This home on the shores of Lake Memphremagog, Canada/USA, was designed for a couple who love nature and music and wanted an open living area, where gastronomy and good dishes are prepared in direct relation to nature and the lake. That’s why the three main unifying elements of the project are the kitchen, the dining...
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Colorful Industrial Furniture Of Foam Wastes
Recycling is essential today and more and more designers create furniture and accessories of recycled wastes. London-based designer Charlotte Kidger gives new life to polyurethane foam dust by turning it into multicolored pieces of furniture. Kidger’s Industrial Craft collection includes textured tables, stools and a number of vessels in a range of cool tones. The...
Eco-Friendly Side Tables Of Paper And Stone
Recycling and eco-friendly designs are important for us to save the planet, and when they are stylish and eye-catchy, it’s even cooler! Belgian designer Charlotte Jonckheer has created two side tables with stone tops supported by curved recycled paper and stone dust legs. The two side tables are named Chaud, which is also the name...
Contemporary Highly Efficient Sustainable Prefab Home
Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with SysHaus to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home. The 200-square-metre dwelling brings a new concept for contemporary living, where efficiency, practicality and sustainability are not only ideal, but also effective practices. It’s a single-storey home encompassing one bedroom, two bathrooms, and an open-plan kitchen, dining area and...
Peaceful Minimalist House With Raw Materials Decor
Architecture studio Whispering Smith has completed house A, a carbon-neutral residence in Perth, Western Australia. The three-story ‘mini tower’ packs all facilities in less than 200 sq-m, including an underground garage and a loft bedroom on the top level. Whispering Smith’s sustainable, compact residence is made from high-recycled-content concrete panels and whitewashed, recycled brick. The...
Vintage-Inspired Home With Its Own Philosophy
When it comes to designing their own work studio, architects and designers not only have to create a functional workspace that provides both comfort and inspiration, but as importantly, they need to imbue it with the values that their practice represents. The home we are sharing today is a reflection of design philosophy of Williams...
Endangered Seating Collection Inspired By Animals That Extinct
Designer Porky Hefer has created a series of oversized bean bags and hanging chairs to resemble different animals under threat in the wild. The Endangered seating collection includes an orangutan, a pygmy sloth, a polar bear, a great white shark and a blue whale – all of which are listed as vulnerable or endangered by...
RR201 Stool Collection Made From Polystyrene Waste
Recycling wastes and reusing them for various purposes is a great idea, which will always be in trend. The piece we are featuring today is one of these, it’s made of plastic waste from one of the world’s best restaurants. Called RR201, the polystyrene stools were commissioned by three-Michelin-starred El Celler de Can Roca in...
Patch Interconnected Furniture With Batteries
François Chambard from UM Project intrigued everyone with his innovative line of interconnected furniture called Patch. This is not just furniture, basically, it’s a real energy source, which is enough for a whole apartment. Each piece of furniture has small batteries turning it into its own mini power station. With all the pieces connected, including...
Colorful Home With Traditional Romanian Features
This amazing home in Romania features traditional Romanian village features and elements of culture. The design was done by owner and designer Alina Alexe, let’s have a look what she created for her own living. The house she has bought was a decrepit traditional village house with only two rooms and a detached kitchen. The...