Someone once said to me, "One team's bench player is another team's starting quarterback." So when I saw this fabulous furniture, made entirely from the piles of packaging materials we discard every year, I kicked myself for ever wasting such a valuable player. Elegant and architectural, these scrap lights (above) from Graypants are made from the selvedge edge of cardboard. I love how the texture of the selvedge diffuses the light so beautifully.
They also do wondrous things with discarded shipping pallets. The chair (above) and side table (below) are sleek, functional and 100% recycled. A true testament to the power of creativity. Game on.
Why is everything "green" so expensive? It's truly get annoying.
Posted by: Adam | November 03, 2008 at 11:37 AM
That chair is one of a kind! I have not seen that in my entire life!
Posted by: kitchen storage ideas | March 02, 2009 at 06:59 AM
Hi one of the main problems with us in dealing with waste is definitely a lack of creativity as you’ve nicely pointed out. We in http://climatarians.org just need to sit and think how best we can reuse the things we don’t need as they are. There are probably some very good uses to the things we have if they’re converted to another form.
Let’s get creative!
Joost Hoogstrate
Posted by: Joost Hoogstrate | July 08, 2009 at 06:21 AM
I love that beautiful and uniquely designed chair.
Posted by: Patrice | July 25, 2009 at 10:17 PM
$275 for a lampshade?!?! "Sustainable" and "eco" don't have to mean "need a bailout to afford it." I actually find that pricing offensive.
Posted by: Da | July 26, 2009 at 10:44 PM