garden landscaping

How To Landscape Your Garden Using Repurposed Materials

Landscaping your garden needn’t cost a fortune. Doing it on a budget doesn’t mean lowering your standards, however. In fact, you are not only saving money, but since you have a constraint it also forces you to be more creative which creates an even better garden than what you may …

Artist Gregory Kloehn creates mobile homes from dumpster trash!

We as armchair ‘aficionados’ have always praised art for art’s sake. But what about art that treads the conscientious path to make its mark in the practical realm? Well, Oakland-based artist Gregory Kloehn certainly believes in such a novel scope, as is evident from his incredible mobile home projects for …

The functional ‘Trash Closet’ boldly shows its symbolic force

Trash closet – the very term might evoke images of a cheap closet with ill defined design credentials. Well, the actual ‘Trash Closet’ from Marijke and Sander Lucas couldn’t be more far off from our stereotypical reverie. The whimsically designed contrivance is a working cabinet made from old and used …

Barrel Chair

Retro styled rotating chairs crafted wholly from beer barrels!

Previously, we have stumbled across a slew of unconventional furniture items ranging from chairs crafted from bullets to poufs made from human hair. However, this time the unconventionality is equally matched with the practicality of the interesting scope. We are talking about the Barrel Chair, which as the name suggests is remarkably crafted from beer barrels. …

wingin it bed by brc designs

Wingin’ it bed combines disorganized visuals with a stable structure!

  Many of us architecture students (and aficionados) might have come across the radical concept of deconstructivism. As the name suggests, the scope is characterized by a fragmented chaotic essence, where disorganization serves as the only connection between individual components. The above pictured Wingin’ It bed conception by BRC Designs seems …

Bento Box by Rachel Elise

Traditional Bento Box crafted from just using salvaged wood scraps!

Crafted from a range of materials starting from disposable containers to exquisite lacquer ware, the traditional ‘Bento’ has always remained a popular take-out meal box when it comes to Japanese cuisine. Inspired by this traditionalist popularity of the box like container, designer Rachel Elise has contrived her very own version of the Bento Box. …