With green living being on our collective radar these days, it makes sense to look at water conservation in the home. Many of us have or will be installing low flow toilets and shower heads as a way to reduce water consumption. Not only is it good for the environment, but it will keep more [...]

When thinking of a footwear store, the idea of a swanky and hip boutique location comes to mind, but when you think about athletic sandals that are worn by white water rafting and surfing enthusiasts, your idea may change. Keen Footwear, in Portland Oregon has been known to sell high-functioning footwear that water athletes gravitate [...]

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 [...]