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Upcycled Furniture From Reclaimed Pipes

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:49:08 +0000

I’m smitten by Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek’s imaginative use of salvaged pipes upcycled into chairs and benches. They could be fabulous out in the garden or in the right indoor space.

The tube chairs and benches are made from … Read More...

Biophilia–it’s Catching!

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Artist Daniel Goers, whose Scrap Ecology botanical sculptures we recently featured, runs Autumn Workshop, a Brooklyn, New York design fabrication studio where he works with “the idea of biophilia (a natural bond between humans and other living systems) and … Read More...

Scrap Ecology: Botanical Sculpture

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:44 +0000

Experimenting in his Brooklyn Gowanus neighborhood, designer/artisan Daniel Goers has created Scrap Ecology, a collection of design objects and sculptures created from wood scraps and other found materials, each containing a living component rendering them simultaneously as art, furniture, … Read More...

How to Make a Vertical Garden From Disposable Cups

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:26:51 +0000

Turn man-made into man-saved by creating a Re-DIY vertical green living wall as Turkish design firm Designnobis did. For their Naturewall, the designers collected about ten used plastic disposable coffee cups, washed them off, then created a simple flexible metal … Read More...

Rome’s Travelling Garden Supports Occupy Movement

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:00:12 +0000

A travelling edible garden in Rome called Orto Errante (which in Italian means Wandering Garden) made its way for about 2.5 miles (4 km) last weekend from Santa Croce in Gerusalemme to the the city’s Occupy Rome tents at a … Read More...

Austin Barkitecture: Pause For Great Design

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:23:39 +0000

At Austin Barkitecture, an annual fundraiser hosted October 1 by the Animal Lovers of Austin and the communities of Edgewick and Gabardine, Austin residents bid on designer doghouses created and donated by local local architects, designers, and builders. The designer … Read More...

Chopstick Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:25:31 +0000

The To Be Nature wood chopsticks bring new meaning to Chinese leftovers. My mother would be very happy with these–not only because she loved Chinese food, but because she was always reminding us not to let things go to waste.… Read More...

An Urban Garden Cocktail Party

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:01:33 +0000

Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

In 2006, Chicago resident LaManda Joy and her husband Peter purchased “a yard with a house attached to it.” The couple explain that they did this “for the sole, myopic, obsessive purpose of growing a … Read More...

Mini-Gardens Grow on Parisian No-Parking Poles

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:55:16 +0000

The poles lining the streets in the 2nd district of Paris are there to restrict parking, but not planting.

When I received an email from Paule Kingleur of Paris Label about her POTOGREEN project, I knew I had to post … Read More...

Upcycled and Recycled into Outdoor Living Room

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:33:14 +0000

For The Common Place, known as an “autonomous, radical social center” in Leeds, England, designers Donna Walker and Sarah Barrett created Home Sweet Home, a project sprung out of the desire to craft a cozy outdoor social gathering … Read More...