Maybe Design in Vienna and Istanbul is a mulidisciplinary art practice for product design architecture graphic design and design engineering.

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In the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, I was able to see two of Leo Sewell's large scale sculptures in person. Made from bits of every this and that, the animals are meticulously assembled with each piece arranged so that it fits exactly into place.

Re-Collect from Brighton UK hand sews bags with an industrial chic aesthetic. Their offerings include messengers, handbags, laptop sleeves, etc. The line has a very modern look to recycled inner tubes, bike treads and seat belts.

Abteil Design's 'Ball Bag' was presented at the Council for Sustainability in Berlin. Some repurposed design works so well that the new aesthetic created by reuse seems as if it was the original intention.

Argentinian company Neumatica Net makes the most fabulous looking bags out of recycled rubber inner tubes. Not only are they creating a lovely looking product, the tubes take more than 500 years to decompose.

Sander Lucas Ontwerpen, a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven has a nice body of work focusing on recycling and upcycling objects turning them into more functional homewares.

Bibliopath Nicholas Jones is a Melborne sculptor employing books as vessels designed to hold his folded sculptural creations.

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Aurelie Tu is an Industrial Designer originally from Canada. Having earned her practical ID work experience with Hauser in L.A. and Nike in Portland, she has branched out and created her own line of modular interlocking felt homewares.

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Studio Shed is an ingenious little product manufactured here in Colorado to enhance backyard enjoyment. These tiny little modern sheds come in an array of finish options, can be put up in only one day (the company has nationwide installers) and they can add just the finish that your yard needs.

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Jenny Hurth designes & hand sews these unique notebooks and beach bags in the San Francisco Bay Area from discarded vinyl signs and banners. The vinyl was originally printed for local trade shows, conventions, municipal or private advertising--she prevents them from going to the landfill.

Darcy Miro's jewelry creations are created using casting methods with sterling silver or 18-karat gold.

Her pieces emerge from wax casts made from found materials, showing jagged surfaces, erosion, decomposition and decay.

Hapuku Lodge in Kaikoura New Zealand is a luxury wilderness accommodation offering 5 contemporary treehouses. This unique rural experience includes use of the lodge lap pool, sauna & exercise room, and very nearby whale watching.

I hike quite frequently, so I will start a botanicals feature today to learn more and to share with you what I find. I saw this gorgeous furry blossom a week or so ago, a Pasque Flower.

While browsing Etsy, I happened upon Trilby Made's recycled leather reversible cuffs just now. Swoon. Their open, lattice-like design makes a dramatic eco fashion statement. Plus its two in one, you can wear the cuff two ways and they have two colors.

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Happy Earth Day!

Make an effort to unplug today somehow--use less energy, buy locally, take a walk, ride your bike, do some gardening & clean up! But then try doing that more often all year long!

There is an endless list of ways you can help: Today you could recycle, plant a tree, give to an envir

Botany Factory is a San Francisco based studio whose mission is to bring greenery to small, indoor spaces. Much like creating a ship in a bottle, terrarium building takes a small, dexterous hand, a collection of minute tools and a keen interest in petite plant life and clever composition.

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Bottle Houses seem to be primarily an American phenomena, but they are catching on around the world as a very low cost building material. Here are some beautiful takes on incorporating the opaque material.

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Bottle Houses around the US.

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Sanctuary Design Magazine focuses solely on sustainable design unlike Dwell and Azure that cover stories about sustainability occasionally. Australia's Sanctuary uses the motto "Sustainable Living with Style".

The Mashup rugs by Kymo modernize oriental carpets by upcycling worn ones, reassembling them in a gorgeous compilation with a modern aesthetic. The rugs designed by Eva Langhans and Thomas Follner, remix these old raw materials, in new color coordinated patchworks.

John Galvin, a cabinetmaker and craftsman from Glasgow, designs modern sustainable furniture pieces. Galvin's designs are very recognizable, featuring color combinations with wood varieties and his signature divets. He crafts bespoke kitchens and one off commissions as well.

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Praise the sugar Lord, there is a sugar fix on wheels and its name is The Denver Cupcake Truck! With Flavors like Vanilla Party, Chocolate Overload, Pistachio, Denver Snowball, Zippy Lemon, Mile-Hi Mocha & Rockin’ Red Velvet--I'm gonna be following their Twitter and Facebook to locate the super truc

Colorado has many hidden gems, and the tiny ghost town of Dunton that was transformed into a world class hotsprings spa and resort is near the top of that list.

Just discovered the fantastic sculptural work by Aaron Moran who's work shown here was recently exhibited at the Chapel Arts in British Columbia. This summer, find more of his work at the infamous Cheaper Show (video below) in Western Canada.

Miyoshi Barosh is a graduate of both the Rhode Island School of Design, and the California Institute of the Arts. Her soft sculpture is an accumulation of many layers, colors and textures.

Kim Lyons, an eco fabulous jeweler, incorporates recycled materials into her collections. She utilizes "green" metals like recycled yellow silver--(which has look of gold at a lower price point), recycled sterling silver and also finds use for all her process scrap metals.

Bravo airs a new show, 9 By Design tonight April 13 at 11:00pm EST 9:00pm MST. The design show follows the Novogratz family of 9 through their trials and tribulations in building a new residence for themselves.

The Hemptress, a smart eco fashionable handbag company out of Los Angeles, launched this January with sustainability and eco mindfulness at it's forefront. Hemptress is the design team of Håkan and Arlene Nilsson, an eco & fashion forward duo.

I love climbing, so this couch speaks to my inner ascender, by recycling used climbing rope for the woven cushion. This fantastic concept was designed by Oscar Andersson for the Beckmans College of Design and exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010.

Boulder Startup Weekend April 16-18th--Got an idea for a business? Bring it here.

I love this necklace of religious tolerance by House of Natalia.

This lovely dinnerware was made by Gailan Ngan, a Vancouver-based ceramist and visual artist who graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2002. Her creations are both wheel thrown and hand altered, fired in electric and salt kilns.

This is Future Flower, a regeneration project for the waterfront at Widnes near the River Mersey in England. The 14 meter-high metal blossom has giant petals of perforated galvanized steel-approx 4 ft long.

Gorgeous vases by Cleveland Institute of Art graduate, Thaddeus Wolfe. Wolfe is inspired by science and the crystalline structure of all matter.

Designer Robi Renzi of RenziVivian will present a series of cabinets assembled from a patchwork of salvaged wooden components in Milan later this month entitled 'Armadiature'.

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Scout Regalia debuted two new outdoor products for 2010, their SR Outdoor Table Set & SR Patio Garden. The table is made from FSC certified redwood and enameled aluminum (choose your color). The raised garden frame is made from FSC certified redwood and powder-coated heavy gauge steel brackets.

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