December 1, 2013
Well known for Phytokinetic, the über cool green roof system he designed for city buses, Spanish landscape designer and friend Marc Grañèn also creates beautiful and functional botanical works of art.
When I visited Spain last summer, Marc shared with … Read More...
Category: Experiencing, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Irrigation, Vertical Gardens
Tags: Costa Brava, drip irrigation, living succulent wall, living wall, Marc Grañèn, outdoor shower, rainwater catchment, rainwater harvesting, Spanish landscape designer, succulent gardens, succulents, sustainable design, sustainable landscape design, underground cistern, vertical succulent garden, vivers clavisa
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November 20, 2013
Pushpin birdhouse design spotted on MakerBot’s Thingiverse.
I’ve been seriously wowed lately by many of the inventive 3D printed objects I have found, like concrete planter bricks, a mini planter system with drip irrigation, and a modular vertical garden perfect … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Creating, Green Walls, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Vertical Gardens
Tags: 3D printed, 3D printed garden accessories, 3D printer, 3D printing, bird houses, birdhouses, self-irrigating planters, sustainable design
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November 14, 2013
While you and I can now 3D print our own products, Danish designer Jonas Edvard grows his own 3D edible lamps.
Yep, Edvard cultivates the living lamps from a material he’s developed using the domestic waste of oyster mushroom leftovers … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lighting
Tags: edible lamp, food-producing lamp, living lamp, oyster mushrooms, plants and edibles, recycling, reuse, sustainable design
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November 11, 2013
As a lover of sustainable design, gardening, and environmentally friendly practices, I am always excited about projects that aim to reducing landfill by recycling, repurposing, and upcycling trash into useful and decorative wares.
Anu Tandon Vieira from The Retyrement Plan… Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Art, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: garden sculpture, kickstarter, landfills, recycled materials, repurposed tires, repurposed trash, Retrash book, sustainable design, upcycled for the garden, upcycling
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September 3, 2013
We were intrigued with the fun and unique lighting ideas out there all made from upcycled household objects. For the crafty out there, here are some creative DIY instructions as well as ready-to-go designs you can purchase.
The secret … Read More...
Category: Creating, Green & Sustainable, Lighting, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: crafts, DIY, DIY lighting, green, recycled, repurposed, sustainable design, upcycled
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June 1, 2013
Hey apartment and small space dwellers, here’s an easy DIY compact hydroponic indoor farm system you can make with repurposed off-the-shelf IKEA storage boxes.
ELIOOO is not a product, it’s architect and designer Antonio Scarponi’s cleverly conceived and designed instruction … Read More...
Category: Books, Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Green & Sustainable, Green Gadgets, Herb Gardens, Hydroponics, Reclaimed & Recycled, Urban Agriculture, Vertical Gardens, Window Boxes
Tags: Container Gardening, crowdfunded design, Ikea hacking, indoor gardens, organic gardening, planters, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, sustainable design, urban farming, urban garden, vegetable gardening, vegetable gardens
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May 10, 2013
Table Lamp.
Back from the sustainable design drawing board after the success of her Live Screen vertical garden we featured last year, designer Danielle Trofe, will be debuting her new Hourglass lighting series at Wanted Design during New York Design … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lighting, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: Danielle Trofe, lighting, New York Design Week 2013, sustainable design, Wanted Design 2013
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April 24, 2013
A contemporary twist on the Victorian Tête à Tête love seat–aka the courting bench, kissing bench, or conversation bench where two people face opposite directions–the outdoor Double View bench easily switches from a side by side to facing position.
Just … Read More...
Category: Finding, Green & Sustainable, Outdoor Furniture
Tags: French design, outdoor bench, outdoor furniture, sustainable design, sustainable forests, wood outdoor furniture, wooden outdoor furniture
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