am in artists, arts, books, Design & Architecture, recycling, Science & Technology, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos by Rich and Brenna Neeley
For Apple product users, the style is minimalist and modern, right? But what if you love both your iPhone, and all things vintage? What if you love both your minimalist iPhone, and the clutter of old, beautiful books on your desk? Well, there's an iPhone dock that will give you both. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:34 pm in china, Design & Architecture, dogs, pets, recycled building materials, upcycling by TreeHugger
Image: blog.sina.com
I'm a little late posting this, but it's just as irresistible as when the pictures first came out: an old refrigerator recycled into a dog house for a puppy that had nowhere to sleep. Inhabitat reports that the Y-town folks in China have been designing furniture from recycled fridges (and other recycled materials, including electronic waste) for years, so when they offered Chuichui a home but...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:54 am in architecture, chile, Design & Architecture, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos: VientoFuerte.cl.
Shipping containers continue to prove their value to build almost anything, from amazing office buildings to houses to even boy scout cabins.
And alth...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:56 pm in bedrooms, Design & Architecture, recycled building material, upcycling by TreeHugger
This romantic headboard built by House Tweaking was created with old fence boards.
Photo Credit: CasaSugar.
Call it recycling, upcycling, reclaiming, or salvaging. No matter how you define it, building furniture out of old wood is a major trend at the moment. In the past few days alone, I've seen a sofa made out of wooden pallets at a chic restaurant and a bench mad...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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1:15 pm in artists, beer, Design & Architecture, recycled, upcycling by TreeHugger
All Images Courtesy of Rich Morrison
In March, I wrote about a very cool project making surfboards from ocean trash. Now, here's another original way to ride the waves: on a surfboard made from 72 recycled beer cans. The simply named Beer Can Surfboard is the work of San Diego-based artist Rich Morrison. What began as a sculpture to complement his Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:06 pm in Design & Architecture, designers, united states, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos: courtesy of Boris Bally
The orphaned road sign is a common trophy in college dorm rooms, pubs and the like, but Rhode Island-based artist Boris Bally takes it a step further design-wise by converting them into graphically striking furniture pieces. Bally calls his furniture "humanufactured" -- meaning that it's all done by hand -- hand-fabricated, pierced, brake-formed and finished. Here's more of his outstanding furniture and home accessories, all visually surprising and all handcrafted from "the dissected remains of street signs"....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:00 pm in Design & Architecture, designers, designs, do it yourself, events, music, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos via Jaymi Heimbuch
Maker Faire 2011 was not short on musical instruments, but one that particularly caught my eye were these very interesting looking guitars. Not only do they look interesting, but the design is amazing -- made to be modular with swappable parts, you can turn just about anything, even old books, into a new guitar. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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