Why didn't anyone think of this before? Instead throwing out crumbs or carefully collecting them for the birds, this self-cleaning bread board delivers them directly to the bird.

When we previously presented Danish designer N55's walking house it was just a model, and we asked miniHome designer Andy Thomson what he thought of it; he suggested "You should tell them wheels will be cheaper!" I never thought it would get past the model stage. But if you watch the video you will see that, remarkabl...

Last month we kinda roused on END Footwear for making their stripped down eco-focused trail running footwear, and not telling anyone about it. With the launch of their new website last week they’ve cleared that obstacle on the path.

Although Flash-based (boo hiss), the site does contain a bunch more info on their footwear, with its ‘bamboo infused’ linings, recycled polyester webbings and laces, recycled EVA and rubber sole combos and suchlike.

We have shown Le Corbusier recliners and staircases made from skateboard decks, but they have been made from new decks repurposed rather than recycled broken decks. Philadelphia industrial designer Jason Podlaski's brother kept breaking them and Jason was "inspired by the consistent way they were broken, about 75% of them were broken at the truck and 25% were broken in half.

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Design team Rodarte has joined forces with Lexus Hybrid Living and created an eco-friendly candle and bracelet to be sold at Barney's New York. The candle is made of natural soy contained in recyclable glass.

Letterpress is literally a dying art; the inks were toxic and printers often died young. It is almost completely extinct, practiced only by a few hobbyists and craftspeople. As a teenager I used to visit a neighbour who did letterpress in his basement; I loved watching his hands fly over the galleys of type and I loved the way you could actually feel the letters pressed into the paper.