What do you get when you try to solve a neighborhood problem from an industrial design perspective? Designer Shelton Davis did just that and came up with an amazing repurposed chair built from pallet wood that otherwise would have headed for the landfill.
I'm in the market for a new desk lamp, and these lamps from Breeze Block caught my eye last week while I was browsing Etsy. Now, I fear I am becoming a bit of a repurposing cynic after looking for recycled products day in and day out, but I like these lamps.
Interrobang collects seatbelts from junked cars at wrecking yards and from car parts recycling centers and stitches them into bags, wallets and laptop cases. Amazingly durable, but with a sleek, modern look, these accessories will last you a long time and keep your goods safe. As Interrobang puts it: "You trust your seatbelt with your life, and now you can trust it with your laptop!"
Ever found that you drink a little too much on holidays? Now you can sleep it off inside of a wine cask in these repurposed 14,500 litre casks turned into hotel rooms. The Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in the Netherlands offers you the opportunity to choose from one of their four upcycled rooms that are amazingly comfortable looking considering their start in life.
Laurent Corio designed this new take on an old piece of furniture. The trestle legs, reminiscent of a saw horse, give this old table a whole new aura. As an antique fanatic (maybe a strange pastime for a 28 year old male) I see mountains of decent furniture that just looks tired and lacks that [...]
Sometimes, at the end of a long week your poor feet just need some love. Rather than hitting up the big box store for something to pamper your sore feet, give this easy peasey sugar scrub recipe a whirl! Sugar scrubs are a really simple bath product to make, and you can keep some trash [...]
Ting London knows how to use belts! Artists and designers are powerful forces towards innovative and sustainable concepts and founder Inghua Ting has created a ballin’ set of products with this in mind.
Dallas welder and furniture maker Joel Hester is breathing new life into our American car culture with his line of tables made from the sheetmetal hoods of junkyard cars. The colorful rusted hoods will make a big visual impact in any home, and with some of the materials being repurposed and upcycled, you can feel [...]
The soles of these sandals are constructed from the colorful plywood of used skateboard decks. The curve naturally found in skateboard deck design plays perfectly into the sweeping shape of women’s sandals. RePly is a concept developed by Kris Lovett to take “a movement-based leisure product mainly utilized by males, a creative method of [...]
Sergio Silva uses reclaimed incandescent light bulbs to create that which they were meant to replace, or to “send the bulbs back in time.” The Oyule lamps (sound it out) are gutted and filled with paraffin fuel, a magnet is also placed in the bottom of the bulb so that it will be secured [...]
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