Tag archive for "eco-friendly"

Seating

Indigenous style furniture made from coconut palm trees

No Comments 29 January 2011

With the threat posed on the environment by mass deforestation and the need to find more sustainable hardwoods, Pacific Green went on a mission to find a ecologically-sound substitute for tropical hardwoods from the South Pacific. Having established the world’s first Palm wood factory at Sigatoka in the Fijian Islands, Pacific Green pioneered the creation [...]

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Styles

Colorful eco-friendly home with appealing modern interior

No Comments 06 December 2010

Designed by Zero Energy Design, this LEED Gold certified residence was designed to replace the original building, yet remaining true to the family traditions which have developed since the land was purchased in 1958. With a colorful exterior and unusual contemporary architecture the home has a very unique appeal about it. The interior is light [...]

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Bathroom

Toto washlet – the innovative green and clean WC

No Comments 12 October 2010

The washlet by TOTO provides a revolutionary new method in WC technology and hygiene. Popular in Japan, with over 80% of households having a washlet installed in the bathroom, this form of all-in-one toilet and bidet is fast becoming more popular in the west. Features you’ll find in the TOTO Washlet, which are far from [...]

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Kitchen

Ekokook – the futuristic eco-friendly kitchen

No Comments 02 October 2010

As product designers are looking for more and more ways to introduce environmentally friendly ways into interior products, the more intuitive the concepts are becoming. Ekokook by Faltazi, the compelling and innovative all-in-one kitchen unit, is a concept which totally reconstructs the kitchen as we know it. The most unusual feature of the kitchen (and [...]

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Living

Fabric Room creator by Mod Green Pod

No Comments 08 August 2010

Rather than throw out old furniture a lot of homeowners these days are opting to recover old sofas and armchairs with new fabrics. This not only brings the aged items back to life but is also an eco-friendly solution by using organic fabrics which haven’t been chemically treated. Mod Green Pod, a Texas based wallpaper [...]

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Furniture

Stylishly crafted tables made from reclaimed wood

No Comments 07 August 2010

In recent years we have seen some quite stunning furniture designs made from reclaimed, recycled or reused wood. Here we showcase Uhuru, a Brooklyn design studio who create furniture and products which are beautiful in their simplicity with an awareness of sustainability and eco-friendliness. Uhuru means “freedom” in Swahili, and there is certainly a free [...]

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Styles

Living Tomorrow – our homes of the future

No Comments 20 July 2010

Bringing together contemporary interior product designers with high-tech companies, Living Tomorrow, a company from Belgium, show how life could be more comfortable and more energy efficient with their prototype ‘Houses of Tomorrow’. Designed for an age when the Earth’s fossil fuels would have run out, the house is totally run on two hydrogen fuel cells. [...]

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Furniture, Styles

10 eco-friendly rosewood furniture items

1 Comment 02 February 2009

These ten rosewood furniture pieces are designed and manufactured by Clayton Oxford, a designer and entrepreneur originally from North Carolina, who travels the world in search of inspiration from different environments to produce eco-friendly home furniture. As Clayton says… All of our products are eco-friendly, made from sustainable natural fibers and materials from the indiginous [...]

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