When you think of energy efficiency in residential homes you don’t typically envision them located in high density populated urban cities. In Seoul, Korea the average apartment urban home is condensed into tens of stories tall concrete “milk carton” like structures. The design aesthetics are less than desirable, and out of this frustration for lack [...]

There’s a new trend creeping its way onto the interior design scene, but for all its hype, it’s making its entrance rather organically. Moss, which generally makes its home on the bark of large trees, is now making its way into our homes — only when invited, of course — via Mosser, a spherical mass [...]

Today’s roundup is all about furniture whose designers see the importance of building pieces that don’t have a negative impact on the world in which we live. Although the global observance of Earth Day doesn’t take place until April 22, it stands to reason that one day a year isn’t nearly enough time to spend [...]

Ask any environmentally-aware architect or designer and they’ll all tell you the same thing: bamboo is the darling of the moment. The highly sustainable material is easily grown and swiftly replenished in multiple climates, and its golden combination of strength and flexibility make it the material of choice for furniture designers. Though its debut as [...]

Functioning on completely independently renewable energy sources, BLOOM by Olga Kalugina is an ingenious mobile home of the future. With a lush lime green and black exterior and interior, the module is as stylish as it is innovative in its design. Equipped with solar batteries, air and liquid solar collectors, water treating filters, a slow-burning [...]

Created by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba, the concept of this original kitchen design is to fuse technology and ecology closer together, integrating each section of space to recycle energy and water. Energy efficient and eco-friendly, the Green Living kitchen not only incorporates eco-friendly technology, but also takes on stylish modern furniture design aspects, as seen [...]

Some months ago we featured 3D wall panels made from bamboo, here we look at a similar concept, but this time the panels are made from sugarcane residue. This collection of eco-friendly wall panels are by UK company 3D Wall Panels. Except for the renewable materials used the designs are very similar in appearance, with [...]