Green is in! Many of us recycle at home, turn off the lights; fit energy saving light bulbs to be eco-friends. Some are smart enough to check out eco-chic stuff for their den! Following the mantra, designers around the globe are popping up with new creative stuff. From architecture to lights, furniture sets etc. talented designers showed off their eco-designs in the Milan Week 2010. How about checking em’ out?
green designs
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Foam China by Marjan van Aubel: Its made up of Open-Cell porcelain foam is sustainable and toxin-free.
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Corian Eco House by Karim Rashid.
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Yves Béhar’s LED pendant lamps made up of recycled paper.
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John Pawson ’s House of Stone. Its a eco-chic house made up of 99% Recycled Granite.
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Tom Dixon’s Offcut bench made of irregular waste wood.
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Lazerian Studio’s recycled cardboard furniture.
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Electrolux Tiny Washing Machine: It can be hung on the wall!
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Incredible line of furniture created by silk worms spinning fibers. The green home furnishing is designed by Rock Wang.
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Whirlpool’s Green Eco System Kitchen.
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D-Vision’s LED lamp is composed of 97% soap!
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“Memory” by Tokujin Yoshioka is an amorphous shape-shifting chair made up of recycled aluminum and can squish into a new shape every time someone sits in it.
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Lucky Beam bench by Brooklyn-based eco-design house Katch Design: Green bench made up of 100% recyclable aluminum.
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Table Lamp completely powered by tomatoes!
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PULP 2.0 by Studio Jo Meesters : Water resistant furniture.
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Innovo’s clever umbrella stand mat: It catches the runoff from wet umbrellas to to grow grass right in your home.
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Recyclable LZF Lamps’ geometric pendant lights.
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Light Form by designers Francesca Rogers and Daniele Gualeni Design Studio.
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Emeco Navy Chair: Seating made of 111 up-cycled coke bottles.
