Clever Recycled Furniture Made from Undesirable Materials

The green movement has helped guide some great designers to create amazing new products from materials that already exist by sourcing supplies from consumer trash . New York City-based furniture designer Chris Rucker gets right to the heart of the issue by addressing reasons why, in modern culture, trash is considered trash in the first place. Rucker uses materials such as plastic laminates, oriented-strand-board, and construction sheathing combined with quality construction methods to showcase a revolutionary and desirable aesthetic

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Brilliant Potus Pot Recycled Bulb Vase For Sale on Ebay!

Out with the incandescent and in with the energy-efficient! With incandescent bulbs getting banned and generally kicked to the curb all around the globe , it raises the issue of what to do with all of those old glass bulbs.

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LIVE LAMP is a Plant-Studded Sphere of Light

Fluorescent lights might not be your first choice for ambient outdoor lighting this summer, but the LIVE LAMP transforms that unenchanting frigid glow into a beautiful globe radiating with life. Designed by Kara Bartlet for the Summer 2010 to(HOLD) line, this otherworldly piece is a glowing glass orb patterned with eighty living Fuschii V Gracillis Tillandsia air plants

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The Lamboo Solar Studio is a Curvy Eco Home Built from Bamboo

The Lamboo Studio Project is a small solar powered studio that uses a radical S-shaped roof system to help keep the home cool in the summer and warm in the winter - all made possible by bamboo grass. The unique standing seam metal roof also has built-in solar electric panels . The home’s appealing design is aesthetically pleasing as well as practical – it saves energy and provides generous daylight . Read the rest of The Lamboo Solar Studio is a Curvy Eco Home Built from Bamboo http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bamboo beams , bamboo building , Bamboo House , bamboo joists , bamboo prefab , bamboo structure , bamboo studio , Lamboo I-joist , lamboo structure , Renewable building materials , solar studio

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BMW Reveals First Details About Its Electric Car

Luxury car fans, start your engines — BMW’s very first electric vehicle is on its way.

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Eco Friendly Whiteboard Paint Turns Any Wall Into an Artistic Canvas

Turn any blank wall or smooth surface into a white board thanks to Idea Paint ’s new line of Tabrasa water based paint! The paint was on display at MDC Wallcovering ’s booth at this year’s NeoCon World’s Trade Fair in Chicago. The water-based paint only requires a single coat application, comes in five different colors, and has a 10 year warranty. The paint was designed for a number of environments including offices, schools, meeting centers, and hospitals, but we’re personally excited about its applications at home! + Tabrasa Dry-Erase Paint + NeoCon 2010 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: green interiors , green materials , inhabitat , Marker Board , neocon , sustainable building materials , Sustainable Interiors , Sustainable Paint , White Board

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Egg Cartons Recycled into Awesome Office Lamps

We recently brought you a stylish set of furniture inspired by egg cartons — now comes the complementary lighting, courtesy of designer Victor Vetterlein ! Vetterlein’s ‘Trash Me’ lamps reflect upon the wasteful nature of our society by taking trash and returning it to a useful life.

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Banquito Cardboard Stool is 100% Recyclable and Perfect for Parties

Here’s a fun little seating unit brought to you by Buenos Aires-based Georgina Pizzabiocche .

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A Tree-Shaped Shelf Made for Bookworms of All Ages

We were absolutely enamored when we spotted this delightful tree shaped bookshelf by designer Shawn Soh at this year’s ICFF . Appropriately named the “ Tree Bookshelf ,” Soh sets up several loving tree branches for kids and adults to stack up their most treasured literature

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A Chair that Welcomes Plants and Insects Into Your Home

This new set of chairs by Analog Media Lab is more than just a nouveau ant farm , or an atrium fused with antique seating. Chair I: Rococo Armchair Retrofit and Chair II: Ghost Chair Retrofit are part of an experimental series created by a group of designers set on exploring the interface between human and insect life . By bringing nature into the home, particularly with domesticated insects (e.g

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