Stylish electric bike concept wears aggressive looks

Eco Factor: Electric motorcycle concept with shared battery system. Fierce, massive, rugged and aggressive are words synonymous with the “Big Battery naked se”. Brainchild of Italian designer Paolo De Giust, this stunning bike concept is a perfect green vehicle you ever wished for.

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Primate’s Progress: Solar-powered mower made from recycled parts

Eco Factor: Solar-powered mower fabricated from recycled parts. Until now, we have seen many solar-powered lawn mowers, but none like this one.

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Tokujin Yoshioka Debuts Shape-Shifting, Recycled Aluminum Chair at Milan

The international design community has been buzzing about Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s new shape-shifting chair, due to debut in Milan Design Fair this week.  Made of recycled aluminum, the amorphic chair, called “Memory,” squishes into a new shape every time someone sits in it. Yoshioka designed the futuristic-looking piece of furniture for Italian brand, Moroso , and it is certainly an attention grabber! To create Memory, or “chair without a shape,” Yoshioka made a special fabric from recycled aluminum

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Japanese Designer Grows Chandelier Out Of Crystal

We’ve covered Tokujin Yoshioka’s clever furniture before, and now the Japanese designer has unveiled yet another ’slow furniture’ piece in anticipation for this year’s upcoming Milan Furniture Fair in April.

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Tatum’s Lounge: A Chair Upcycled from Old Piano Parts!

Constructed of salvaged piano keys, Designer Andrew Rumpler’s latest project repurposes the ivories to compose – a chair! Named in honor of 1940s stride pianist Arthur Tatum, the lounge marries concept and function to get its name—a play on words derived not only from the “lounge” style chair, but also the Harlem venues Tatum frequented as a pianist. Read the rest of Tatum’s Lounge: A Chair Upcycled from Old Piano Parts! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “green furniture” , andrew rumpler , eco design , green design , piano parts , recycled furniture , repurposed , sustainable design , tatum’s lounge , upcycled

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BMW Sequence GT all-electric concept features swappable batteries

Eco Factor: Zero-emission concept car powered by electric motors.

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Kyosemi Corporation debuts Sphelar solar cells for energy harvesting windows

Eco Factor: Solar cells to capture sunlight from any direction or angle. Kyosemi Corporation has unveiled tiny spherical solar cells that can be used to create energy harvesting windows in the not-so-distant future

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Bloomingdale’s Earth Month Boutiques, Big Brown Bag Goes Green, Surf’s Up for Loomstate

Credit: Bloomingdale’s Bloomingdale ’s has a surprise in store for shoppers this Earth Month ; beginning April 1 through April 22, Little Green Boutiques will pop up in department stores across the country. The shops-within-a-shop will carry exclusive merchandise, including reusable tote bag, pictured above; sustainable umbrellas; and water bottles, with 10% of proceeds benefitting the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ). EXCLUSIVE: Rumor has it that Designer

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Local Designer Spotlight: Snoozer Loser’s Sonia Tay Talks Sustainability, Spring 2010 Photos

Snoozer Loser Spring 2010 collection. Credit: Snoozer Loser New York-based Snoozer Loser has been creating made-to-order clothing since 2005 when Sonia Tay launched its first collection out of an art collective, of the same name

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The Future of Cargo on Bikes (and the Present, Too!)

Travoy trailer with attachments on a bike – photo credit Burley @ flickr . For a long while now, bike manufacturers have as a general rule chased the sporty side of the bicycle market – mountain, road and racing bikers – and concentrated less on the “slower” urban cycling market. That’s because, according to product designer Mark Sanders , bicycles haven’t been considered a consumer product.

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