Design

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The LABOR OF LOVE series stands for the small businesses and designers who are still creating and constructing products in America instead of opting for oversees manufacturing like many competitors. The video above features Lauren Junker, creator of Totally Tubular Designs, who gets her kicks from foraging through trash to… Read the rest

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Courtney Mattison is a scientist, artist, environmentalist and student. In order to better understand ocean life and the organisms in her studies she started a project that would visually represent the Earth’s oceans. She decided to create a 15-foot tall, 11-foot wide, and 1500 pound sculpture that would reflect not… Read the rest

Now this is a cool company with a great project. When Eli Marmar and Martin Kim set out to start their own footwear company just over a year ago, they ended up creating more than just awesome sandals.
“At the end of a 14-hour work day, would designing cool products… Read the rest

 
Thanks to prAna, we came across this fantastic six-minute video that’s a compilation of clips from the film The Age of Stupid… Read the rest set against the backdrop of Bombay Dub Orchestra‘s chilling sounds. The film sets itself up in 2055, where a man takes the time to look back at

The Good Bike project is awesome. Based in Toronto, its mission is to turn abandoned bikes into public works of art. According to Treehugger, The Good Bike began when a local woman spray painted a left bike and planted greenery in its front basket. The fact that the city ticketed… Read the rest

Since 1998, Richart Sowa has been collecting the trash he finds lying along the shores of Mexico and putting it to good use. From the items, says mattermore, such as “plastic bottles to bamboo and plywood,” he once made a two-story home and three floating islands. But when those were… Read the rest

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casus telefonSay you’re planning a hike to the top of Angel’s Rest–and you want to enjoy a glass of wine at the bluff overlooking the Columbia River. Or, perhaps, you’re doing a self-sustaining bike trip from one city to another and want to share a glass of wine… Read the rest

It’s simple; Warm Current‘s mission is “to teach, inspire and support underserved communities and youth through surfing.” Equally as simple is how you can get involved and help. The Faces of Warm Current campaign is entering its final 10-day stretch to raise money for new supplies and a surf camp… Read the rest

NASA recently unveiled an invention that uses forward osmosis to filter urine into a “sugary” drink that has been compared in taste to Capri Sun.
According to Inhabitat, the process of converting pee into a beverage has been tailored to work well in a zero gravity environment, but it ensures… Read the rest

A brand-new store called in.gredients will soon launch in Austin, Texas and will be the U.S.’s first “package-free and zero waste grocery store.”
So, you ask, how does that… Read the rest happen? It’s surprisingly easy.
The store  will operate under a “precycling” model, in which consumers will bring reusable containers (think tupperware

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