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Authentic Old Wood?
2008-12-16 22:10:00 On December 11th 2008 the (dutch) critical consumers show 'Keuringsdienst van Waarde' aired a small documentary about Old Wood . For consumers reused, reclaimed wood is nowadays more popular than new. It has more story and it's off course touching to use old sheets of wood for furniture or to lay an old castle floor in your small condo. Because of high demand, old wood has become more expensive. And thus, it has become lucrative to make new wood old. In the television show is shown how this is done. For example, new wood is tortured with scraps of metal in a centrifuge and than sold as 'Castle floor'. One can even see where an angry knight drove his sword into the floor! Watch the show: http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=8439034 (dutch language only) RVU, Keuringsdienst van Waarde, Oud Hout (old wood) Aired: December 11th, 2008 http://kvw.rvu.nl/index.php?page=afleveri ng&action=show&id=155 » <a href='1'>original news</a>
at home, and happy asleep
2008-12-16 12:55:00 cat house, not as fancy as all those well prepared items but it works!, and the nice thing is to get rid of it after a while without any teardrops or loss of investments.. » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Home , Happy
That's Cilly!
2008-12-13 14:01:00 Cesare Peeren and Pieter de Jong from the Rotterdam based 2012architecten have developed an unique modular multifunctional furniture system: Cilly. Modules can be assembled and made into a collage to once liking. The discarded pvc cable reels cylinders have a diameter of 40cm and can be delivered in depths of 40cm and 20cm. Modules are endlessly combinable and fit in every space and can have almost any possible function one can think of: That's Cilly! 2012architecten have developed an inspiring collection of Cilly modules. For start there are the basic modules which are ideal for storage. Fine items can have a place as well: there is wide range of Cilly modules available fitted with drawers, racks to host wine and glasses, modules to show photo's, shelves to display books, records, vitrine boxes for gadgets, etc.. For almost all the stuff that surrounds you, there is a Cilly-module. But there is more. Everything can be illuminated by compatible Cilly modular lamps: there is a sm...
PET bottle reuse
2008-12-10 12:17:00 Learn 7 beautiful ways to recycle your used PET bottles, store your news papers. http://noquedanblogs.com/?p=3341 » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Bottle
Kastzitbeeld/no translation
2008-12-09 01:00:00 For an groupexhibition in gallery E105, Bonn, Germany Studio Elmo Vermijs made "kastzitbeeld". A piece originate form the fascination for re-use, mobility and space; existing out of a horizontal and vertical object which has been placed in the middle of the space. Both confront each other and the visitor in composition, function and material. It awakes the suggestion of a cupboard and bench and is at the same time an autonomous work. Because it is built of second-hand crates and wood the piece already has a history before the visitor had the possibility to observe it. Not only the function and context of the crates and wood changes, but also the position the user had and now takes. » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Translation
wikado playground opened!
2008-12-09 00:59:00 The Wikado playground was opened 10 October.This playground is designed with 5 windmill wings and the existing trees on site as a starting point. 4 off the 30 meter long polyester wings are cut into towers and laying objects. The composition of these big accessible volumes defines the different areas of the playground. Each tower has its own character: watchtower (with two f-16 cockpits on top) slide-tower (with two reused slides from the old play-garden) water-tower and 'apartment tower. In the 'cage' that is defined by the towers and the nets the kids can play football on a floor made of recycled football shoes. Now the wikado system is developed and can be used to generate any size and kind of playground! » <a href='http://www.2012architecten.nl/new/i ndex1.html'>original news</a> More About: Opened , Playground
The High Line
2008-12-04 17:45:00 In 2009 the Hofpleinlijn, the Hague - Rotterdam v.v., will stop running. After that a 1,9 km long building called The Hofbogen and covering the elevated railroad, will hopefully get a park on top: The Hofpleinparklijn*. In New York soon opens such a park on an elevated railroadtrack: the High Line . Here vegetation took over the tracks when the last train passed in 1980. Instead of getting rid of the green and the structure, the plan is to adjust it into a park by creating a variated green space in order to create a slow environment that permits meandering pace. The High Line as its own calm world. The green will float over streets and cut through city blocks. The picture is an impresson from the Gansevoort Entry. Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro High Line elevated park (design 2005, ready 2009) High Line elevated rail (1930 - 1980) New York, USA http://www.thehighline.org http://www.hofbogen.nl/IMG/pdf/Toekomstvi sie.pdf (dutch) http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofplein...
bunker-bed-rooms
2008-11-19 01:20:00 SEVELEN, Switzerland - Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world's first "zero-star hotel," a former nuclear bunker several yards below the ground. A group of 15 guests inaugurated the hotel, sleeping the night from Thursday to Friday in the former bunker embellished with artistic decoration and real hotel duvets. But that was only a trial run, and regular operation of the hotel will require approval of an operating budget by the town of Sevelen. The hostelry in the northeastern region of St. Gallen, which is part of the town's project to convert the hardly used nuclear bunker, is aimed at guests with a modest income. "Using the weapon of art, we have created a low-budget hotel, which has charm, takes into account guests' individual wishes and thus becomes quite something," said twin brothers Frank and Patrik Riklin, artists commissioned by local authorities to convert an ancient neighboring factory into a culture center and integ...
materials find new home
2008-11-17 21:13:00 In Zwolle a block with units for homeless will be built from waste materials. LKVDD-architects from Hengelo use second hand wood, brick and other neglected materials for this building that is a cooperative effort of various housing cooperations. (the article is in dutch) » <a href='http://www.architectenweb.nl/aweb/r edactie/redactie_detail.asp?iNID=17171'&g t;original news</a> More About: Home , Find , Materials
Deutchland im Herbst
2008-11-12 00:35:00 The production of goods not only represents a transformation of raw materials but also asks the question: what is useful and what constitutes surplus? In the project Rotor is creating especially for the Ursula Blickle Foundation the collective concentrates on the specific instances, places, and circumstances in which waste is produced or in which something is considered a surplus. Rotor's installation revolves around a series of waste products, which have resulted from different production processes and from different companies. The project was preceded by a long research period involving companies from the Kraichtal region as well as international manufacturers. The installation will not only focus on the documentation of each production and material context, but it will also present the actual material that usually remains invisible at disposal. A catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition. pictured: a color transition in the production of injection molded polyp...
Trailer from Trash
2008-11-12 00:35:00 Spotted in Amsterdam and no, it's not a Photoshop exercise. This is real picture of only the back part of a Opel Combo. It is a clever way of reusing this piece of a Van after the front end is crumbled. The boxy cargo compartment is capable of carrying an Europallet. This kind of reuse seems less possible from nowadays panel vans, since the cargo compartment is more intergrated in the overall cardesign. More trailerfun: http://www.flickr.com/groups/matching-tra ilers/ -unknow craftsman- Trailer Opel Combo, model A, produced 1994 » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Trash
Beer Temple
2008-11-08 19:10:00 I know an earthship when I see one. Micheal Reynolds eat your heart out! » <a href='http://www.treehugger.com/files/200 8/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php'& gt;original news</a> More About: Beer , Temple
Isis Hoos website
2008-11-08 19:10:00 check this website from talented dutch recyclistica Isis Hoos » <a href='http://www.isishoos.nl/projects/ind ex.php'>original news</a> More About: Website
pet bottle island
2008-11-08 19:10:00 This man build himself an island ! just watch the clip... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOqEyZfgh0 0&NR=1 » <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvn9 l1pJ3-A'>original news</a> More About: Island , Bottle
petpalace by refunc
2008-11-08 13:39:00 A public event wanted to follow the principles of "cradle to cradle" and asked us to demonstrate the potential of re-using old plastic water bottles. Our team built a 3D human-scale installation with many different style elements. The interesting outcome of this experiment (we never worked with this material before) was that the humidity and temperature drop of the night changed the shape and tension inside the structure.. project by Isis Hoos and Thijs Masthof » <a href='http://www.refunc.nl/refunc/index2. php?id=75'>original news</a>
recycle-bin-bot
2008-11-03 14:20:00 Tower Hamlets Council launched a massive new recycling campaign - We Can Recycle More - the biggest campaign of its type ever seen in the borough - with a spectacular giant robot display with special effects on 7 October at Spitalfields Market. At 6m tall, the giant robot which is made of 33 recycling bins towers over a double-decker bus. The giant has been built with the support of the council's recycling contractor, Veolia. At three times the height of the average man in Britain and about the size of the average two-storey house the giant will now tour the streets as the council's ambassador for recycling as well as visiting community days, in residential areas and estates. Alongside the towering robot, the council's campaign to raise awareness of the importance of recycling and how to use the borough's recycling service will see hundreds of posters on bill boards and buses starring local people who recycle. This follows the introduction of new services in the borough &nb... More About: Recycle Bin
Typo chair
2008-11-03 12:43:00 Michael Bom has designed the abstract typographic Typo chair. Made from recycled billboards of Finnish Birch multiplex. Impressive, well formed and comfortable. Typo chair is a real eye catcher for any space. Each board is printed differently therefore each chair has a unique typographic design. » <a href='http://www.bomdesign.nl/productshop /typochair.html'>original news</a> More About: Chair
basic. love seat.
2008-10-30 13:55:00 this love seat, made for the design week 2008 in monterrey n.l. mexico, is inspired by the idea of recycling, but at the same time creating something functional and resistant that can be used as an alerternative to a conventional love seat. this functional piece of furniture is made of corrugated cardboard and medium density fiberboard, with cushion filled with crumpled paper; these materials may be considered trash to some but a sofa to others. » <a href='http://fcocantu.carbonmade.com/proj ects/2154985'>original news</a> More About: Love , Seat , Basic
Tow Tennis Ball
2008-10-25 02:41:00 An easy way to make once car sporty is to add this superuse classic: An old tennis ball used as cover for the tow ball. Tow Tennis Ball (since the tennisball) Tennis Ball All over the world where there are cars, tow balls and tennis. Picture made by MediaMisfit of his own ball, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediamisfit/ 2357607805/ , placed with kind permission. » <a href='1'>original news</a>
Mr. Wilson
2008-10-23 18:16:00 I think this little suction cup wall hook, designed by Dominik Langhammer for Germany's intriguing Loony Design, is terrifically useful as well as cute and hilarious. And the fact that its name is Mr. Wilson just makes me laugh even harder » <a href='http://www.roadsidescholar.com/2008 /10/21/mr-wilson-towel-holder-by-loony-de sign/'>original news</a>
Table out of Used Magazines
2008-10-23 10:37:00 This coffee table is composed of six copies of Domus magazine intricately woven together in a way that creates a stable and strong 3-D structure. There is no cutting or glue so it can be taken apart at any time. In order to transform the magical sculpture into a functional object, a glass top and metal base were added. Talk about inspiring and good looking. There's no mention of how much weight it can support but I think using it as a side table with a lamp would be total eye candy. What's more, you can change out the magazines when you get tired of them. Just make sure to buy 6 copies of the same one. Designer: Vered Zaykovsky » <a href='http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/07/ 23/domus-magazine-no-cutting-no-glue/'> ;original news</a> More About: Magazines , Table
Facade of showroom mama
2008-10-22 19:41:00 in the summer of 2005 we removed the facade of showroom mama in Rotterdam for a week. it shaped a new space in the garden of villa sonneveld. The now 'opened' gallery became public for two weeks. all of this was part of a manifestation called 'city city bang bang' celebrating the opening of a sculpture by lebbeus woods at the nai. for construction not a single drop of glue was used, instead self-constructed cornersuckers held the thing in place. only one sheet was damaged when putting everything back at the end of the event. This project was in cooperation with In situ and qenep architects » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Showroom , Mama
Lockheed Shed
2008-10-21 13:13:00 This is a piece of a WOII Lockheed Hudson fuselage. The part is obtained by the RNZAF Museum Ohakea somewhere in the 90ies from a farmer who turned it into a shed. The aluminium of the plane has oxidated but seems in good condition. On the left a curve is visible: here the left-wing was placed. On the 13th of May 2007 the RNZAF museum closed it gates. Until than the fuselage was not restored, but at the back the former shed-wall was removed. This wall kept the fuselage toghether. The fuselage bended and there are now some dents visible http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/Da veHomewood/Ohakea%20Museum/_DSC0777a.jpg and http://www.flickr.com/photos/38049473@N00 /320367918/ Farmer shed (until 1998), Museum piece (until 2007), current ? Lockheed A-28 (A-29) Hudson GRIII (1944-'45) Ohakea, New Zealand Picture made by Philip Treweek, http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com , placed with kind permission. Check also the Jet Shed: http://www.superuse.org/story.php?title=7 47-Jet-Shed &...
Remixing the ordinary
2008-10-18 16:24:00 Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary will be the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design when it opens in a new building at 2 Columbus Circle in September 2008. The exhibition features work by 50 international established and emerging artists from all five continents who create objects and installations comprised of ordinary and everyday manufactured articles, most originally made for another functional purpose. For a complete artist list, click here. The exhibition includes works by well known designers, Ingo Maurer, Tejo Remy, and the Campana Brothers as well as internationally acclaimed artists, such as Tara Donovan, Xu Bing, El Anatsui, and Do Ho Suh. Highlights from the show include American artist Tara Donovan's Bluffs, a group stalagmite shaped structures made of clear plastic buttons delicately placed one on top of the other. Do Ho Suh, a Korean artist creates a jacket made of military dog tags, portraying the way a solider is part of a larger troop. P...
Pulp Furniture!
2008-10-17 10:59:00 I love paper! For these pieces i collected egg & fruit cartons at the local market, cooked it down to mush, drained it, mixed it with sawdust (acquired from the local lumberyard), and glue and voila....Pulp . Along with the pulp i incorporated other found objects. My favorite thing to use is old rusty metal bits & pieces, like springs from old chairs or big chunky bolts. Here is an example. (please click on the thumbnail for original photo...for some reason the thumbnail is a bit squashed) -Shelley Rickey, Rotterdam The Netherlands » <a href='http://shelleyrickey.blogspot.com/2 008/05/pulp-furniture.html'>original news</a> More About: Furniture
beer can butterflies
2008-10-14 17:52:00 These pieces explore themes of transformation and recovery through the metamorphosis of crushed beer cans from the streets of New York into flocks of realistically crafted butterflies. » <a href='http://www.paulvillinski.com/artwor k/beercan.html'>original news</a> More About: Beer , Butterflies
Light Jordaan
2008-10-13 22:20:00 I found a couple of disposed gas boiler in the streets of Amsterdam and gave them a new life. Where once there was fire now there is light... There are two different light position: the core boiler gives a direct fire-looking light and the upper chimney a more diffuse light. Thousands of these boiler are nowadays being dismantled... » <a href='hhttp://ec2.it/marcozaccara/project s/64817'>original news</a> More About: Light
reflection on marathons
2008-10-06 03:04:00 after running the half-marathon of Brussels in 1:38h, Marco Zaccara of 2012Architects collects 50m2 of thermal insulation trashed by runners. The foil can be used to improve existing insulation or make a radiation refelector below a floor or behind your plasterboeard wall. two layers with a 2 cm space inbetween does a great deal. Some commercial suppliers like www.tonzon.biz offer similair foils. The total estimate of insulation foil from the Brussels marathon is about 5000m2, enough to give 10 small houses a thermal reflector and save a lot of energy. » <a href='1'>original news</a> More About: Reflection
Cartonsofa: Recycled Sofa
2008-10-05 21:53:00 This piece I have decided to show it as an exercise or prototype of piece of recycled furniture, that as a piece designed for the sale or the exhibition. This owes to itself to which this without ending and probably I will never do it, since I have moved of city and probably do not have where to put it not even time to end it, to revise it or turn him to his finished end. Anyhow, I believe that a clear idea is outlined of since there might be confronted a project of furniture of this type. The pipes of carton are the habitual ones in the rolls of wholesale fabric and probably be lucky as that I had, to be a good package in spite of which a to experience ... Enjoy it! » <a href='http://romantorre.wordpress.com/200 8/10/03/diy07cartonsofa/'>original news</a> More About: Sofa
Take A Seat
More articles from this author:2008-10-05 21:52:00 In the subway system of New York, Jason Eppink places chairs which he found in trashpiles. 'Take a Seat is an ongoing series of public furniture installations aimed at increasing the availability of seating options in New York City subway stations. Perfectly functional chairs are rescued from trash piles and reassigned to stations where limited seating options leave subway patrons no choice but to stand for extended periods of time. Take a Seat creates value simply by relocating an object to a new location. Rescued chairs - once liabilities - become assets with little to no effort. Seating solutions installed for Take a Seat are not affixed to MTA property in any way, opening up opportunities for collaboration with subway patrons who, if they take the initiative, may continue the project by installing the chairs in other locations that could benefit from more seating options.' Jason makes these furniture installations because, 'more than 5 million riders pass through the New Y... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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