Simple Wheelchairs Made From Reused Plastic Chairs Help Injured People in Rwanda
In order to make wheelchairs more accessible to people in developing countries, two designers are revamping common plastic chairs with a little bit of creative common sense. By affixing the widely...
View ArticleReTech’s Industrial-Inspired Lamps are Made from 95% Salvaged Materials
We love showcasing great designs made out of salvaged materials here at Inhabitat, like these striking recycled lamps from ReTech . Created out of an estimated 95 percent reused items , each piece is...
View ArticleVermont Will Become the First State to Outlaw Fracking
Wyoming Gas Drill Photo by Shutterstock Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is set to sign into law a bill that will make Vermont the first state to outlaw hydraulic fracturing , or fracking , the...
View ArticleTime To Stock Up! Planet Earth Has Less Water Than We Think!
As a child, you are told a lot of things about this great planet of ours. We are the third of nine planets in the Solar System (now eight and one dwarf planet), Mount Everest is the tallest mountain...
View ArticleTomasso Guerra Transforms Old Reflex Camera Into Adaptable Lamp
It may seem excessive to use a reflex camera to build a lamp, but Tomasso Guerra’s cool design looks so great, he’s forgiven. The Italy-based designer combined a recycled DSLR with a semi-flexible...
View ArticleWork Begins on BIG’s Waste to Energy Ski Slope Project in Copenhagen
Read the rest of Work Begins on BIG’s Waste to Energy Ski Slope Project in Copenhagen Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “sustainable architecture” , Amagerforbraendingen ,...
View ArticleBRC Designs’ Wingin’ It LED Floor Lamp is Made From Recycled Piano Keys
BRC Designs has a knack for creating furniture from recycled materials – and the studio’s latest project is a lamp made almost entirely from repurposed piano keys ! The Wingin’ It Floor Lamp is made...
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