Paper Wig by Paper Cut Project for Store Jeffrey in New York and Atlanta

Elegant paper wig fashion by Flurry and Salk from Paper Cut Project for store Jeffrey in Atlanta + New York. The wigs which mimic real hairstyles are constructed solely with paper.

'Flurry and Salk’s custom-made paper art installations are fuelled by a love of fashion + an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this humble material.'

- Paper Cut Project.

The Designers Nikki Salk + Amy Flurry of Paper Cut Project.

Nikki Salk holds a degree in fine arts in interior design from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. Her keen understanding of composition and love of paper are nurtured through paper sculpture that has been featured on Daily Candy. Former owner of Addiction boutique in the chic Buckhead neighbourhood of Atlanta, Salk has developed a following as a virtual stylist with her blog, Fashion Gatherer. 

Amy Flurry is a freelance writer, editor and stylist of fifteen years with work featured in InStyle, Conde Nast>Traveler, O at Home, Four Seasons, House Beautiful, Country Living and Refinery 29. She is a regional editor for Lucky magazine and style editor for the luxury lifestyle publication, The Atlantan.  Flurry has been identified as an industry authority, serving as a regular guest commentor for Saks 5^th Avenue’s “Want It” presentation and a frequent guest speaker on trends at the AmericasMart Atlanta and the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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Kids' Cardboard Furniture from KIDSONROOF

Design by Elisabeth Vidal for Kidsonroof, Bo Buro is a sturdy cardboard desk come with 2 stools (Price € 49.00) made of recycled cardboard. The stools can carry over 40 kilos of weight. With cute animals printed on it, there are holes here and there for kids hiding toys or secrets. Bo Buro can be a kids first writing desk for writing, drawing, playing, hiding under and inventing stories.
 

Dimensions:


desk: B50 x H55 x L90 cm. 


stool: B25 x H25 x L25 cm.

Bo Buro by Elisabeth Vidal.

Another cardboard furniture that you can find from Kidsonroof which is also made of recycled cardboard is the Trojan Horse (Price € 19.90). Design by Alex Hellum, a beautiful yet very very sturdy object Trojan Horse is for sitting on and playing with.
 

'Pick it up and you'll understand its name: an unexpected fairytale-like sound tinkles from the inside of the horse.'

- Kidsonroof.

Suitable for age 2+, Trojan Horse which is also available in white comes with a little baby Trojan Horse.

Dimensions: 25*38*12 cm

Trojan Horse by Alex Hellum.

Kidsonroof:

Back to the source of life! Kidsonroof wishes to re-connect modern life with nature, rediscovering basic values. Kidsonroof offers an ecological approach to the act of playing. Stimulating creativity and imagination lies at the heart of Kidsonroofs products.
 

Kidsonroof was established in 2005 by Romy Boesveldt (NL 68) and Ilya Yashkin (RUS 67). Together with their 3 kids and their little friends they manage a permanent testlab where new ideas keep coming up. A few weeks per year they go back to an oldfashioned simplicity when spending time in their little shed in the southern French mountains without electricity or running water.
 

Ilya has been trained as an architural designer (Marchi in Moscow and Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. His designs are ingeniously three dimensional and very associative. Romy takes care of the conceptual development and styling.

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"Dandelion" Wearable Wind Power

Vimeo: Dandelion by Mary Huang.

Oh, this would definitely look so cute on a child! They would certainly love all the swirling and blinking above their head .') (check out the video above.)

Dandelion, designed by Mary Huang in collaboration with Jennyfer Kay is a wearable that captures energy from wind and human movement. Inspired by the theme of climate change, Dandelion which was made with 99% salvaged materials explores the ideas of personal, mobile power generation and kinetics.

'When walking or standing outside on a windy day, the windmills turn. Small individual power generating circuits transfer the rotational energy into usable voltage. In this prototype, the power generated turns on white LEDs, but the energy could be used to power mobile devices or stored for later use. '

- Mary Huang, Rhyme and Reason Creative.

The windmill circuit consists of a dc motor + joule thief + white LEDs.

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'Ming' Bamboo Glasses by Chen Chun-hao & Huang To-en

'Ming' bamboo spectacles are collaboration between a Chinese designer Chen Chun-hao & a bamboo artist Huang To-en for Yii collection. Yii is a platform conceived by Taiwan Craft Research Institute to promote ECO Arts, the contemporary value and the aesthetic of new Taiwanese craft, striving to enrich the cultural content, environmental awareness and creative industries of Taiwan. 

The 'Ming' are lightweight eyeglasses that borrow the features and silhouette of furniture
from the ming dynasty which is recognized for its elegant and minimalistic design.
They are made entirely from bamboo with a patented hinge design developed
by huang to-en.

Detail of the patented hinge designed by bamboo artist Huang To-en.

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Walter Raes's 'Tampon Top'

Tampons' halter top anyone? Actually, it is a beautiful piece isn't it? Hey, is not like Walter Raes, the British artist is using any used tampons but even we can't even imagine making anything out of this feminine-hygienic stuff like he does, right?

'Raes’ friends challenged his claims that anything can be fashioned into something you can wear...

“By grouping single tampons together, I created a complex but versatile top,” Raes tells Ecouterre. “The object you shy away from actually becomes beautiful.” And even though the tampon top isn’t made of recycled materials to begin with, it certainly is reusable—as long as you’ve stored it in a sanitary place, that is.'

- ecouterre.

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'Dream Ball' Project by Unplug Design

Korea-based designer, Unplug Design Studio always think about better days of entire human race. Their design is not only an element but an agent with spiritual meanings that makes their products worthy.

The children from Third World countries such as Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Congo and etc. can't enjoy football because of poverty, war and natural disaster. Having footballs give them hope, so they play football with the ball made of plastic bag or a coconut palm leaves. Therefore, Unplug Design Studio suggested the Dream Ball made of recycling relief boxes deliverd to those poor children.

'Relief products of UN and RED CROSS are handed over there. With the products the people can forget hunger and cold instantly, but.. what about the children?

Is there any present to give the children who don't know smile and hope anymore. We want to give them smile and hope with the "ball" recycled by the boxes.'

-Unplug Design Studio.

The Dream Ball was created based on these 4 criteria:-
A. Creat patterns that can help making a ball on the surface of an aid box.
B. Activities of giving aid boxes to children in The Third World.
C. The used aid boxes will be recycled as a football by children with the patterns on boxes.
D. By making Dream Ball with the children together, the aid organizations will get the chance to be friendly with them.

Aid box.

If children take off the paper from an aid box by following the patterns on it, and assemble those parts with the attached instruction, they can get a football.
We can apply those patterns on any type of boxes - a square type, a cyliner type.
Now, when children get a cyliner type aid box filled with supply, they can move it by rolling that box.

The football.

In the aspect of material, we considered children playing football with bare foot.
So, we use paper that can be recycled and its thickness changes the intensity and elasticity of the Dream Ball.

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Paper Tiger Products- Recycled & Recyable Furniture for Your Home

Paper Tiger Products- Toddlers Feeding Chair.

Eco-friendly Paper Tiger Products by Australian designer Anthony Dan are flat packs, temporary structures made from recycled and recyclable material. Easily transport because it snap together easily and quickly. 'Taking advantage of the deceptive strength of triangular folding, the designs are engineered to withstand all the rigors of heavy use.'

Paper Tiger choose cardboard and folded translucent plastics as the main material because cardboards work well as a blank canvas for graphics and branding, while translucent plastics in luminous crystalline forms suitable as a impermanent recyclable light fixture.

'Operating as both a design consultancy and a design brand, Paper Tiger works with clients interested in temporary structures and ephemeral experiences, as well as with the design of furniture and lighting for retail, events and exhibitions. The designs have been published both nationally and internationally, and won the 2007 Launch Pad award for Sustainability.
Paper Tiger Products are proudly made in Australia, and the stools are certified by Ecospecifier.'

- Paper Tiger Products.

Paper Tiger Products- Table & Stools.

Paper Tiger Products- Stools.

Paper Tiger Products- Lamp.

Paper Tiger Products- Ceiling.

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A Christmas Tree Made from Used Plastic Bottles in Paris

Pictures by Charles Platiau/Reuters.

A Christmas tree made from used plastic bottles by designer Fabrice Peltier, Founder of DESIGNPACK GALLERY decorates a square in Paris starting on Thursday, 3 December 2oo9 and would last until 15 January 2010. Four trees over 12-feet high, are lit by LED lights arranged around the fountain.

Picture by Charles Platiau/Reuters.

Fabrice Peltier's Recycleart.

The event proposal taken from DesignPack Gallery.

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