Eco-friendly architecture and interior designs, materials, furniture, lighting. Let’s design sustainably.
This organic designer lamp, made from the leaf of the American palm tree, is a natural addition to home lighting design. The warmth of the chocolate color, and fibrous texture with a natural sheen, lend the Couro pendant lamp, from the Let’s Pause lamp collection, its innovative character. Ceci Ferrero – the Upcycling […]
Wood is a natural and renewable resource that requires the lowest amount of energy for furniture production. Every piece of furniture, made from this beautiful and warm material, retains the character of the tree, so every furniture piece is charmingly unique. Find out more about the Portuguese brand that manufactures designer wooden furniture, and their […]
Spanish furniture brand Let’s Pause crochets the fibers of the fique plant of the Andes to create a lovely design collection of warm and organic lighting fixtures – NUS Lamps that celebrate the age-old crafts and skilled labor of the women that make them. It all starts with this succulent plant with its fleshy stalks, […]
Transfer trees into your home interior, making it a more comfy place. Breathing in nature, contained in furniture design made of wood, bamboo, or rattan. Going back to nature isn’t that hard. I presume you can find natural elements anywhere in your house, apartment, or home garden. Hrvatske sume (Croatian Forests) at Ambienta Furniture […]
Kasiiya Papagayo in Costa Rica, eco-lodge design project created by architecture agency AW², pushes the architecture and resort design towards a new dimension, in a new way of thinking about ecology. Tucked away in the heart of the Costa Rican jungle, Kasiiya Papagayo’s five tents are built on wooden platforms. The development project successfully achieves […]
Wooden furniture can be described as solid wood furniture if all parts, except the back and bottom of drawers, are made entirely of one type of wood, not veneer. Solid wood retains the natural properties of wood, i.e. it does not retain a static charge. Wood has a natural tendency to receive or release moisture […]
What are Light Emitting Diodes or LEDs? LED lights have been around for about 50 years, but only in the last decade have they evolved into the technological powerhouses they are now. By using about 85% less electricity than previous styles like incandescent lights, halogens, fluorescent lamps, and CFL lights, LEDs are truly making great […]
Cosy warmth in the living room with CO2-neutral wood heating systems The fascination for heating with wood is as strong as ever. In prehistoric times, people warmed themselves together around the campfire. On cold days today, the occupants of a house gather together comfortably in front of a modern, more contained version of an open […]
What marks out this microtrend are the use and preference for natural, humble materials, sparking a new aesthetic code that elevates imperfections and the “unfinished” to new expressive and decorative heights. The roughness of surfaces, the choice of textures with a material look, deliberately irregular and “raw” finishes all put the accent on the most […]
In 2019 a real living forest will appear in the centre of Moscow just a few steps from the Red Square. Zaryadye Park – designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, creators of the acclaimed High Line park in New York – comes under the heading of what is known as Wild Urbanism, an urban design […]