(TrendHunter.com) While most of us are thinking of elaborate retail design concept, Ksubi opted for a much simpler, cheaper and earth-friendly shop concept. The cardboard collectors of the Australian fashion label were downright serious when they decided to build The Bombed Mache.
“The Bombed Mache” is Ksubi’s own …
(TrendHunter.com) Architect Julien de Smedt may have had the preservation of rapidly disappearing icebergs in mind when designing this funky, aesthetically-pleasing development. The Iceberg housing project won a competition to build a complex at the Aarhus docklands development in Denmark. Architects Julien de Smedt …
(TrendHunter.com) Forget about light bulbs and brace yourself for exciting interior decor designs. After the recent breakthrough of light-emitting wallpaper, we have the world’s first active light-emitting glass by Saazs.
Saaz uses planilum technology to create this innovative glass which can be incorporated into sh…
(TrendHunter.com) Those plastic orange construction fences are brightly coloured because they are meant to catch your attention. Alas, they are also easily spotted as litter in fields and construction sites. Fortunately, some of it has been recycled to become ORNJ bags, really handy totes designed by Detroit based ar…
(TrendHunter.com) Functional art by This Into That includes bookshelves and cases made of, well, old books. They’re handcrafted by Jim Rosenau who was raised in a house with about 5,000 books. His thematic book furniture idea came after reading an essay called “Books as Furniture†by Nicholson Baker. Some of hi…
(TrendHunter.com) This is further proof that sustainability does not have to look boring, drab and pedestrian. Australia-based brand Aesop, which specializes in boutique botanical skincare products, built a retail store in Adelaide that has a ceiling crafted entirely out of recycled bottles arranged in a funky wave p…
(TrendHunter.com) Castor Canadensis, a group of Canadian craftsmen and artists, has a solution for all those defunct tubular fluorescent tubes. They merged several together around some incandescent light-bulbs to form what they’ve called a Recycled Tube Light.
It is a great way to reuse these old lights which have …
(TrendHunter.com) With crude oil prices now well over $100 per barrel, filling that gas guzzling SUV is really hurting the pocket. If that’s not enough, perhaps you need another reminder of the diminishing supplies and voracious global demand. This tea set is designed by Designkommando (Germany) with a gold finish, o…
(TrendHunter.com) While all the giant automotive manufacturers are feverishly developing fancy new eco-friendly, green and hybrid cars, another trend is quietly brewing: used econoboxes from the ’80s and ’90s! That’s right!
Remember the Geo Metro, Ford Festiva, Toyota Tercel or, my personal favourite, the Honda C…
(TrendHunter.com) If you want to keep your baby as stylish as you are, keep up to the minute with one of the latest fashion movements, and deck your little one eco-chic apparel.
Chapter One Organics knows that even for environmentally aware mamas, sacrificing their tot’s style isn’t an option. For that reason they …
(TrendHunter.com) Here at Trend Hunter, we are huge green auto design enthusiasts, but it is very rare that we come across an exciting model that is in the production stage and not just a concept.
Ready to go on sale this summer, TRIAC, which is designed by Green Vehicles, is a funky three wheeled plug-in electric…
(TrendHunter.com) Most of us know by now that going green is chic, but in case you missed the message, Missoni is offering a fabulous visual to help drive home that tree hugging is isn’t for hippies anymore.
The Italian brand’s Spring/Summer 2008 print campaign features the raven-haired, sapphire-eyed Bianca Balti.…
(TrendHunter.com) An giant, white cardboard kangaroo is posing in Melbourne for a space-based photo shoot. Specifically, the 105 foot (32-metre) image of Australia’s national animal is being used in a study on global warming to measure the Albedo effect, or what happens to the sunlight reflected off the Earth.
When…
(TrendHunter.com) The SOLo Lounge Table is the next big thing in luxury yet energy-efficient technology. This elegant table contains silicone cells embedded in the glass that converts solar energy into clean, efficient electrical energy. For up to the minute connectivity, the table also contains UBS ports and is Blu…
(TrendHunter.com) The Green Jet that designer Erik Sifrer has put together is an 187 foot sail yacht that runs on both wind and hydrogen power. The luxury yacht uses two automated Aero-sail systems that can be controlled by a touch screen and an on-board computer which determines the best position for the water craft…
(TrendHunter.com) Most people know about fair trade coffee, but there are also fair trade artisans who stand to gain a better standard of living if what they produce fetches fair prices. The Mombulu Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya is a group of disabled artisans who make some pretty funky jewelry out of recycled soda pop…
(TrendHunter.com) In the popular Dan Brown story, The Davinci Code, a character named Silas practices corporal mortification (wears a metal cilice and flogs himself) to “cleanse” his spirit. This piece of clothing reminds me of that but, without the eternal damnation part. Kristin O’Friel, a student at the NYU art sc…
(TrendHunter.com) Electronic waste, like computers being thrown out to be replaced by new ones every 3 or 4 years, is a very ubiquitous and recurrent phenomenon in modernized societies. We all have or have had electronic equipment that has become obsolete and/or has reached the end of its useful life for whatever rea…
(TrendHunter.com) Before sending your car to the junkyard, you might want to reconsider salvaging some of the parts. The following 12 pieces of Trend Candy illustrate the recycled designs that can be created with old car parts.
Features is jewelery, fashion and home furnishing made from recycled tires, box springs,…
(TrendHunter.com) With increasing pollution in urban communities, it would be great to have clothes that alert you when the air quality gets really poor, allowing you to take precautions to protect yourself.
Designer Stephanie Sandstrom’s EPA Dress, which is currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Franc…
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