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Five of the Best Interiors BlogsNYC HIGH LINE BRINGS BIRDS TO THE CITY
Finally!! Houses birds actually want to live in!
-http://www.thehighline.org/
-Birdhouses for High Line
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September 30, 2011
SCRAP WOOD FURNITURE BY PIET HEIN EEK
Scrapwood furniture by Dutch designer, Piet Hein Eek:
- http://www.pietheineek.nl/en/collection/scrapwood
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August 06, 2011
HANDMADE PENCILS
French designer Ariane Prin has been working on a project called “From Here for Here” as a part of her master’s program at the Royal College of Art. This project produces pencils sustainably by using waste from various departments of the school with the goal of supplying drawing tools for students. Each pencil has a center filled with graphite from the glass department, and its body comprised of sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramic department, and flour from the cafeteria. Watch a video on how these pencils were made on DesignBoom
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July 10, 2011
UPCYCLED DENIM NECKLACE
Recycled jean fabric necklace by MAGICOVERACID
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July 02, 2011
DIY RUSSIA
Above: DIY wooden toy car
Above: DIY scarecrow
Above: DIY sleds
Above: DIY bird feeder
Above: DIY stool
Above: DIY bench
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June 21, 2011
MAGAZINE STOOL
Great way to save space and reuse/store old magazines:
- http://www.njustudio.com/index.php?/project/hockenheimer/
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June 15, 2011
AVOSKA - RUSSIAN NET BAG
Avoska, translated as “just in case” is a Russian net bag. Avoska collapses to fit inside your fist and expands to hold 12 grapefruits. It is easy to wash and boxes edges do not rip it’s threads. Best of all, it prevents plastic bags from gathering in your kitchen corner or the world’s landfills. With the popularization of plastic bags after the 90’s (after the fall of Soviet Union) avoska bags gradually went into disuse in Russia.
Above: Russia 1959. People carrying avoska bags. Photo: Carl Mydans.
Contemporary Russian folklore: Once upon a time in Russia there lived a simple little net bag - Avoska. Everyone loved her. People took her with them everywhere - to the store, farmers market and even birthdays. But then….plastic bags came and people forgot about Avoska. To see what happens next watch this really adorable 3 minute film on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/avoska
Above: Boy hugging avoska bag from short “Avoska” film (See above)
Read blog dedicated to Avoski: http://avoski.livejournal.com/
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June 07, 2011
THE PRICE OF CLEAN AIR
Illustration by Maayan Pearl and Emily Keegin.
Read article in Bloomberg Businessweek
May 30, 2011
MINIMAL AND SIMPLE: INVISIBLE FLOATING BOOKSHELVES
Space saving invisible bookshelves. Minimal and simple! Book on the bottom acts as support for every other book on top.
May 21, 2011
PALM REED
Palm reed (buri) is the matured leaf of the palm. It is a great material for hats, bags, slippers, window blinds, mats, brooms and baskets.
Carefully handcrafted baskets made of palm reed, leather, and metal designed by Brooklyn-based designer from Philippines, Stanley Ruiz.
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May 12, 2011
AVOCA JAR LAMP
Jar lamp by UpCycle. This lamp is made from re-using Avoca glass jar. A hole is drilled in the cap and a lamp fitting is offered through.
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May 11, 2011
DIY IDEA: PIPE SHELVING
Book shelves made of plumbing pipes:
http://www.the-brick-house.com/2009/09/shelving-unit.html
May 02, 2011
DIY PANTON CHAIR
DIY Panton Chair by Peter Jakubik incites users to make their own original fake famous chair designed by Verner Panton. All what you need is a picture of Panton chair, found log, DIY tools and passion for designer classics.
April 12, 2011
OLD CHUM
Great blog from Vancouver, BC - http://www.old-chum.com/
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POSTER
Wild Tigers Will be Extinct in 2022. Poster found on http://fourleafcloverblog.com
March 27, 2011
AUTUMN WORKSHOP
Autumn Workshop is a design and fabrication studio started by Brooklyn based designer Daniel Goers. The workshop designs products and furniture inspired by natural and found materials, often integrating plant and animal habitats. Autumn workshop lamps are now on display until May 11 at Saffron* flower shop(31 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY)
-http://www.autumn-workshop.com
*Saffron is a boutique flower, vintage and handcrafted goods shop in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. They regularly present work by local artists amongst an exciting assortment of exotic plants and handmade items.
March 20, 2011
FURNITURE REDESIGN BY NOAM TABENKIN
“The project deals with giving new life to damaged, out-of-use furniture. over the past year, I practiced furniture-healing through design. The cultural and personal history of each piece of damaged furniture served as a starting point for the treatment, which attempted to preserve each one of their stories. the intention was to explore with joy, the multiple personalities, and the defects that exist in old products, and to create a human and hybrid aesthetic language[...] I started exploring a visual language that deals with imperfections, and giving objects human-like gestures.” - Noam Tabenkin
Read more about noam Tabenkin’s furniture on Visual Syntex
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February 22, 2011
100 CHAIRS IN 100 DAYS
Gamper Martino has been collecting discarded old/broken chairs from London streets over a period of two years and then spending 100 days reconfiguring the design of each in an attempt to transform its character and function.
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February 05, 2011
LOG LOG LOG
Stump stools by the Cumulus Project.
(The wood for these three stools was harvested from a fallen maple tree)
“Log Stools” by Kevin Heisner.
P.S (It is better than bad it is good!)
January 15, 2011
UPCYCLED DENIM CHAIR
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January 04, 2011
MEET “VLADIMIR”, THE SHIPPING PALLET MIRROR
“Vladimir” or “Pallet Mirror” by Karl Zahn is made using two partially destroyed shipping pallets. “The scars on the lumber tell a story of its travels. While the form is reminiscent of old victorian french mirrors, its origin is far from gold leaf” -Karl Zahn
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December 19, 2010
CITICAR
The CitiCar was a small electric vehicle, first produced in United States in 1974 by a company Sebring-Vanguard partly in response to the mid-1970s fuel crisis. The CitiCar was a tiny golf cart sized car that could go at a top speed of about 39 mile per hour. At about 4,300 C-Car variants produced, it still holds the record for most road-legal electric cars made in automobile history.
December 17, 2010
DIY IDEA: TABLE FROM UPCYCLED PARQUET
Parquet Table by Bouf. Easy shipping and assembly. Good design but also great do-it-yourself idea…...
