Grow Some Balls…Eco Ball Chairs That Is!

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Paula Mitchell Bentley .

Who wouldn’t like a chair called “Let’s Grow Some Balls”? This cool design is by Doreen Westphal of Krejci. I love it’s two fold environmental aspects of being made from recycled plastic and housing plants. Another green aspect to the chair is that you don’t have to get rid of it when you tire of it’s style and design. Instead, you can just replant and give the chair an entirely different feel.

Recycled Skateboard Jet Set Lounge Chair

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

Skate Study House designed this lounge chair incorporating used skateboard decks and carries many other sun, surf, and sand inspired home decor products. Skate Study House strives to be eco-minded using second hand components, such as the skateboard decks and wheels, the final product is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The [...]

Lifecycle Designed Furniture From Toddler to Teen

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

YiAhn Bassinet is a design product from the mind of Min Kang. Originally planned for the birth of his son, Min wanted a piece of furniture that would grow with his child. “But as babies grow, they usually outgrow their bassinet in three months. After that time, it is a useless object and is [...]

Bath and Beyond Recycled Tub Chair

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

This upcycled find is yet another variation on a theme…find trash, reshape it, and sit on it. From Reddish Studio the Bath and Beyond chair is made from cutting an old tub in two, folding and riveting the arm rests in place, and adding some legs. This chair is of course half art, half concept, [...]

Upcycled Pallet Made Furniture By Studiomama

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

A few weeks ago we posted on pallet made disaster relief homes. We’ve found the perfect adornments for the pallet house (in terms of style and material anyway) with Nina Tolstrup and her Studiomama Pallet Furniture. Desinged for the “10, Ten, X Project” Nina uses simple pallets and screws as her base material. The [...]

Bilge Lounge - Reclaimed Barrel and Truck Springs

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

Uhuru, like the Shakers, believe “beauty rests on utility.” Their work aims towards sustainability, lasting appeal, and quality. The Bilge Lounge is a chair constructed from reclaimed bourbon barrels and the spring suspension leafs from used trucks. The barrels are used only once for aging, after being roasted to a brown hue to imbue [...]

Eco-Friendly Flexible Seating: The FlexibleLove

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Upgrade: $799

The FlexibleLove 16 seats one to sixteen people.  It uses an accordion like honeycomb structure to compact to a single chair or expand into an number of styles that can seat up to sixteen adults!  The FlexibleLove 16 is made entirely from recycled materials (post-consumer recycled paper and post-industrial recycled wood) [...]

Frank Gehry’s Wiggle Cardboard Furniture

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Upgrade: $498+

These reproductions from Frank Gehry’s Easy Edges furniture project (1969–73) are sturdy pieces made from recycled corrugated cardboard with lacquered side panels.  The Guggenheim reflects on Gehry’s furniture:
Gehry’s furniture designs are a “quick fix” of his architectural practice: their realization is relatively immediate and low cost, and they provide a satisfying smaller [...]

The Perfect Perch Portable Eco-friendly Seat

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Upgrade: $TBD

James Chu set out to design portable, cheap, lightweight and eco-friendly furniture, and he came up with the Perfect Perch.  The Perfect Perch is made out of of double-wall corrugated cardboard and covered in an eco-friendly UV varnish for water-resistance.  The Perch folds up flat or can be used as a bag, [...]

Bamboo Spring Chair by Modern Bamboo

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

Upgrade: $690

This modern beauty designed by Anthony Marschak is called the Spring Chair, because of the gentle rocking motion it gets from the strong, flexible and rapidly renewable bamboo.   It is features a non-toxic finish, plus, the design minimizes weight and material waste.  Contoured and tapered to fit the body this breath taking [...]