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Recycled Glassware by Bottlehood

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

When I saw these awesome glasses made by Bottlehood ($15+) I was instantly reminded of Mandles. However, given the rediculous amounts of beer consumed at my place I think I’ll have way more of a use for these! As you can see they are eco-friendly, “upcycled” glassware made from recycled wine, beer, soda and liquor bottles and you can get them in tumblers, juice glasses and vases. It is pretty sweet to think you could be drinking that Dead Guy Ale from a glass that it was meant for. Its like destiny or something…

A little birdie tells me that a couple of those tumblers will have a new home soon. Read More

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A new green file format: WWF

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

SAVE AS WWF, SAVE A TREE Thats the pitch behind the new green file format called WWF. It’s essentially a PDF that can’t be printed out.

It’s a simple way to avoid unnecessary printing. So here’s your chance to save trees and help the environment. Decide for yourself which documents don’t need printing out – then simply save them as WWF.

The WWF file format is currently only available on Mac but they have a Windows version coming soon. Check it out and let us know what you think? Will you use it? I first have to stop thinking of wrestling every time I hear it…

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The most energy efficient light bulb ever

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Well, I may be stretching that a bit given that it’s actually a candle but this Light Bulb Candle designed by Helbert Ferreira, Remi Melander of System Design STUDIO is a sweet piece of work. It screws into a standard socket and looks like a real bulb. Probably wouldn’t work in a ceiling fixture. Well I guess it would, you’ll probably just burn your house down.

Check out some other images after the break.

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Give Your MacBook the All Natural Look

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Hippies and outdoors people will rejoice over this. At least I know I will…. I’m a huge fan of using natural wood (first of all, wood) in design and the people at Karvt have definitely impressed me with these Wood MacBook Skins ($35). You can get these 100% wood skins in a variety of types such as Bamboo, Cherry, Maple, Pine or Walnut and since these are all natural each skins wood grain, patterns and knots will be unique. They all look awesome but I think my favorite is the Chocolate Cherry.

While you’re busy drooling over the MacBook skins, be sure to check out Karvt’s wooden iPad skins too.

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BoxLight — Ink cartridge lamps

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

These are awesome. Such a better use than just trashing your used ink cartridges. You can get your own Ink-Cartridge Chandelier ($150) from the BoxLight Etsy store.

The translucent cartridges look fantastic as a hanging lamp. Each of these is carefully cracked open, dremel-ed, drilled, wired up, and turned into a glowing box of light! Great gifts for graphic designers or anyone in visual arts. Available colors include matte black, cyan, light-cyan, magenta, light-magenta, yellow, light-black, and light-light-black.

[via GEARFUSE]

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Reuse your bike tires, make a belt

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Cool idea to make a Bicycle Tire Belt($30) from a used(recycled) bike tire.

“This tire was rescued from the trash after a tire change at the bike shop. It has little use to it and the tread is barely showing any wear.” Backing is black rubber. Belt is 1-3/4 inches wide, buckle is nickel plated steel.

[via TechnaBob]

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The AntiBottle

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

A lot of people are against plastic water bottles these days so here’s a nice alternative. It’s the Vapur Anti-bottle($9) and it’s a reusable BPA-free, foldable bottle that you can roll up when empty and stash back in your bag.

I actually think this is a pretty good idea especially for the outdoors types. There’s an integrated carabiner to help it hang around, you can freeze it full of water and it will even go into the dishwasher on the top shelf. It has a small label allowing the bottle to be personalized with the user’s name. Perfect for outdoor using. Priced at $8.95 each, or $29.95 for a four-pack. Great idea! Read More

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The chandelier MADE of light bulbs

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Obviously there are light bulbs in chandeliers, but what about a chandelier MADE of light bulbs? I think this this is stunning! This masterpiece called “What Watt?” is the work of Tim Fishlock

What Watt? is a memorial to the incandescent lightbulb. It’s a spherical chandelier made up of 1243 suspended bulbs of various shape and size, illuminated by a single low-energy light source. By 2011, all forms of incandescent light bulb will have been phased out in favour of greener alternatives. What Watt? marks the passing of a design that has remained relatively unchanged since its invention 130 years ago. An edition of ten. POA.

There’s another really cool shot after the break… you should look at it cause I said so! Read More

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