Design

Jerusalem Design Week Uses Design to Heat Our Reactions to Climate Change

Karen Chernick - December 2, 2011

Jerusalem's second annual Design Week will generate awareness of climate change through design and show off some local sustainable designers. Jerusalem will host the grand...

Design

Adital Ela on Making Light From Wind (INTERVIEW)

Karen Chernick - September 8, 2014

What Adital Ela has to say about making light from wind, and other sustainable design ventures. We recently learned about Israeli sustainable designer Adital Ela's...

Design

Godspeed Sustainable Design Team Does Pop Up Shop in Jaffa

Karen Chernick - November 30, 2011

A team of two designers, Godspeed, will be creating furniture from raw and trashed materials in Jaffa within the framework of a single hour. Pop-up...

Design

Lamps Made With 50% Sawdust, Some Plastic Bags, and Some Ingenuity

Karen Chernick - November 28, 2011

Made from sawdust and plastic bags alone, these adhesive-free lamps take leftover materials and make them shine again. Plastic bags are an (unfortunately) abundant material...

Design

Israeli Artist Transforms Rockets Into Roses

Miriam Kresh - February 14, 2018

Blacksmith and artist Yaron Bob creates beauty and a message of hope from deadly rockets. Karen asked on our post about jewelry made from upcycled...

Design

Mannequin-made Chair Puts Human Form in Motion

Karen Chernick - November 22, 2011

When this mannequin free falls, low-carbon-footprint chairs with "human" form are made. Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi, the head of the Industrial Design Department at Israel's...

Design

Help Kickstart a Sustainable Lighting Project

Karen Chernick - November 20, 2011

Israeli designer Adital Ela Asks for help with her WindyLight sustainable lighting project on Kickstarter. Kickstarting a new sustainable lighting project that employs wind in...

Design

Rothko-esque Plastic Bags Go From Rubbish to Relevant

Karen Chernick - November 18, 2011

Colorful plastic bags are both the canvas and the paints in Aviva Sawicki's artworks. Plastic bags are a ubiquitous and un-eco-friendly material that many sustainable...

Design

Upcycled Tea Wraps Into Miniature Origami Masterpieces

Karen Chernick - November 13, 2011

Origami and some creativity saved these Earl Grey tea bag wrappers from the recycling bin and made them functional again. We are constantly surrounded by...

Design

Adi Zaffran Weisler Makes Upcycled Bullet Jewelry, Not War

Karen Chernick - November 10, 2011

Used copper bullets found at a firing range transform into sculptural objects incorporated into rings. Bullets are, objectively, ugly things. They have an ugly purpose,...

Cities

Urban Beehive So You Can Make Healthy Honey at Home

Karin Kloosterman - November 10, 2011

Philips has created a plastic, urban beehive. Honey, I am home! When I told my husband that I want to build an urban beehive on...

Cities

Micro-Financed Straw Houses For Pakistan Are Quake-Proof

Zaufishan - October 31, 2011

Environmentally-friendly designed straw bale houses are energy efficient and earthquake resistant. Pakistan's poorest groups rebuild lives through Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB) micro-financed project.

Design

Timo Handmade Finds Modern Uses for Vintage Fabrics

Karen Chernick - October 30, 2011

Made mostly from used and vintage scraps of fabric, Timo Handmade's new creations have a warm, old-world feel. Fabric scraps can be used for lots...

Design

Nokka Customized Cardboard Furniture for Everyday and Everyone

Karen Chernick - October 27, 2011

Upcycled, easily recycled and sturdy cardboard is the base material for Nokka's furniture. Cardboard is one of those miracle materials that has recently been rediscovered...

Design

Making an Ecosexual Stink about Komen’s ‘Promise Me’ Perfume

Tinamarie Bernard - October 26, 2011

Breast cancer is the boogey man lurking underneath our breastbones, and organizations committed to eradicating the disease are the super heroines wearing pink capes,...

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