Sea Bags
We spied one of these great totes a friend was carrying and he introduced us to Sea Bags, a small company in Maine that recycles sails and makes bags from them. The …
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Ikea PS 2006
2 1/2 years, 28 designers, 42 pieces: The challenge Ikea set forth– to produce socially and environmentally responsible products using simple (often reused, recycled, and repurposed) materials. By all accounts the designers …
Sonic Fabric
Sonic Fabric is Brooklyn-based artist Alyce Santoro's venture that weaves textiles from recycled audio cassette tapes recorded with sounds she considers sacred. The fabric emits a melange of sound when swiped with …
Sporting Green: RECYCL’art
Recycling cell phones is as easy as finding a designated drop box in one of hundreds of Whole Foods stores nationwide, but when it comes to athletic gear, re-use options are much …
Bicicleta Rug
Check out the Bicicleta Rug by Nanimarquina, two Barcelona based designers, Nani Marquina and Ariadna Miquel. The rug is hand loomed from rubber bicycle tubes. With a tag line like, "Recycle yourself. …
ICFF Preview: De Makers Van
Jeroen Verhoeven, Judith de Graauw and Joep Verhoeven started Studio De Makers Van after graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven (Netherlands). Their primary intent seems to be taking common materials and re-visualizing …
Creative Reuse
Eric Quebral deconstructed and reconstructed this Air Max 90 box to explore the vague concept of sneaker as landscape for a recent school project. His topographical model is of a proposed running …
Escama Pulltab Bags
Escama (Portuguese for fish scales) take pride in creating handmade bags in Brasília, Brazil from recylced materials. They are partnered with two women’s coopertives in Brazil (Cia do Lacre and 100 Dimensão) …
Freitag Star Tek
Stewart+Brown Bags
Waste not, want not… Check out these bags by Stewart+Brown made of surplus material from Patagonia. The one on the right is called Buzz Purse and the one on the left, Treescape …