The Ubiquitous Plastic Chair Gets a Makeover
If one recycled plastic bottle can light a 60-watt bulb for up to six hours, 19 bottles can make the fibre for a standard pillow and 25 bottles an adult fleece jacket, imagine what 111 can do. If you’re the The Coca-Cola Company and Emeco, they can make a stylish chair.
Seeds of Love
My Gold Heart makes accessories with a conscience, believing it is time for a paradigm shift because fear is an antiquated energy and that we are ready to welcome global love in a compassionate world
Earlier this year, US President Barack Obama and Mrs Obama acquired two chandeliers for their new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Apart from the fact that they paid for them personally rather than using the White House budget, two things set them apart; they come all the way from the tiny Overberg town of
Barrydale, and they’re made almost entirely from ‘junk’.
Every year, Carrol Boyes celebrates innovative design in The Carrol Boyes Metal
New Designer Search. The 2009 leg, themed ‘Fruitful – Design beyond the bowl’,
saw artistic creativity, design and African inspiration unite.
Design with a re-purpose. By As lam Mahommed from Black Chilli Design
It’s been interesting to watch the press releases
from motor manufacturers dropping into my
inbox of late. Almost every week, another car
company tells me how its latest technology is
a little more eco-friendly or green than their
previous efforts – or those of the competition.
In an attempt to “counter mass superficiality
and ecological absurdity”, Foldschool offers
an innovative selection of children’s furniture.
With three preceding generations of master
craftsmen, sculptors, artists and boat builders,
it may seem less than surprising that Grant
and Craig Bramwell work with wood today.
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