In 1972, a group of El Cerrito residents decided to create a recycling center and asked the city council for a small patch of land that had previously housed a rock quarry and then a landfill. The operation was so successful that it outgrew its volunteer roots, and the city took over operations in 1977. [...]
Located in a pleasant residential neighbourhood, the house is a compact building (almost a cube) surrounded by a 3 meters wide perimeter necessary courtyard, which is the minimum mandatory gap based on current regulations. The pre-existing yard, the swimming-pool and the shed set at the back of the plot are preserved by the express wish [...]
Vienna designer Martin Mostböck has created the FLAXX Chair. The FLAXX Chair is a hybrid design which offers the comfort of a free-swinging chair as well as the functionality of a conventional four-legged chair. The novel structure of the support frame and the combination of advantages from both designs is a contemporary interpretation in both [...]
A lot of the best design is generated when you have significant constraints. Andreas Stavropoulous Shared by WEREHAUS, a small creative production studio based in San Francisco, they recently had created an original segment on Andreas, a landscape architect based out of Berkeley, CA. The story caught our attention because he bought and converted a [...]
NOCC recently has created the LeafBed for LEAF Supply. This project has been awarded Humanitech’s 2010 first prize for innovation in humanitarian emergency situations, as well as the VIA 2010 LABEL award. the LeafBed explores the concept of adaptability, the idea that objects evolve in the human environment in a Darwinian way as species do [...]
This magazine holder is a cardboard multi-purpose magazine holder designed by Peru-based design firm Oneto/Sousa Arquitectura Interior. Made out of cardboard, aluminum and wood, its primary use is to be a magazine stand, but it can also be used as a bench or mini table. It consist of 46 cardboard pieces, with a same form [...]
Manfred Kielnhofer has created the Environment Friendly Paper Tube Chair. The armchairs were made from used cardboard tubes, they are durable and still retained good condition since their production in 2002 even have been used for various events. Interlux chair is made of plexiglas and neon light. You can also change the light tubes easily [...]
Dutch Designer Reinier de Jong has designed the PLET Table which consists entirely of waste materials. Eighty different strips of reclaimed Perspex (PMMA) make up the translucent top which appears to be hovering above the solid oak wood base. The oak wood comes from a former dining table top. The plywood connection strip in the [...]
Sonia propose a new application for obsolete material from 2009 samples, a brilliant serie of coasters sets.High resistance to contrasts of temperature, 100 % recycling material, gives to this pieces a new function. Ideal complement for home that combine wood & glasses finishes. During several years Sonia is involve in the design process an endless [...]
A Spanish design studio ooo my design recycled the tape and cassette for box lamp and floor lamp. + Design statement courtesy of ooo my design CASSETTE TAPES BOX LAMP An homage to a music tape, which kept us company all trough the 80ies and became a symbol of a generation. Taking advantage of its [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
