These glasses are featured in the permanent collection of MOMA New York. You can see the original bottle behind these designs (this particular one is a covered carafe - covered with a tumbler). Designs by Studio Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden. Available polished or satin finished. They are a part of Artecnica's Design With Conscience...
We'd never even heard of wall flats before, but basically they're just tiles that you fasten to your wall - they can be used to add texture to any room. This particular one is braille patterned. They look great plain (white) or you can paint them. Even better: these are made from 100% bamboo pulp, a renewable resource. They are biodegradable...
Turn your world upside-down with these planters from designer Patrick Morris. These planters are simple in design - they just hang from the ceiling or a shelf or whatever. But from a functional standpoint, they offer even more: the plants use 80% less water and they are self-watering, meaning even the most forgetful person can keep their plants...
Pressure cookers are an old school (well, from, like, the 80s) technique used to cook things...quickly. Which is precisely why we're giving it (though we have no authorization to do so) the green thumbs up award. Shorter cook times = less energy = less CO2...you get the idea. Did we mention quickly? Yeah, that's nice. Cook beans in half the...
We've mentioned recycled wine staves before (and we explain the where's and why's of it all) Here's another good use: as a cheese board. Of course you probably don't want to use recycled cheese. What's nice about these is that they are long, so you have space for a nice spread of cheese. And yes, they are made from recycled and local (at least...
I was driving down the highway. Once. A long time ago. And from out of nowhere, CRACK! A rock torqued into my windshield from a passing semi. Fortunately, I had thrown down for the full coverage in my auto insurance and someone actually came out to my office to swap out the windshield. No sweat off my back. But I hate when that stuff happens....
We’ll keep this one simple. How much can you really say about a cutting board? For the environmentalist: it’s made of “polyflax”, which is a blend of 100% post-consumer recycled (food grade) plastic (I’m guessing milk bottles, but it’s anyone’s guess) and flax waste from flax production (presumably oils and whatnot), manufactured...
Every chef (including us home wannabes) reveres their cookware. I have a recurring dream where I walk into a kitchen with tile floors, canisters with old wooden spoons and a ceiling dripping with cookware. I invariably wake up to utter disappointment. But one day, in my steampunk kitchen, it will all come true... But I digress. What would feel...
OK. So it's a little wonky. But it will look great on your Thanksgiving table. And it's green. Why? Well that requires a little info about wine barrels... To the best of our knowledge, the only truly sustainable wine barrels are the French ones. The French realized long ago (remember, they've been making wine for 700 years so they have a bit of...
If you're not familiar with the up-side of bamboo, it's time to learn. Unlike wood, bamboo grows extremely quickly - 7 years on average to a full harvest as opposed to 30-50 for trees. In addition, it can provide 20 times the timber when compared to the same amount of hardwood grown in the same area. A stand of bamboo can also release 35% more...
