Eco-Inspired Rain collecting Garden Table

More and more people are harvesting rainwater in their gardens and a new eco-inspired garden table by Simon Davies can help stylish gardeners do just that. Rain water that lands on the outdoor table flows directly into a tank located below the table top.

Via Treehugger 

Ikea's kitchen of the future

By the year 2040, your kitchen will be your personal trainer, dietician, psychologist and lifestyle coach. The kitchen of the future will have mood-adjusting kitchenware, self-cleaning appliances, mood lighting, integrated sixth-generation iPads, 3D food printing and fridges that project cooking tutorials. They say that by 2040, the kitchen will be so high-tech that it will almost be alive, responding actively to our needs like only a mother could. After the jump are the three of Ikea’s kitchens of the future.

• INTUITIV kitchen

The LED light projections in this kitchen adjust to your mood and sensor can tell you if you drank heavily last night. The high-tech fridge will show you the breakfast options and the essential vitamins you need on a particular day.

• ELEMENTARA – The Back to Nature Kitchen

Its focus is on energy saving and a connection to the nature. You can grow your own food, which could be kept cool and fresh through cold larders. The Elementra puts emphasis on using kitchen appliances that help you cut down on electricity bills.

•SKARP - The Smart Kitchen

The Skarp kitchen is the most advanced and iPad styled devices will be used for communication. Cooking or cleaning is done at the touch of a button.

This independent Future Kitchen report made by The Future Laboratory. Ikea commissioned the London-based consultancy for trend forecasting, consumer insight and brand strategy to visualize the kitchen of 2040. 

Via Bornrich 

Space saving solutions

Via home-designing and Core 77

'Living' furniture by Arthur Bodolec

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Recycled cardboard furniture

Lazerian Studio,  a collaboration between furniture designer Liam Hopkins and artist Richard Sweeney, they transform simple sheets of recycled cardboard into beautiful furnishings such as their sofa, giving the material a new lease of life. 

Their Borealis lampshades and Mensa coffee table are created from CNC machined plywood, showcasing the designer’s skill in pushing a wide range of materials to their sculptural limit. The designers aim to create minimal waste through their use of repeated forms.

For more info: Inhabitat 

Eco solutions

Fuori Salone in Milano, in 1 word, would be ecology and everything that goes with it. There were so many different ways to express the eco-frlendliness of a product. 'Get closer to nature and save the planet.' 

Here are some examples:

Laboratorio Controprogetto

Laboratorio Controprogetto  showed how not to waste any wood. It can used for anything, tables, chairs and even art work against the wall. A good indication of how precious our environment is and how to use it.

Spaziale Series

Designed by Lanzavecchia & Wai.

Urban Benches by Alexandre Moronnoz

An urban bench with a calm and organic exterior and a frenetic, moving, exposed interior. A balance between order and disorder, movement and stability. Equally at home amidst urban bustle or swaying grasses, Interference is an eye catching addition to the landscape.  The dimensions may be extended to suit your project.
Materials: Laser cut, bent and soldered stainless steel; electroplated zinc, epoxy paint finish

By Alexandre Moronnoz