Philippe Starck & Emeco are the designers of these stylish yet responsibly created chairs made from 90% waste. They are called the Broom chairs because they are derived from wood fibre that would normally be swept into the trash, mixed together with waste polypropylene taken directly from plastic producers worksites. They are synthetic chairs with the spirit of wood. In the words of the designers: “Imagine a guy who takes a humble broom and starts to clean the workshop and wi

BUILD is a German company which is serious about it’s environmental footprint. It has designed a shelf made entirely from ARPRO (Expanded Polypropylene), a high performance plastic foam containing 95% air. It is 100% recyclable, completely toxic-free, emission free, allergy free and even safe enough to eat! Equally great is the multifuntionality of its versatile and modular shelving units. They can be rearranged and stacked to become bigger or smaller depending on personal ne

Basalt is a volcanic rock which is pushed out by volcanic forces onto the earth’s surface. It is a thick, slow-flowing lava that has been found not only on earth and the Moon, but which has also been observed erupting on Jupiter and Venus. Raimonds Circulis is the creator of Maffam Freeforms and has been able to tame basalt and transform it into his incredible line of furniture. He uses a special weaving technique to shape his volcanic creations by hand into their desired fea

These glasses by the company Karün are created out of old ocean plastics collected on the coast of Chile. They are made out of 100% recycled materials, without any unnatural dies or colour coatings. The glasses are crafted in Italy, are high-quality and incredibly flexible and resistant. Karün teamed up with the designers of bureo, who design skateboards out of discarded fishing nets. Together they pioneer a movement called Net Positiva, a net-collection recycling program in

Jake Coan uses bamboo and brass wire to create lamps reminiscent of the swaying lines of clouds and floating bodies of leaves and flowers. Their organic, sensual lines embrace the light in a cocoon-like fashion, reminding of the fragility of nature and the need to keep it preserved. The reflected light is soft and warm, and the resulting rays of shadows are finely knit into a web of light and dark lines. Beautiful in style and design Coan’s lamps are a true experience of poe

The designers from Millican have resorted to using only 100% recycled polyester for the lining of their outdoor bag collections. Unlike virgin polyester, which is an energy-hungry, unsustainable synthetic fibre, recycled polyester uses PET plastic bottles as the raw material. In this process PET bottles are crushed, heated and passed through a spinneret to create yarn. After that it is passed through a crimping machine to give it a fluffy and wooly texture and later baled, dy

Snap by b-elastic is an innovative way of being creative and making a table or shelf out of anything with a flat surface. An old wooden board, an old skateboard, surfboard, or dartboard are perfect examples of how old or obsolete objects can be reimagined and used for new purposes. The legs come in different colours and heights and can be snapped on to surfaces of different widths allowing for the creation of unique furniture with a personal touch. Watch Be-Elastic's video he

Willem Heeffer is the designer of the collection of these retro-industrial lamps which are made from recycled washing machine drums. They are sourced from local recycling centres, handcrafted and colour coated with retro-candy colours in his studio in Helsinki, Finland. Also featuring a line of old boiler and Heinz Beanz lamps, Heeffer pioneers the art of putting old products long considered trash out of their context and turning them into new design pieces. #repurposed #recy

100% biodegradable, these wooden vases from Minimal Design are printed rather than crafted. They are made from a mixture of 70% corn and 30% recycled wood. Their clean lines offer a modern, personal touch of a standard household object, while their complex, geometric shapes underline the natural, asymmetrical contours of the plants they hold. #earthfriendly #biodegradable #ecoconscious #recycled #France

The mid-century Danish style inspired bags from Canopy Verde are an ode to clean, environmentally and animal friendly design. They use certified organic cotton, chemical-free and earth-friendly dyes, and vegan leather made from Polyurethane, which uses fewer resources, solvents and chemicals in processing compared to PVC or leather. In addition, the company applies a zero-waste policy in which they, already at the design stage, try to create patterns that generate the least a