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Posts tagged “reuse”

Hot or Not? Garbage Lamp

Garbage Lamp: made of used, compulsively collected polystyrene drinking cups. ...

Reusing Milk Crates
Australia

Ah the milk crate, the original building block for DIY furniture. Milk crates are often abused in a design sense by students looking for cheap – read free – storage solutions. But we’ve always k...

Right Place, Right Time: Curbside Finds
AT Asia

Don’t you just love it when free stuff just lands in your lap? With few second hand shopping options, we’ve had to get creative with our decorating. Never a fan of buying new, we were searching fo...

Look! A Glass Trashcan

No, you're right. There's nothing particularly novel about using a heavy glass vase as a trashcan and yet we like it. Suddenly you are more aware of what's being thrown away than if it's hidden away...

Hot or Not? Re-purposed Clothes Hanger Chandelier

Thwart Design Clothes Hanger Chandelier ...

Look! Yogurt Container Lampshade

As if we didn't miss real European yogurt enough as it is (we have yet to find a yogurt stateside that nears the delicious creamy quality of french concoctions), we see this mod-a-licious overhead lam...

8 Ways to Reuse 2 liter Plastic Soda Bottles

We've posted about reusing 2-liter soda bottles to capture insects before, and this video includes it amongst their top 8 tips for reusing the common soda bottle for other uses before you chuck it i...

Umbrella Magazine Rack

The other day, we blogged Readymade Magazine going digital. We're in awe of their MacGyver section where they challenge their readers to design products from common household items......