Tin Can Lids by Jack Bresnahan

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New Designers 09: Northumbria University graduate Jack Bresnahan exhibited a series of biodegradable, plastic lids for turning used tin cans into household containers at graduate show New Designers in London last week. (more…)

Al Nasseem by X-Architects

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Dubai architecture firm X-Architects have unveiled their masterplan for a sustainable urban development in the center of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. (more…)

ATREEM by Nitipak Samsen

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Royal College of Art graduate Nitipak Samsen has designed a coin-operated carbon-offsetting meter that attaches to trees. (more…)

Christmas Tree Furniture by Fabien Cappello

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Royal College of Art graduate Fabien Cappello has created a collection of furniture from unwanted Christmas trees. (more…)

Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right

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Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. (more…)

Weaver’s Nest by Animal Farm

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Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an “organic lounger” made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder. (more…)

Sears Tower to install wind turbines – The Guardian

Dezeenwire: Sears Tower in Chicago is to undergo a $350 million green refit to “reduce the tower’s electricity use by 80% and save 24 million gallons of water a year”. The Guardian

Floating Garden by Benjamin Graindorge

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French designer Benjamin Graindorge has designed a garden that floats on the surface of a fishtank and uses fish waste as fertiliser. (more…)

Gummo offices by i29

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Dutch interior architects i29 have completed an office suite for an advertising agency using used furniture bought from online auction sites and charity shops. (more…)

AIDS

“AIDS” is a product born inside the meta-project Resign.Re Sign is “Re-use of signs”, a creative re-combination of signs embedded in waste..