Green

May 13th, 2008

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Reboot is a conceptual house designed by Victor Vetterlein to be completely self-sufficient. More »

May 12th, 2008

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Architects I-Beam Design constructed a house for refugees made from wooden shipping pallets in a New York warehouse last month. More »

May 10th, 2008

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Here are some photographs of Mathieu Lehanneur’s domestic “refrigerator-aquarium” called Local River, on show at Artists Space Gallery in New York. More »

May 9th, 2008

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Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds. More »

May 9th, 2008

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Milan 08: Swiss designers Fulguro have put their Waternetworks - Drops collection into production and exhibited it at the Teracrea showroom in Milan last month. More »

May 9th, 2008

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As promised here are more photographs, drawings and model shots of the solar-powered Greenpix media wall in Beijing by Simone Giostra & Partners. More »

April 18th, 2008

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Live from Milan: Here’s a selection of pieces from the A Touch of Green exhibition by design collective Droog, which explores issues surrounding sustainability. More »

April 7th, 2008

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French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created Local River, a concept for a domestic “refrigerator-aquarium” that breeds freshwater fish for eating and grows vegetables at the same time. More »

April 6th, 2008

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Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati have designed four houses for a new residential district near Nicosia, Cyprus. More »

April 2nd, 2008

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A tea house made out of paper and cardboard, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, is to be auctioned in London tomorrow. More »

March 28th, 2008

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Swedish designer Henrik Schulz has designed a new task light for Swedish company Ateljé Lyktan. More »

March 27th, 2008

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Milan 08: London-based ChauhanStudio will launch four new telephones for SunCorp Communications in Milan during the furniture fair next month. More »

March 25th, 2008

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More from French architects Serero: this time their VTHR auditorium and theatre in Saint Cyprien, France. More »

March 24th, 2008

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Nicolas Cheng and Michael Leung of Studio Leung have created Printable Offerings, a collection of images of everyday items such as iPhones, Bic biros and Tempo pocket tissues that can be downloaded, printed and assembled into 3D models for use at Chinese festivals. More »

March 19th, 2008

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Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture have designed a series of four prefabricated low-energy houses. More »