noli n nali: organic skin care

Noli n Nali offers organic skin care for children.

trad: ecological design for children

Träd, a childrens' piece from designers Josue Gamonal and Vicente Porres, have won the Third María Martínez Otero Industrially-Produced Designer Furniture Award for their design. The first instinct for me when I saw this piece was--MUST HAVE ONE!!! This design stops me in my tracks--truly a must have. Unfortunately, it is still in its development stages. Bravo to the duo!

"Trad is a shelter, a personal space where children carry out their fantasies and games. A place that allows them to feel safe, to learn and to imagine. That enchanted wood where one can dream of heroes and princesses, witches and dragons... and live a thousand and one adventures. The tree, as an icon for wisdom, shelter and playground, symbol of life and growth. Approach to an increasingly absent nature, as a comeback to traditional games, towards imagination development, with no artifices, as a basis for the growth of the child's personal world."

via Yanko Design

sparrow handbags: organic vegan fashion

Wonderfully designed ecologic products are always pouring out of BC Canada, and Sparrow Handbags is no exception. Sparrow Handbags an eco-friendly and cruelty-free accessory line makes each handbag of either of 100% organic cotton or hemp. The three year old company designs and manufactures handbags in house, silkscreening using 100% solvent free water based or low-impact dye. Each high quality bag is lined with a cotton/hemp black lining and organic cotton batting, bag bottoms are cut from recycled tetra boxes and handles are made using stiff hemp webbing. My personal favorite are the Lu'lu change purse bags and of course the sparrow logo!

matteria: good design, smart materials

The Matteria Shop offers many products that are made from vintage, repurposed or reclaimed materials. The Kotona boards are a combination magnetic and chalkboard made of reclaimed plywood from the furniture industry offered in a wide range of colors and sizes. Love.

sture pallarp: recycled xray lamp

Sture Pallarp of Swede, can turn your X-ray photo's into an oddly gorgeous lamp--a nice idea for the reuse of old xrays sitting around. I love this idea, since they are expensive little photos.

sandmaiden: eco fashion in seattle

I was completely surprised by Sandmaiden upon finding the shop today. Luscious loungewear and separates in bamboo, organic cotton, wool and silk. All the pieces look so comfortable.

schubladen: drawer front reuse

Schubladen, a smart German company is in the business of giving drawer fronts a new life. Decrepit, sad looking drawers from broken down furniture are reinvigorated when given a new home in a wall mounted cubby for floor storage unit. Haute reuse!

future natural: the eco version of sephora

Future Natural is an online beauty boutique with all natural skin care and cosmetics. The eco Sephora, if you will, Future Natural offers effective alternatives to conventional beauty products, and to enrich the planet in the process. The company provides full disclosure of all ingredients, an onsite glossary, and the fantastic stories behind the brands, giving customers all the information they need for smart choices for themselves.

Future Naturalonly represents brands that have no petroleum derivatives, no parabens, no synthetic colors or fragrances, dibutyl pthalate, sodium lauryl sulphate, formaldehyde, or any other known harmful ingredients, and absolutely none of the products are tested on animals. Check out their site for the best organic, biodynamic, natural, wild-harvested and artisan brands in the world. Though not all of their products are 100% organic or natural, and not all of them use eco packaging, the companies philosophy is that doing something is better than doing nothing & supporting companies that are making the effort to eliminate toxic ingredients & processes is a great endeavor.

thomas wold: scrap table

Thomas Wold pieced together this awesome coffee table.

haute living art: hedge sculpture

Hedge sculpture from around the web.

lentil walnut veggie burgers

crocheted handbags: kate ward

Recycled plastic handbags by Kate Ward

recycled leather: baggage handbags

Baggage Handbags

french garbage vpot: gilles eichenbaum lighting

French design studio Garbage Vpot are the recycled designs of very creative Gilles Eichenbaum. He repurposes household goods and antique kitchen implements turning them into absolutely gorgeous and unique lighting. Very inspirational.

haute haus: reclaimed material furniture: uhuru

Uhuru Design, a sustainable furniture company out of Brooklyn, continues to dazzle me with their material reuse.

scrap lab: recycled materials reincorporated into furniture

The focus of Scrap Lab is innovative recirculation of industrial produced waste. Located in Bangkok Thailand, Scrap Lab is a cooperative begun by Singh Intrachooto, Florian Gypser, Luke Yeung and Chawalee Ratanamark. All off-cut manufacturing process (wood, steel, paper) are employed as are waste materials from imprecise production of material (foam, plastic), moulds, utilized up to their lifespan (gypsum, steel, wood) and sawdust, descending from cutting and sawing (wood, plastic, metal). Love.

sweater heads: haute recycled wool hats

I love pixie hats, and Sweater Heads has just the perfect pattern they use for these adorable caps.

recycled sweater deer: rachel denny

Portland artist Rachel Denny made this amazing recycled sweater wall trophy. Kudos, it makes for a warm mountain decor.

haute green build japanese teahouse

I am in smitten with this lovely eco teahouse found here. The design is by Naomi Darling an Architect who recently graduated from Yale. It incorporates bamboo harvested from the site, recycled metal roof, and stone from local quarry. Time for tea!

studio moe: reclaimed wooden furniture

Studio Moe a design company from NY, builds custom furniture using reclaimed lumber. This is the Oslo table.

reclaimed wood wall: haute design idea

via Living Etc.

alkemie jewelry: reclaimed metal

Alkemie Jewelry is a collaboration of husband and wife design team, Ashley Lowengrub and Dara Gerson in Los Angeles California. Socially responsible, Alkemie is forged from 100% reclaimed metals made in USA. For those with deep pockets, you can even request custom works in reclaimed silver and gold. The entire Alkemie collection is made from 100% reclaimed metal using the wax casting process.