A new creation by SMIT, Solar Ivy are solar panels arranged to resemble ivy growing on historic buildings. Besides adding a unique texture and aged grace to an otherwise bland facade, the thousands of panels capture sustainable solar energy to power the building. The way most solar energy works is the massive panels capture a […]

Famed American furniture company Herman Miller and industrial designer and Fuseproject founder Yves Behar have collaborated to create the latest in seating technology, the Sayl Chair. Two and a half years in the making, the chair’s groundbreaking design has broken the boundaries of what can be done with seating. Inspired by San Francisco’s iconic suspension […]

Having a stationary wind turbine standing on land or in water to generate clean energy is a matter of the past. It’s now time to witness a new source of energy from mobile wind turbines. Pope Design’s Mobile Wind Turbine is a unique turbine that can be transported and easily set up by one person. […]

Bringing a whole new meaning to green living, while trying to creatively find ways to reduce your carbon footprint, the Bamboocycle has it all. The body is constructed of bamboo, a material that Mexico City designer Diego Cardenas found to be most ecologically efficient. “Bamboo is a biodegradable & renewable resource that can be sustainably […]

Rattan has been touted as one of the greenest, most sustainable materials to work with due to its incredibly rapid growth rate. Along with bamboo, there are strong movements to introduce the eco-friendly material in all forms of industry, and Indonesian furniture designer Abie Abdillah has designed a damn beautiful chair made entirely from rattan. […]

Imagine walking out of the shower and feeling moss underneath your feet. Take a look around. You’re not in a forest. You’re actually in your own bathroom and stepping onto HoO Design’s new moss bath rug, Larosé. There is an obvious natural cycle: the rug, Larosé, collects the water as you step out of the […]

PG Bikes has just released the Blacktrail, a new electric bike in conjunction with UBC who are famed for their body work in Formula 1 racing. PG Bikes will only release 667 Blacktrails, each zero emission bicycle fully composed of carbon fiber, titanium, magnesium and aluminum. The bike can reach speeds of up to 100 […]

I blame Blade Runner, but for some reason I have an attraction to the simplicity and beauty…and ritual…of origami. Apparently, so does artist Yuliya Kyrpo. She crafted the elegant bustier gown above strictly out of newspaper — but not just any newpsaper, mind you, but from 1,000 paper cranes carefully hand-folded from old recycled Metro […]