Oktavilla’s Colorful Office Wall is Made of Stacked Recycled Magazines
June 17, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
Old magazines can be hard to throw away, so it’s easy for stacks of them to pile high. Instead of discarding advertising agency Oktavilla’s growing collection of paper periodicals, Swedish architecture firm Elding Oscarson used them as inspiration. By stacking the old mags up in a colorful configuration, the firm created this incredible wall for [...]
Nokia E-Cu charged by heat in your pocket
June 1, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
The Nokia E-Cu is a mobile phone charged by sources of heat therefore eradicating the need for a charger. The phone has a thermogenerator integrated inside, which converts heat energy into electric potential energy. via Dezeen.
Flow2 kitchen by Studio Gorm
June 1, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
Oregon designers John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong of Studio Gorm have designed a kitchen where waste products are used to grow plants via Dezeen.
EOLE Wind Powered Wrist Watch
May 23, 2011 by green team
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It’s not a wind-up watch, it’s a wind-powered watch! To read the time the user simply blows on the propeller mechanism to generate just enough electricity to activate a short visual sequence. The EOLE should be another great addition to your green wardrobe, making you worry less about running low on batteries and [...]
New Handmade Tiles from Clayhaus
May 23, 2011 by green team
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Clayhaus uses 50% post-consumer, recycled glass bottle content in their crackle palette line of glazes. In addition, as you might expect, all products are lead free and the company reclaims and reuses scrap waste clay that is created during production. via Jetsongreen.com.
Consciously Curated: Helle Jorgensen
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Featured, Green Reporter
Oh, the lovely soft sculptures of Australia-based artist Helle Jorgensen. What makes them ecofabulous? Well, she makes barnacles from reclaimed wool, and turns discarded plastic bags into beautifully crafted sea anemones. Hmm, I imagine that she finds the reclaimed wool at garage sales and thrift shops, but where does she get that plastic [...]
15 Green Classrooms For Green Thinkers Of The Future
May 23, 2011 by green team
Filed under Design, Green Reporter
We always talk about our future and how various ‘green’ measures can be adopted to accentuate upon its level of sustainability. But what about the new breed of users who are going to be a part of this new level of naturalistic, emission free interaction with the environment? Yes, we are talking about [...]
