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

Reversing the tradition of deforestation, the Masaya Company is dedicated to sourcing their wood from their own forestry in Nicaragua. Their integrated sustainable model starts from the planting of seedlings, the harvesting and milling of timber logs, to their production of high-quality hard-wood furniture, handcrafted by local artisans. The seats are handwoven from either sustainable Manila cotton or locally sourced leather. For every chair sold, the Masaya Company plants 10

Ever felt pity about that old deck you loved to ride so much but had to throw away because it was too old or broken? Well, don’t fret over it. When the time for the bin of your next one comes, you can just wear it! Old Skateboards, once considered trash, are now turning into unique, state-of-the-art sunglasses thanks to the folks from EQO in Colorado, USA. The skateboards are all rescued from local skate shops and handmade in their shop. Each one is a one-of-a kind or can be

Talking about minimalism, this lamp is the quintessence of what is minimal. Named Not a Box, it is so minimal, that the lamp in itself is the box it arrives in when ordered from the Netherlands. All you have to do is install it and savour the moments you look at it thinking how extraordinary it is and how green the process of making and delivering it was. The lamp is the creation of designer David Graas, a Dutch designer, who likes to pay more attention to the idea of a desig

To this day, Laos is the most heavily bombed country, per capita, in the world with tons of scrap material up for grabs to be recycled. It was first the ingenuity of Laotian villagers who decided to make spoons out of the remains of Vietnam era bombs and sell them to tourists. Now, local craftsmen bring the artistry to a new level by skilfully designing this beautiful jewellery from the scraps of bombs dropped during the 'Secret War' waged by the US CIA. Watch the video on th

Since most computers are designed to last only a couple of years, Americans throw away more than 9.4 million tons of e-waste each year. The designers of Volta V want to put an end to this insanity by introducing a desk computer made out of handcrafted wood. The unibody chassis is made from domestically-sourced, selectively-cut trees in the USA and can be repaired and upgraded anytime without leaving any traces of e-junk behind. It is a sustainable, powerful computer equipped

The Egyptian design group REFORM have finally made it happen - reuse used plastic bags by turning them into a strong, durable and washable material called Plastex. The material is interwoven with eco-friendly material on traditional Egyptian hand looms, thus preserving the local weaving industry and reviving its culture. At the same time Plastex offers a practical solution to one of the country's biggest problems: waste. Check out the process of how Plastex is being woven tog