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- NewWood Composite Panels are Made From 100% Post-Industrial Wood and Plastic Waste Wed, 7 Mar 12, 11:58amElma, WA-based NewWood Manufacturing has developed an innovative line of composite building panels that are made of 50% recycled plastic and 50% recycled wood...
- Scientists Use Fungus Found in Blue Cheese to Make Self-Cleaning Plastic Tue, 6 Mar 12, 9:38amDish soap and sponges could be endangered species if a group of Swiss scientists have their way. Scientists have figured out a way to develop a self-cleaning plastic that, with the help of some special fungus, can eat spilled...
- Israeli Designer Talia Mukmel Makes Funky Objects from Earth, Flour, Sand and String Fri, 30 Dec 11, 1:05amInspired by the crafts and basic materials used by African tribes, Israeli designer Talia Mukmel created a series of the funky, bumpy containers seen above...
- Israel-Based Solskin Studio Creates Biodegradable Objects From Orange Skins Wed, 21 Dec 11, 5:00pmBorn in a Jewish-Arab village in Israel called Wahat-al-Salam, Ori Sonnenschein is an optimistic young designer who loves experimenting with everyday objects...
- Estres Studio’s Elegant Beo Lamp is Made From Renewable Materials Without Glue or Screws Wed, 26 Oct 11, 5:37amSpain-based Estres Studio‘s Beo Lamp is a hanging pendant light made from various natural materials that are nested together without using screws or glue...
- Furniture and More Made from Recycled Paper and Bovine Waste! Fri, 21 Oct 11, 7:56amWith the ability to be transformed into furniture, signage, displays and more, Ecor is an amazing moldable material made from recycled cardboard, old newsprint, and a variety of fibers, including those collected from cow...
- New Material Made From Recycled Glass Cleans Up Polluted Groundwater Tue, 20 Sep 11, 3:10amEven though you might send all your used glass containers to the recycling center, only a fraction of them actually get remade into glass. A lot of glass gets shipped to China for processing and ends up being hard filler...
- New CO2 Sand Bricks are 2.5 Times Stronger than Concrete Thu, 11 Aug 11, 5:06amJapanese construction and design firm TIS & Partners has just unveiled a strong and surprisingly low-tech brick that can be rapidly produced in disaster areas, and applied to the quick construction of long lasting shelter...
- Researchers Transform Girl Scout Cookies Into Graphene Super Material Tue, 9 Aug 11, 8:15amWhen it comes to next-gen super materials, graphene is incredible stuff – it can be six times lighter than steel, two times harder, and 10 times stronger in terms of tensile strength – and now researchers at Rice...
- PHOTOS: The Best Green Designs at London’s Royal College of Art Graduate Show Wed, 13 Jul 11, 5:08amRead the rest of PHOTOS: The Best Green Designs at London’s Royal College of Art Graduate Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", Art, biodegradable materials, british design,...
- PHOTOS: The Best Green Designs at London’s Central St. Martins’ Graduate Show Sat, 9 Jul 11, 4:06amRead the rest of PHOTOS: The Best Green Designs at London’s Central St. Martins’ Graduate Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", Art, beehive, biodegradable materials,...
- London’s Striking Modern Tourist Information Centre Harvests Rainwater and Geothermal Energy Tue, 5 Jul 11, 3:00pmRead the rest of London’s Striking Modern Tourist Information Centre Harvests Rainwater and Geothermal Energy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, artificial lightning sensors, Daylighting,...
- Cute and Colorful Lamp Shades Upcycle Plastic Bags and Sawdust Tue, 28 Jun 11, 3:00amKulla Design Studio’s eco-friendly lamps are an adorable set that appear to the eye like a blend of bold and colorful pressed potpourri. The collection, called “50% Sawdust”, feature collaged shades that are made from...
- World’s First 3D-Printed Bikini Unveiled Wed, 8 Jun 11, 4:30amFuturistic designer Continuum Fashion and 3D printing experts Shapeways have teamed up to bring you the world’s first commercially available 3D-printed bikini...
- RISD Students Use Recyclable Composites to Create Mind-Bending Furnishings Sat, 28 May 11, 3:35amRead the rest of RISD Students Use Recyclable Composites to Create Mind-Bending Furnishings Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", Eun Sang Ernie Lee, Fu Lei Zhi, ICFF, icff 2011, Jiwon...