Category: Green
The BB Little Garden
December 10, 2012 | posted in Design, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
The BB Little Garden is a lovely solution for the rapidly growing problem of gardening space in cities. Although it’s not the real outdoor gardening deal, the BB Little Garden, designed by François-Xavier Martouzet, still lets you grow plants / herbs, wherever you like, including places lacking enough sunlight, since the LED powered device provide[...]
‘Amsterdam Essential’ by Noni May
September 4, 2012 | posted in Amsterdam, Art, Contributors, Events, Fashion, Green, Music | by Noni May | Leave a comment
‘Amsterdam Essential’ is onze nieuwe evenementen agenda, samengesteld door Noni May van Amsterdam Curated. Als je wilt weten welke feestjes, tentoonstellingen en andere leuke / interessante dingen er de komende tijd in en rondom de stad te doen zijn, kun je dat hier wekelijks vinden. Met dit keer ook een winkel in de selectie: ‘It’s a[...]
Gaëlle Villedary ‘Tapis Rouge’
March 30, 2012 | posted in Art, Green, Installations | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Lovely piece of art by French artist Gaëlle Villedary, which consists of a 1400ft long grass carpet all through the French Village of Jaujac. The installation with the misleading name ‘Tapis Rouge’ was created to reconnect the the inhabitants of the village with the landscape surrounding them. I guess it would make a nice add[...]
Earth Block ‘eco-friendly LEGO’
February 9, 2012 | posted in Design, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
‘Earth Blocks’ by Japanese design studio Colors Tokyo is a brilliant and simple concept, and a perfect way to jump onto the sustainable bandwagon. The LEGO blocks are composed out of compressed natural materials like cedar bark scraps, coffee beans, sawdust, and green tea leaves with a little touch of polypropylene and moulded into the classic stapable[...]
Green Little Fellas by Matteo Cibic
February 9, 2012 | posted in Design, Green | by Ilja Keizer | 1 Comment
Love these green little fellas called ‘Domsai’ designed by product designer Matteo Cibic. ‘Domsai is a tamagotchi for your desk. Handcraft designed and produced with love in Nove (ITA). Each Domsai has its own personality, each cactus has its own dome, tailor made and blowed, that differentiates it from the others.’ Buy here. _ _
The Pothole Gardener
February 6, 2012 | posted in Green, Installations, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Steve Wheen aka. The Pothole Gardener, creates tiny gardens in potholes and other tiny patches of earth around East London. Together with the gardens, he often ads some miniature chairs, telephone boxes and a bunch of other things, thus creating sweet mini-worlds. ‘Part art project, part labour of love, part experiment, part mission to highlight how[...]
The wooden ‘Perpetual Calender’
November 15, 2011 | posted in Design, Gadgets, Green, Objects | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Loving this clever wooden calender, that simply changes date by adjusting the blocks. Buy here.
Treehotel’s latest addition: ‘The Ufo’
November 12, 2011 | posted in Architecture, Design, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Treehotel Sweden, the hotel with some pretty unique places for staying like ‘The Birdsnest’ and ‘Mirrorcube’, now has a tres cool new addition to their range of accommodation called ‘The Ufo’. Book here.
‘The Biome’ a great iPad controlled terrarium
November 12, 2011 | posted in Design, Gadgets, Green, Installations | by Ilja Keizer | 2 Comments
‘The Biome’ is a flora terrarium that is controlled by using your iPad, created by London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson. The climate conditions, water level and nutrients inside the biome are controlled by an app for smartphones and iPads. With the application the user is able to control the temperature, while low-energy lighting built into the top of[...]
Plantbombing!
October 15, 2011 | posted in Art, Design, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Tres cool project by urban knitter Heather Powazek Champ and guerrilla gardener Derek Powazek, who combined forces and started ‘Plantbombing’ out in the streets of San Fransisco. The ‘Plantbombs’ consist of a colorful knitted yarn pot / pocket that can be attached just about anywhere, with a nice little plant in it. Really love this[...]
