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Probably I have too many totebags as it is, and maybe you do,... 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Probably I have too many totebags as it is, and maybe you do, too. But this is one is pretty clever: The smart design of Notabag turns a tote—cotton or polyester—into a backpack with a quick pull on ...
Taiwan-based design firm Y Studio has taken old, defunct... 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Taiwan-based design firm Y Studio has taken old, defunct cameras and reused them as lampshades in a series of upcycled lighting called Reborn. (via Cameras Reborn as Lighting by Y Studio - Design Mil...
New Zeland graduate and designer daniel mclaughlin, has... 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
New Zeland graduate and designer daniel mclaughlin, has implemented the research and exploration gathered from ‘biowool’, his thesis project at the RCA in london into ‘terracase’, a hard shell suitcas...
People don’t recycle things that look like trash | Ars Technica 25 Aug 2013 | 07:39 pm
People don’t recycle things that look like trash | Ars Technica: A new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research attempts to explain why our recycling habit isn’t as ingrained as we might l...
Earth Overshoot Day happened this past week. :( Happy Earth... 25 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
Earth Overshoot Day happened this past week. :( Happy Earth Overshoot Day! Except, well, we don’t much feel like celebrating. That’s because Earth Overshoot Day is the day each year when we’ve cons...
Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell - NYTimes.com 24 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
Trash Into Gas, Efficiently? An Army Test May Tell - NYTimes.com: THERE is an indisputable elegance to the idea of transforming garbage into fuel, of turning icky, smelly detritus into something valu...
Using paint, markers and clear packing tape artist Francisco de... 24 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
Using paint, markers and clear packing tape artist Francisco de Pájaro aka Art is Trash transforms piles of garbage left out in the streets into bizarre looking creatures. In London for the summer, F...
Okay, I admit that this is quite the opposite of a feel-good... 24 Aug 2013 | 01:19 am
Okay, I admit that this is quite the opposite of a feel-good sendoff to the weekend: This six minute video on the subject of “overconsumption” is haunting and disturbing and might just make you want ...
Berlin based street artist, Brad Downey is known for creating... 21 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Berlin based street artist, Brad Downey is known for creating unique installations in public spaces using found objects in unconventional ways. In his most recent installation, ‘Fountain,’ Downey re-i...
Slate-ish gives you the look of actual slate but it’s made from... 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Slate-ish gives you the look of actual slate but it’s made from recycled and reclaimed scraps of paper-laminate materials. They take scraps from countertop manufacturers around the United States and ...
