Interior Design Projects: Green
-
Hollywood Goes Green
"According to a study prepared by the Integrated Waste Management Board, Hollywood has produced more air pollution than the hotel, apparel, and aerospace industries combined. Second only to...
Kusamono Lamp Helps Grow Indoor Plants
I'm always looking for a way not to kill my plants, as I was born with an unshakable black thumb. So designer Florent Corier's concept for an elegant plant light struck me as not only useful but...
Top of the Class: Cool Green Schools
Just in time for back to school Sierra Club has published its list of the America's 100 greenest colleges. Here's your top 10:1. Green Mountain College - Poultney, VT2. Dickinson College -...
Loll Designs: 100-Percent Recycled Outdoor Furniture
Having recently moved to the deep South, where the root of all cultural happenings is the front porch, I have a new appreciation for the "just right rocking chair," a comfortable and roomy seat...
RUBBiSH Recycled Rubber Sink from Minarc
We're seeing recycled rubber tires used for many things these days: shoe soles, playground mulch, even posh bags and water filters. Now Minarc, a California-based design firm, has found a way to...
Indoor Air Quality: Pura-fect!
What's really nice about good indoor air is that we don't even know it's there. Bad indoor air quality--we can't see it but we sure do feel it. Itchy eyes, runny nose, scratchy throat, and...
The Pompidou's New Nests
The famous Pompidou Centre by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano is arguably one of the most iconic buildings from the 20th century, representing a feat of engineering and post-modernist (structural...
Kitchen Renovation: Finis
At last! My kitchen renovation is complete. I have survived the insanity and am the proud owner of a simply fabulous, almost green kitchen. Almost green? I tried in earnest to be flawlessly...
A Greener Back-to-School Binder
Of course, my first recommendation for back-to-school supplies would be to reuse what you bought last year. But if you must go out and buy new pencils for your tots, or paper for your own...
Screwtop: Assembly Required
The blurb on an otherwise uninformative website is intriguing: Whyte Label is a line of objects and furniture designed by Joe Doucet. Its focus is on creating objects which are visually and...
Belkin's Conserve Insight Carbon Footprint Monitor
While you may have invested in an energy monitor to show you just how much power (and brain cells?) your TV is sucking, Belkin has upped the ante with their Conserve Insight Energy Use Monitor,...
Human-Shaped Transmission Towers?
Sometimes a little touch of anthropomorphism goes a long way. Massachusetts-based design firm Choi+Shine has proposed that a redesign of our transmission towers, making them look more organic...
The Dirt on Cleaning Products
It doesn't take much to turn a green healthy interior into toxic soup. One or two chemical-laden cleaning products will usually do it, and the majority of stuff readily available at the...
The Greenest Shower?
If you've fantasized about showering under a waterfall in a jungle somewhere, the Phyto-Purification Bathroom might just be the concept for you. Designed by Jun Yasamoto, Alban Le Henry, Olivier...
Too Much Paper
I'm not sure what possessed me--perhaps it was the heat--but last weekend I cleaned out my files. Not my computer files, although those need attention too, but my paper files: 15 years worth of...
Craftedsystems Combines Community and Design
Portland-based Craftedsystems uses sustainable felt to create beautiful interior accessories. But beyond "going green" in its material choices, the company works with local YWCA women's homeless...
