Tag Archive | "recycling"
Most Beautiful and Devastating Snapshots of Slums
One billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – now live in slums, and it is predicted that the number of slum dwellers will double within the next quarter of a century. Such statistics are as staggering as they are sobering. Yet beneath the shacks and lean-tos of corrugated metal, plywood and plastic sheets, communities thrive and individuals meet the daily challenges their lives throw up at them.
Continue reading...The Science of Industrial Symbiosis
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
What we are about to present is called industrial symbiosis. It’s an application of the broad emerging field of industrial ecology, a hybrid of technological, Earth, economical and social sciences aimed at sustainable development and efficiency. At its core lies the biological analogy according to which facilities related to industry are regarded as inherent or embedded in the ecosystem.
Continue reading...Underwear Made From Soda Cans
Friday, November 7, 2008
There’s recycling and then there’s recycling madness. Designer Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch has a penchant for using almost anything she can get her hands on. From a young age she would visit hardware shops with her dad and since has always found some way of combing unlikely materials into usable pieces.
Continue reading...The Recycled Newspaper Bench
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
An ambitious French furniture designer has taken an unusual approach to using recycled materials in his work, and with great effect. Oscar Lhermitte, a young designer studying at London’s Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, has fashioned a way to use some of the thousands of [...]
Continue reading...Welcome to the Village Underground
Monday, October 6, 2008
Imagine taking the subway (or underground, as it's known in London) to work to arrive in an office converted from a subway car perched upon huge Victorian arches with views rivaling those of top executives. The Village Underground project in the Shoreditch area of London is where this can happen for lucky artists who acquire studio space within the recycled cars.
Continue reading...Tsunami Hits New York City
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
What do you normally do with all the empty bottles, old clothes, and worn out shoes that pile up over the course of your life? If you’re like most people, they probably get thrown in the garbage to be shipped to a place far away. If you’re a little more ecologically minded, they get recycled or donated to charity. If you’re Jean Shin, they get converted into works of art.
Continue reading...Amazing House Created Entirely from Plastic Bottles
Friday, September 26, 2008
It’s no secret that our obsession with plastic bottles is turning into a bit of an environmental crisis, and no wonder, in the US alone 70 million bottles are purchased every day yet only a measly 10 million are recycled. So it’s good to see someone doing something useful with the bottles instead of adding them to giant mounds of garbage threatening to suffocate the planet.
Continue reading...How to Create Art from Recycled Books
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It’s always inspiring to see how artists recycle everyday objects, reinventing them as something entirely different. Check out these amazing lamps made from second-hand books by talented young designer, Laura Cahill. Using a band saw to carve the books, Laura then wraps them around test tubes to form flower vases.
Continue reading...Recycled Hubcap Creatures: From Scary Dragons to Beautiful Fish
Friday, May 16, 2008
For most of us, hubcaps exist only as parts of our cars, but for some, they form the creative basis of art. Ptolemy Elrington is one of those people. We met him last weekend at London Aware 08 and we were fascinated by his incredible sculptures. He [...]
Continue reading...Stunning Shredded Paper Furniture: Recycling Takes A Leap
Friday, May 9, 2008
Image from Jenspraet.com I’m a bit of an artsy sort: the furniture in my apartment, the art on the walls, heck, the apartment itself, all have a feel that I wanted to intentionally surround myself with, and that feel is “creative.” It’s part of the reason why I [...]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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