The Bare Hair Project by Ola Giertz
Clumps of human hair are recycled as stuffing for two plastic pouffes by Swedish furniture and product designer Ola Giertz. More about The Bare Hair Project by Ola Giertz
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Maizy by Spalvieri / Del Ciotto
Milan designers Spalvieri / Del Ciotto have created a range of calculators, clocks, torches and radios that are made of corn starch. More about Maizy by Spalvieri / Del Ciotto
Today at Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin brings her pencil factory to Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? More about The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
WasteLandscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard
An undulating landscape made of 65,000 discarded CDs carpets the floor of the Centquatre art space, housed in a former funeral home in Paris. More about WasteLandscape by Elise Morin and Clémence Eliard
From Here For Here by Ariane Prin
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Ariane Prin uses waste from college workshops as the raw material for her on-site pencil factory More about From Here For Here by Ariane Prin
The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Show RCA 2011: German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. More about The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Talamanca Cocoa by fuseproject
San Francisco designers fuseproject have designed packaging and a grating tool for hardened pure cacao, which is farmed among the natural ecosystem of the Costa Rican rainforest. More about Talamanca Cocoa by fuseproject
Efficient Home by Mathieu Lehanneur for Schneider Electric
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a series of objects designed to monitor electricity consumption in the home for energy company Schneider Electric. More about Efficient Home by Mathieu Lehanneur for Schneider Electric
Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. More about Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners
Paperpulp by Debbie Wijskamp
DMY Berlin 2010: designer Debbie Wijskamp exhibited her collection of cabinets made from blocks of pulped paper at DMY Berlin last week. More about Paperpulp by Debbie Wijskamp
Dezeen podcast: Sustainable Futures at the Design Museum
Dezeen podcast: curator Nina Due gives a guided tour of the Sustainable Futures exhibition on show at the Design Museum in London. More about Dezeen podcast: Sustainable Futures at the Design Museum
W+W by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti with Roca Innovation Lab
Milan designers Gabriele and Oscar Buratti have collaborated with bathroom brand Roca to create a combined toilet and wash basin, where waste water from the sink is used to fill the toilet cistern. More about W+W by Gabriele and Oscar Buratti with Roca Innovation Lab
Signed copies of Green Design by Marcus Fairs
Looking for Christmas gifts? How about a personalised signed copy of Green Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs? More about Signed copies of Green Design by Marcus Fairs
Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Ilse Crawford
Tokyo 09: designer Ilse Crawford describes her vision of design that brings people together in this third short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide, produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Ilse Crawford
Lanana by Ryszard Rychlicki
Polish Design Season: Polish design student Ryszard Rychlicki has designed a shopping bag made of folded recycled paper. More about Lanana by Ryszard Rychlicki
ZE by Renault
French automobile brand Renault are showing a range of electric concept cars at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (Frankfurt Motor Show) in Germany this week. More about ZE by Renault
Eco Warrior by Rezon
Tokyo design brand Rezon have designed a cotton bag for people to wear over their heads when they see people exhibiting ungreen behaviour. More about Eco Warrior by Rezon
Shenzhen International Energy Mansion by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won an international competition to design a low-energy tower for the Shenzhen Energy Company in Shenzhen, China. More about Shenzhen International Energy Mansion by BIG
Oogst 1 Solo by Tjep
Here is the first of three proposals by Dutch designers Tjep. for self-sufficient farms that provide inhabitants with everything they require, including energy, heat, oxygen, food and waste management. More about Oogst 1 Solo by Tjep