Bike Tire Jewelry
Jeni Oye takes old bike tires and makes them into creative cuffs for guys and gals. Made from aluminum and old tires, they’re the perfect gift for bike lovers. Available exclusively at Oye Modern.
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California Roll House By Christopher Daniel
The California Roll House is a futuristic concept design for a prefabricated house that Christopher Daniel of Violent Volumes has created. The house was designed with a desert setting in mind with its exterior wrapped in an energy-efficient material that reflects heat from the sun. The house appears rolled to form a tube-like shape with glass on either end that is controlled electronically to change the transparency for privacy and light control. The modular nature of the design makes for easy assembly and disassembly on site.
Port Living Co.
Jordan Castro and his family-owned business Port Living Co. create eco-friendly kitchen and home designs in concrete, recycled marble dust, cork, aluminum and rubber. Based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the small company spent over a decade perfecting the concrete mixes to make them both functional and beautiful. Each piece is one of a kind and cast in a handmade mold to cure for about week. They are then burnished by hand and finished with two coats of carnauba wax.
Pictured above are the large Hexagon Pattern Concrete Coasters.
Trash Me Lamp by Victor Vetterlein
&Tradition‘s Victor Vetterlein-designed Trash Me Lamp is created from the paper pulp of 4-paper egg cartons that are spread over a mold and left to dry. The concept word behind the piece is “transient,” in that people’s attention and interest in things is somewhat brief. The lamp can be taken apart quickly and then recycled into something new once it is no longer desired.
Flaca Lamp by Masiosare Studio
Based in Mexico, Masiosare Studio is composed of three young industrial designers that aim for functional and accessible design. Flaca, which is Spanish for skinny, is a lamp they designed that meets both of those goals.
Las Gordas by Christian Vivanco
Christian Vivanco, in collaboration with the Casa Gutierrez Najera gallery in Queretaro, Mexico, created the lighting project, Las Gordas. Las Gordas is a series of lamps in varied sizes made from a commonly used plastic colander. The colander is used as the base of the lamp in combination with a translucent shade. The idea behind the project was to take an object and to reinterpret it into a different context, thereby making it a new object. In other words, the series of lamps reinforces the idea that we should rethink what is already available, instead of creating entirely new objects in a world completely oversaturated.
Recycled Wood Necklaces by TreeHorn Design
We spotted these recycled wood necklaces on Australian web shop Moose and were immediately drawn to them. It’s one of those, “Oh, I could do that” items, but of course you didn’t, and if you’re anything like us, probably won’t. They’re made TreeHorn Design, a one-man shop in Richmond (that’s a suburb of Adelaide), Australia. The man is Joe Chester, a slave to his woodshop, with a background in Tasmanian timber design.
The Bobble Jug
The popular Water Bobble bottle has given birth to a new sibling – the Bobble Jug. The jug, designed by Karim Rashid who also designed the original Bobble, can be used for home filtration and holds up to 64oz of water. Just like Bobble, it filters chlorine and organic contaminants, as well as copper, lead, mercury and cadmium, among others. Available in six fun colors, it will retail for $30 on waterbobble.com.
Modern Utility Bike
The Faraday bike by IDEO and Rock Lobster Cycles was entered into The Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge, a design/build competition held this year to create the best modern utility bike. A utility bike is considered a mode of transportation and not a specialty or race bike. My favorite features include an integrated lighting system, an electric motor to assist with pedaling, and a large front rack for easy storage. It is easy to see why this bike won the People’s Choice Award.
