stove top clock (materials: old stove parts, clock mechanism)
Designer: Gurit Magen @ Juck+ion
We dump them as junk, the designer give them a second chance. A unique piece is created with a pinch of humour and we start thinking about this everyday object. Designer Gurit Magen @ junk+ion gives us a complete lesson in how to recycle anything and everything!
Designers: Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung @ Sub-Studio
I have fallen in love with these gorgeous golden hinges! ? !
In fact with these products I would suggest you can mend your relationships! I am saying – a lot hinges on how and what you say with these products.
Give or send it to someone.
Am I making sense? Are not these hinges?
No!
Make a guess!
Material – these are made of …
I can’t tell you that. Well I gave you a lot of hints… click continue reading when you have guessed.
Designer: @ DUMDUM
lamps made of mineral bottles
This post is salutation to those designers who create stunning designs out of day today waste and other small little things to inspire me!
What is day today life made of?
A lot of waste occupy space in everyday life in form of plastic and omg! – newspapers (I am always accused of keeping newspapers till ‘the newspaper pillar’ touches the roof!!); so I am happy to discover these designers.
And a little greenery and small buttons also cheer me up!
handmade handbag @ Nahui Ollin
Nahui Ollin is a collection of unique and fashionable handbags and accessories made from recycled materials – by specially folding and weaving candy wrappers, gum wrappers and soda bottle labels–together to create the various beautiful shapes and sizes
ALL materials are factory rejects from independent manufactures and have never been used. These same materials were certain to be sent to a land fill or garbage dump only to pollute the earth more!
Architect-Designer: Charles kaisin
chair made of newspaper
Designer: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec @ Teracrea
Treille is a system of cylindrical vases, horizontally aligned and connected by nylon belts and height-adjustable painted stainless steel tutors. A stair set can be created, made of three containers, to hang from the ceiling or from a wall.
Can be kept inside as well as outside.
Button tray & bowl @ greener grass design
When sewn and knotted together these simple buttons make interesting design!
(Designer: Groovy @ artgallery18)
An outdated telephone handset (exception: still very much in use in India) recycled into a lovely single-flower vase. The vase is water sealed and cut on an angle.
Material: Recycled plastic telephone handset
This Earth Day I want to share, communicate, say and salute quite a few things!
And when I start posting with a plastic vase I do not just mean recycling. I want to say something else!
Stay tuned and please keep coming back!!
(I am going to do many posts today!)
hut carved of a raw coconut
Designers: @ Vibrant Nature
Vibrant Nature manufactures all types of handcrafted products made of natural fibers like Banana Fiber, Sisal Fiber, Screwpine, Palm, Talipot, Kora Grass, Coco Fibers, coconut shell and raw coconut etc.
Their creative input brings forth some very innovative products:
These pieces are made by carving a single raw coconut – ?
Ganesha
Vibrant Nature works in close association with hundreds of established artisans, cooperative societies, Women Groups with traditional talents and experience in their respective fields and village community.
These products are made of coconut shell – ?
cup
spoon
pickle jar
small box (kumkum daan)
locket
tea-set
See more of their products made of natural materials @ flickr here.
shopping bag
Designer: Mårten Lindquist @ Plenty Design
For some stiff upper neck freedom!
Wear your formality on your bag!
Tie-recycling! A shopping-bag by Plenty in collaboration with Beyond Retro Stockholm.
shower curtain
For those who are excellent bathroom singers but have problems with memory!
The one who can’t remember even one full song!
“Singing in the Rain” shower curtain. (Though I think it is a bit romantic…)
doormat
Again something for forgetfulness and mostly for paranoia!
The doormat ‘Reminder’ says:
KEYS, WALLET, MOBILE PHONE.
The second one says: IRON, STOVE, WINDOW.
Put inside the door and don’t forget to look down. Or better put on the door itself!
(Don’t you worry- you are not alone -happens with all of us many a times!)
wallpaper
And at last if you are the cheating kind and the kind who feels guilty too!
This wallpaper ‘Glance’ is for you.
Watching eyes to make you constantly nervous!
For more of this Stockholm based designer Mårten Lindquist’s simple, fun creations go here.
