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Author since 2006 of the blog named after him, is a web developer, is in advertising and master’s degree in communication at UnB. Writes about communication, architecture, urbanism and product design, usually brings hints and examples of products and services der the environmental and sustainable optics in these subjects.
20Jul
A bamboo house in three days
This video shows a bamboo house built in Vietnam and transported and rebuilt in Maui in only three days.
20Jul
Furniture made from shopping carts
Another series of pieces of furniture made from shopping carts, the kind we use when we go grocery shopping. Ramon Coronado, a Mexican designer, moved to a relatively poor neighborhood in Los Angeles, overpopulated with homeless, trash and with a heavy Hispanic influence. Influenced by this scenario, the designer decided to develop a 12-week project [...]
20Jul
Using bombs to make the world green
We are talking about some “seedbombs” called Greenaid, a super idea created by American designers Kim Karlsrud e Daniel Philips, from COMMONStudio. The project consists of installing several recycled vending machines ─ but they will not sell the usual candies. They will sell “seedbombs.” Made from a mixture of clay, compost, and seeds, these “seedbombs” [...]
20Jul
111 Navy Chair ─ Chair made from recycled PET bottles
Emeco, an American company known for the design of its recycled aluminum chairs, has launched its first chair made from pet bottles. The chair is called 111 Navy Chair, as a reference to the 111 pet bottles the company uses to make the chair. The chair is produced in partnership with Coca-Cola and is made [...]
20Jul
Another suggestion for a coffee table made of pallets
This project required a little more work than the one published here a while ago because this coffee table uses some mortar to fill up the gaps between the boards. The project’s highlights are the drawers harmoniously installed on the pallets. This project was created by Espirit Cabane, a French magazine, where you can find [...]
20Jul
Shelf made from scrap wood and rope
It would be hardly easy to come up with a good way of using a few pieces of scrap wood and a rope but Amy Hunting, a Norwegian designer, was able to show us what creativity can do. His shelf won second place at the Green Furniture Sweden Award and the first prize at the [...]