Dutch designer Willem Heeffer used 334 recycled cans for Top chef Hans Välimäki’s new American diner in Helsinki, Finland. This is up cycling in industrial scale. After collection at the many committed restaurants and cleaning, these tins are transformed into fork and knife holders, bar lights, a floor to ceiling storage display and three chandeliers.
The chandeliers give home to 21 Heinz Beanz classics each. The lamps fit perfectly into the interior designed by Martina Rosenqvist and Vera Öller who used old corrugated roof panels to clad the bars. The single Heinz Beanz can where it all started from is for sale at: www.willemheeffer.com
With 9 Million Tons of furniture waste being added to our landfills every year, phoenix designer Jon Irons decided to found SITGREEN a company whose goal was to never contribute to that rising statistic. SITGREEN takes fully recyclable materials and turns them into pieces of functional, beautiful furniture. They don’t offer any floral patterned overstuffed armchairs, but what they do provide is a plethora of unique handmade furniture that is made with care from the most unlikely materials.
SITGREEN uses compression to hold their furniture together—not glue. The furniture is comprised of corrugated cardboard sandwiched between wood sidings and held together with steel hardware. When you are finished with their furniture simply disassemble it with hand tools and place the individual pieces into their corresponding recycling bins.
They are currently looking for funding on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sitgreen/sitgreen-furniture). By supporting SITGREEN you are supporting a world without waste. Their goal is to keep 1 million lbs of waste out of the landfill in 2013.
Good afternoon,
Anthony from over at LuckyGunner.com here-
We’ve got a unique take on a DIY project that’ll make your old closeted pair of jeans valuable for years and could help keep you safe: turn the old jeans into a holster!
I realize it’s a bit bizarre, but it’s also a frugal, efficient way for an adults-only household to store a firearm while keeping it in an accessible and secure place in case you need it.
You can see our “How to Guide” here:
We’re excited to share the info and we’d love it if you’d share the idea with your readers—-or put your own touch on the jean holster and one-up what we’ve started! If you’d like anything else, please don’t hesitate to shoot me an email!
Thanks for your time and consideration—- Happy Holidays!
Anthony at LuckyGunner.com
Anthony.Welsch@luckygunner.com
