Design

Ocean Parts Sculptures Are A Strange Gift of the Sea

To all of you out there who used to make seashell necklaces on the beach as kids - did you ever think of making...

Life Is a Spontaneous Picnic With the Picnic Dress

Find a good spot and plop down in your picnic dress for an impromptu meal on the grass. Picnics are great because they allow us...

Rescued Candlesticks Unite to Form Upcycled Menorah

Candlesticks that have lost their partners find a home in this upcycled menorah. Most flea markets and second-hand stores have them - candlesticks either with...

More Sustainable Eye Glasses – Wood or Human Hair?

If you think these sunglasses are made from tortoise shell, guess again. Accessories may be one of the most important places for an ecologically minded...

Upcycled Bath Tub Chair Design by Reddish

Designers often talk about "clean" design, with crisp lines and an absence of frou-frou decoration. See the emergence of functional design in restaurant furniture. But...

Modular Loop Chair Serves a Twelve-Fold Function

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5iRB8amlw0 The seven modular folds of the Loop Chair grant it a twelve-fold function. Modular: constructed with standardized units or dimensions for flexibility and variety in...

Finally, Eco Friendly Shoes for Men

Finally, some eco-friendly shoes for the fashionable green men out there. We've seen an abundance of eco-friendly shoes here on Green Prophet of late -...

Reuven Fields Brings Israeli Scrapiness to his Scrap Metal Sculptures

From small-scale butterflies to large horses, Reuven Fields' scrap metal sculptures breathe life into discarded pieces. It takes a lot of energy to mine metals...

Change Your Shoes With the Click of a Heel

Click your heels three times and say: there's no thing like eco-fashion! Eco designers (and designers who are interested in fun and whimsy) have been...

Sawdust Furniture Is Nothing to Sneeze At

Yoav Avinoam's sawdust benches and stools are made from the remains from someone else's... well... benches and stools.

Piece-Meal High Heels Let Wearers Design Their Own Shoes

Mix and match the endless possibilities with Sharon Golan's Mr. Potato-esque DIY shoes. When it comes to fashion, and sustainable fashion, shoes may be one...

Armani & Others Pressured to Give Up Deadly Jeans

Versace caved to pressure to stop selling "killer" sandblasted jeans. Will other brands follow suit? Blue jeans are getting uglier by the day. Around Christmas...

The Recycled Plastic Bike that Never Gets a Flat Tire

Dror Peleg's recycled plastic bike will set you "Frii" from flat tires. You won't be able to do the Tour de France with this colorful...

Modular Toaster Design Makes Toast for the Long Haul

The modular toaster, designed by Hadar Gorelik, is sustainable by virtue of its intended long-term use. Sustainable design is often thought of in terms of...

Organic Computer Design Reminds Us to Take Our Eyes Away From the Screen

Hanging from the ceiling like an ivy plant, Omer Deutsch's "Secondary Growth" computer design softens the harsh, plastic, traditional work cubicle. If you're reading this...

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Health Canada approves lab grown milk

Canada's approval of animal-free dairy proteins marks a milestone for precision fermentation and the growing alternative-protein industry. Will consumers embrace milk made without cows?

Before Funeral, Auburn University Creates Environmental Scholarship in Memory of Weston Higginbotham

The James "Weston" Higginbotham Endowed Scholarship will support Auburn students pursuing ecological engineering, ensuring that the work Weston cared about so deeply continues long after his passing.

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