I’ve got some friends (I’m looking in your direction, Elf) for who this “Life After Corkage” Bar Stool and Ottoman would be a dream come true. Not only are you encouraged to drink wine on them (they are bar stools, after all), but then every cork you dispense with you upcycle, and fill up your […]

In order to make people think about the pervasiveness of industrial waste, Chinese designer Jamy Yang created the above Jiujie Chair for American furniture maker Steelcase. Yang invented the eco-plastic used in the chair in 2010, and with it wove a sort of nest around the frame of the chair — which when you sit […]

SeasideSew is an Etsy designer who strives for quality products with simple design. These water resistant cases are hand made to protect all your various gadgets — iPhone, iPod, iPad, Kindle, Palm, Blackberry etc. The 100% designer cotton cases are fully lined in high-end Kona Cotton and feature eco friendly bamboo padding, and come in […]

For those of you who’re deeply attached to your bicycles and wish to have them by your side at all times, these Bike Tread Belts will be a constant reminder of your 2-wheeled love affairs. Hand made in Portland, Oregon, the sustainable belts are constructed of recycled bicycle tires of different sorts — everything from […]

Droog furniture has found a way to re-use fallen trees. Swiss designer for the company Jurgen Bey has come up with this genius sustainable concept: the Tree Trunk Bench. By adding vintage bronze chair backs to the trunk the tree is converted into a modern seating arrangement. For those who wish to go green with […]

The Sol Cinema is a project funded by the media arts charity Undercurrents, an experiment in new ways to appreciate film while still being eco-savvy. Created from a vintage 1960’s two-berth caravan and completely powered by the sun, he idea behind the non-profit theater was to create awareness of environmental issues. The Sol Cinema has […]

Obviously the plastic problem in the world’s oceans is an immense issue — that Texas-sized “floating island” of plastic in the middle of the Pacific is no myth. It’s a gigantic polyethylene polymer middle finger to Earth, and we just keep making more plastic — cos Gatorade Arctic Freez is so damn delicious! Electrolux is […]

Here one man’s trash is truly another mans treasure. After trying to come up with a creative way to find seating for a close friend’s wedding, Adrian Johnson merged two found treasures into one luxurious couch. Roaming the dump for something to inspire him, Johnson came across a a vintage BMW two-door coupe which happened […]