Spray-on clothing developed by designer and scientists

A Spanish fashion designer has come up with the concept of "spray-on clothing", thanks to some help from chemical engineers at Imperial College London.

To watch the video visist BBC news 

Cork floor tiles

This time not just cork materials, but a proper recycled floor from sliced wine corks. Tile manufacturer Modwalls takes the waste product--neat little cork "pennies"--that comes from trimming bottle corks down to size, and turns them into 1-foot-square sheets of tile called CorkDotz. It's water-resistant, of course, and reportedly even tough enough to use outdoors.

More info on Core77 

Puma and Yves Behar's eco-packaging

After three years in the making, a new solution to the shoebox is announced- and it's pretty sleek too!

"It's hard to imagine something as simple as the shoebox being completely overhauled. But Puma and Fuseproject have done just that, in a design that will completely transform the brand's supply chain—saving millions in electricity, fuel, and water. 

The bag tightly wraps an interior cardboard scaffolding—giving it shape and reducing cardboard use by 65%. Moreover, without that shiny box exterior, there's no laminated cardboard (which interferes with recycling). There's no tissue paper inside. And there's no throw-away plastic bag. The bag itself is made of recycled PET, and it's non-woven—woven fibers increase density and materials use—and stitched with heat, so that it's less manufacturing intensive.

The impact: Puma estimates that the bag will slash water, energy, and fuel consumption during manufacturing alone by 60%—in one year, that comes to a savings of 8,500 tons of paper, 20 million mega joules of electricity, 264,000 gallons of fuel, and 264 gallons of water. Ditching the plastic bags will save 275 tones of plastic, and the lighter shipping weight will save another 132,000 gallons of diesel.

Via The Dieline 

'Pallets' house

This 60sq meter, modular and affordable house is constructed out of 800 wooden reused pallets. The pallets serve as walls, floor and ceiling. The 'Paletten Haus' was designed by two students from the University of Vienna and won the 2008 GAUDI European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture. 

Via Inhabitat 

Wooden textiles

By Elisa Strozyk .

Source: Core77