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Vintage Circuit Boards Transformed Into Incredible Sculptures

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Wired We’ve seen our fair share of art made from circuit boards — even a Mona Lisa made of motherboards . But the sculptures by artist Theo Kamecke take the cake. Using the beauty often overlooked in patterns and colors of circuitry, he creates some gorgeous pieces worthy of galleries. And even though the raw material is very much man-made, Kamecke says it still conjures up the beauty we see in who… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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US Army Finds 3D Printing + Shipping Container = Instant Parts

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Clegg Industries 3D Printing is a great way to reduce inventory shipping costs and make good design accessible to anyone anywhere; PSFK writes that the US Army has been demonstrating the benefits for a couple of years. But there are not a lot of computerized machine tools and 3D printers in Afghanistan, so the Army ordered up the Mobile Parts Hospital , (MPH) with a computerized machine tool inside a shipping container sized box…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Peak Helium: Get Ready For The $100 Party Balloon

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Richard Heinberg is going to have to write a volume two for his book Peak Everything, because things keep getting added to the list that ranges now from petroleum to rock music to olive oil. Now we have two more to add to the list: Helium and Paint…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A New Guzzler Made of Glass and Grass by Bamboo Bottle Company

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

All pix: Bamboo Bootle Company Is this what people have been clamoring for? A refillable glass bottle, protected by a sheath of fast growing, renewable bamboo. When the scare over Bisphenol-A (BPA) in our drinking bottles was in full flight, folk were ditching their Nalgene BPA laden polycarbonate bottles in their droves. Camelbak offered their Tritan plastic. Many opted for

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Vintage Wine Barrels Refashioned As Flooring: Fontenay Woods

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images: Fontenay Woods From bottles to corks , there’s a dizzying array of possibilities when it comes to reusing wine-related products, and now you can add reclaimed wine barrels to the list. Though some companies shave off the top layers in an attempt to reuse barrels, the wine-making quality of such barrels is not always consistent. Afterward, at first glance these old barrels may not do much except hold some plants, but that’s why we like Fontenay Woods’ tasteful solution to reincarnate them as upscale flooring…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Week 52, Green Garbage Project Okay, “trash free” technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project : “Oddly enough, this has become enough of a talking piece that we’re unlikely to ever throw this stuff away.” After 52 weeks trying to live absolutely trash-free, the Korsts have inventoried the year’s “failures”. The f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Urchin Poufs are Hand-Knit by Dutch Designer

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image from flocks Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma is a bit of an obsessive personality. She is very very interested in “the products we consume and the materials they are made of”. To that end she spends years researching every aspect of the material that she is working with. These large and comfy looking poufs would be perfect for watching t.v. or a child’s room. They are hand-knit from New Zealand wool. The colour is vegetable dye: indigo, wauw, meekrap – all plants- and cochenille are added to the existing wool creating bright blue, yellow, red and pink…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Lace Collection, Matteria shows off the romantic side of eco-design

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Lace is back! A while ago Lloyd wrote about the California-based Eurolaces , believed to be the first company to offer 100% certified machine-made macramé style organic cotton lace trim for apparel or curtains. Now lace has become a theme amongst the eco-designers, and Matteria , who sell charming objects for living made as sustainable as possible have picked up on it. Check out the beautiful Lace Glasses and the gorgeous hand-made Lace Carpet…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Emerging Ghana wins Open Source House competition: Local, Modular & Efficient (Video)

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Last year, Enviu , known for the sustainable dance floor and club , launched the Open Source House project , a platform to share much needed sustainable and affordable housing solutions. The goal of their first competition, in which 3100 architects participated, was to design an affordable, flexible and sustainable house for people living in poor housing conditions in Ghana.

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Fibershed Project: The 150 Mile Wardrobe

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Fibershed Three years ago we covered The Hundred Mile Suit , where 92% of a man’s outfit was created from materials and production sourced from a radius of 100 miles. The project’s designer, Kelly Cobb, said at the time: “If we worked on it for a year and a half, I think we could have eliminated that 8 percent.” Now, the Fibershed Project is experimenting with the concept once more, and they seem to taken on board Kelly’s hint, for they’ve widen their scope to fibres sourced from within 150 miles, and given the project a one year time-frame. But w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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