Posts Tagged ‘upcycled’
Show Stopping Furniture Made From Vintage Aircraft Parts
Posted by: notbeige on: September 2, 2009
MotoArt is the brainchild of Donovan Fell III, who, inspired by his childhood fascination with aircraft, creates these amazing conversation pieces which are more like sculpture than furniture. It all began with a pile of rusty, dented B-17 propellers he happened to intercept on the way to the scrapyard .
via Core77
Stylish Pieces From Reclaimed Office Furniture
Posted by: notbeige on: August 16, 2009
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London based furniture designer Naomi Dean, who was awarded the Young Furniture Designer Of The Year award in 2005, diverts old office furniture from landfill to make her Spin Tables and Tiny Footprint Desks. Her sleek and functional pieces incorporate design details such as cable tidies that allow a laptop to charge while the desk is [...]
DIY Bowl From A Repurposed Foreclosure Sign
Posted by: notbeige on: August 15, 2009
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Make your own bowl from a ‘for sale’ sign (plenty of ‘em about in the current financial climate ), or any other kind of sheet metal sign for that matter – tutorial at Instructables. I love repurposed metal signage
Via Craftzine
Repurposed Skateboard Stools From Deckstools
Posted by: notbeige on: August 14, 2009
Deckstools are made by Jason Podlaski from broken skateboard decks, harvested from the streets of Philadelphia. Each stool is unique, and Jason can also make custom stools from customers’ own decks.
Via Inhabitat
SIE43 Chair by Pawel Grunert
Posted by: notbeige on: August 14, 2009
Pawel Grunert’s SIE43 chair is made from PET bottles on a stainless steel frame. The bottles can be replaced if and when they begin to show signs of wear or damage. The chair was designed for ‘Eco Trans Pop’ exhibition of ecological design at the Colombari Gallery in Milan, Italy.
Via Contemporist
Artecnica Recycled Billboard Bags
Posted by: notbeige on: August 13, 2009
This ingenius shoulder bag design is from The Billboard Collection by Artecnica – a range of products made from recycled large format billboards by advertising agency TBWA.
The range also includes cases in three sizes made from natural cork and lined with billboard ads.
Via Designboom
Amazing Handmade And Repurposed Living Room On A Budget
Posted by: notbeige on: August 13, 2009
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I was very pleased when Ian Cremona contacted me with a link to a post about his living room, which he has furnished with handmade furniture made from repurposed wood pallets. I have to admit I just love it when people do this – I’ve just moved house and am trying to furnish and decorate on almost zero budget [...]
Recycled Bic Pen Daisy Vase
Posted by: notbeige on: July 26, 2009
A brilliant bit of recycling – love it.
via Lionhug
Levi’s Re-used Jeans Shoes
Posted by: notbeige on: June 9, 2009
Yay, it looks like Levi’s are getting in on the repurposing act with their Re-used Jeans Shoes, part of the Red Tab Collection. They are made from ‘authentic pre-loved Levi’s jeans’, and each pair is unique, retaining many of the features of the original jeans such as the yellow stitching, coin pockets, belt loops and [...]
Repurposing Roundup: Cardboard Furniture
Posted by: notbeige on: June 6, 2009
Just some of the many creative ways cardboard is being used to make eco-friendly furniture.
Bloxes (via Metaefficient)
Diseno Cartonero Range by Santiago Morahan (via Inhabitat)
The Cartonnistes: Check out the Instructables tutorial (Via Apartment Therapy)
Fluted Cardboard Furniture by Giles Miller (via Inhabitat)
Speech Bubble Table by Leo Kempf (via Green Diary)
Cardboard Furniture by Miss Julia (via MocoLoco)
Wiggle Chair [...]
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