When Julianna Astrid posted about the DIY coffee shop that her dad, Ed, built in his backyard, her social media blew up with supportive comments. The impressive backyard cafe uses only repurposed construction materials,...
A tale of determination, exploration and sustainability, architects Guylee Simmonds and David Schnabel are taking the trip of a lifetime on a repurposed, retired Arctic lifeboat.[...]
In a creative project that will appease both advocates of recycling and lovers of food and drink, the designers at I IN used a corrugated metal shipping container to create the Schmatz Beer Stand in Tokyo, Japan.[...]
This neglected old barn in Norway will soon host visitors from all around the world, thanks to a recent makeover helmed by architecture studio OPA Form...
Deep space missions in the future will take humanity farther and farther away from Earth. Last year NASA chose six United States companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes as part of the Next Space Technologies for...
Hello Inhabitat team, We are Erika and Maria, the founders of Be-elastic. We just launched our first big project, SNAP, which we want to share with you. Our lives are continuously and rapidly changing. Today few things last...
Back in November, Levi Strauss teamed up with the San Francisco 49ers to collect unwanted used jeans to donate to Goodwill. Before the jeans were donated, however, the partnership called in Bay Area artist Hannah Stizer...
Big box retailers like IKEA profit from selling new furniture, so many were surprised to see the Swedish home furnishings giant encourage people to buy used furniture during a recent ad campaign...
Books are more than just containers for information and stories – they’re also an amazing resource for artists looking for a new creative medium...
Read the rest of INTERVIEW: We Talk to Iwastology About Their Waste and Consumption Education Curriculum Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Alex Pritz, Arcie Mallari, canada, Christian Elliot, eco-friendly,...
Read the rest of Makeshift Magazine Launch Celebrates Innovative Design in Unlikely Places Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: A Journal of Creativity, adaptive reuse, Africa, asia, developing world,...
It’s a well-known fact that the rapid pace of technological progress results in a tremendous amount of outdated computers, TV’s and other electronics, so we love to see creative solutions for repurposing e-waste...
We’ve had so many factories shut down in the US over the past few decades that we just didn’t know what to do with them. Well, now someone does. President Obama was in Youngstown, Ohio yesterday at the V&M Star —...
Confession time: I am sort of a journal fiend. I feel incomplete leaving the house without some sort of notebook for jotting down ideas. It’s fun to buy a journal, but my inner crafter sometimes wishes I’d get...
Do your old shoes need a serious facelift? With fall starting, you may be tempted to toss your tired treads and splurge on some brand new ones – but wait! Before you go out and spend any money, check out our 7 simple...
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