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New Designers – Durham Returns
Inspired by Britain’s love of tea, Product Designer Christine Misiak aims to mix an element of craft with industrially manufactured products, doing so by designing various tea sets with the aim of combining old and new. Through her ‘Original Recycled Tea Sets’, the talented designer made it her mission to rejuvenate these ‘homeless’ tea sets by reclaiming, restyling and resurfacing the disregarded tea sets, transforming them into elegant, one-off pieces that are a celebration of the past and present.
A Design Twist on ‘Recycling’
Bike Furniture Design is a design and manufacturing studio specialising in contemporary, modern furniture made primarily from recycled steel and aluminum bicycle rims, handlebars, and frames. Working within the vernacular of classic modern furniture design, BFD founder Andy Gregg has continued to refine this comfortable and durable furniture since 1990. See more of the studio’s fine, hand-crafted furniture.
Live Green and Enter the Eco Age
One of the very first ecological destination stores, Eco Age invites you to abandon an excessive carbon life and embrace greener living.
Sustainable clubbing initiative launched
Clubbers at Bar Surya, the new eco-club in Kings Cross, London will literally dance to save the planet on a high-tech alternative energy dance floor. This Club also featured solar-energy panels, a wind turbine, waterless urinals, low-flush toilets and an eco-friendly air-conditioning unit.
House of Metros - No huffing and puffing this house down
Here’s a novel way to stay warm for free, cut down on CO2 used in heating and keep up with your daily news fix.
Innovative eco-friendly restaurant opens in Shoreditch
The team behind Acorn House Restaurant, London’s first truly eco-friendly restaurant, take their innovative ideas one step further with the opening of the Water House Restaurant which is set to become the most sustainable, ethical and community focused restaurant in London.