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These stylishly geeky cufflinks are hand fashioned from old recycled computer keys by Acorn Studios. Who hasn’t been to a wedding where you wish there was an escape key? Gift boxed and tied with a ribbon, these make great stylish eco gifts for your friends, your geeky boyfriend or even for your dad! You can choose any keys on the keyboard (? esc L R * shift, open-apple) and even get custom initials for that special someone. $14.95 from Acorn Studios...
Attention all skaters – how many of you have damaged your skateboards beyond repair after unsuccessfully trying to nail a rail or grab some air? Before you go throwing your board into landfill, you may want to put it to good use, by donating it to sustainable design company Art of Board. The gnarly design company creates stylish wall tile and surface designs from repurposed skate decks, and uses them to “deck” out everything from mirror frames to tables to kitchen splashbacks and commercial wall surfaces. Decks can be donated to over 30 participating skate shops around the US, and portions of design proceeds go...
Green Graffiti (Green Graffiti) is a crazy cool idea. What is it? A sustainable alternative to traditional outdoor advertising. That means, the ad’s you usually see on buses, bus stops, outside buildings, on Broadway(NY)/Sunset(LA) are not sustainable methods of advertising. Why? Because advertising is taxing on the environment. The printing process uses harmful substances such as petrolium based inks and varnishes, not to mention the toxic chemicals used to clean the presses. And then there is the issue of paper; the energy used to produce and transport it with a large majority of it ending up in landfills as waste....
There was a golden age when the expansive hood of the American automobile could double as a picnic table. Thankfully, engine compartments have conformed to smaller motors and superior aerodynamics, but why give up the pleasure of dining (or making out) on the hood of an American classic just because you drive a Honda Fit? Joel Hester, in his Dallas-based Weld House, is scrounging the scrap yards of Texas and turning grizzled steel into tables, beds, armoires, and more. Hester’s most enchanting creations are his coffee and end tables, which start at $700 (check out his gallery on Flickr). Working...
BE@RBRICK has gone ECO! Yup! Thats right! If you don’t already know, Be@rbrick is a collectible toy designed and produced by MediCom Toy Incorporated. The name comes from the fact that the figure is a cartoon-style representation of a bear, and that it is a variation of MediCom’s Kubrick design. With that said Be@rbricks are produced in limited numbers, and are never re-released (aka collector’s items) which means they co$t mucho paper. The most fun part of purchasing one (not that I would know!) is that they are most often sold individually in “blind box” assortments – where the only way to know which particular...
When it comes to kicks, the rarer the better. And if you’re looking for originality, we guarantee you won’t find another pair quite like these upcycled junk-metal Jordans by artist Gabriel Dishaw. He whips metal and electronic scraps from old computers into crazy DIY shoe sculptures that will have any sneakerhead foaming at the mouth. We don’t advise wearing them due to the jagged edges, but they’re certain to be conversation starters when placed strategically on your coffee table. Dishaw takes found pieces of useless metal to create something everyone can relate to. “I begin each sculpture with an idea of how can...
Whenever we think of a shelter, from construction to habitation, we crave to beautify it with the best we have at our disposal. Since most of us have neither the resources nor funds to realize our aspirations, why don’t we utilize the superfluous scraps? I am talking about the items that we generally consider as trash: more specifically, the plastic bottles. Using them constructively, eco-creators have fashioned certain eco-homes that simply defy the limits of affordable and sustainable housing. Here we have listed some of them, marvelously made abodes –miracles of recycling – that you would sure love to inhabit....
outh African designer Heath Nash unveiled a colorful, eclectic chandelier made almost entirely from recycled PET bottles at this year’s Milan Design Week. Dubbed Bottleformball, the brilliantly-hued recycled creation is crafted from multicolored pieces of salvaged bottles attached to a hand-made wire structure. We love how the artfully arranged bottle pieces look almost like colored ceramics when illuminated from within. To Learn More CLICK HERE HIT FROM: Inhabitat.com...
Scales. JAXPAC, the Jacksonville Public Art Commission, has put them to work on the streets of its hometown, in both the musical and the reptilian sense. The artists took old vinyl records and combined them with wheat-paste graffiti to create a new kind of urban fossil. While you can’t hear the music from the records, if you listen closely, you may be able to hear the call of creatures long extinct....
even Ply jewelry is giving us a really sweet excuse to utilize skateboards for the ecosystem’s sake. Named for the seven layers of a skateboard, Seven Ply, which uses recycled decks to create eclectic baubles, was founded in 2007 by skate enthusiast Lynn Weiler. “My mission was to breathe new life into these seven layers and convert this scuffed up boy toy into something beautiful,” says Weiler. Broken and tattered boards, which are rescued and accumulated by surf and skate shops, are subsequently hand-picked, cut, sanded, and sealed into one of a kind accessories....
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