Unusual

Gilles Eichenbaum makes these unusual lamps and pendants out of found objects. The website is in French so I can't tell you anything about him.

Creative

I'm loving the creativity of these lamps and cushions by UK textile artist Lucy Renshaw. She also makes an interesting range of chairs. She revisions existing objects using found fabrics including knitted clothing. From her website, "Lucy uses colour inspired by her travels to the Caribbean and South America, mixed with exotic pattern, experimental ideas and traditional textile techniques to create original furniture pieces.She deliberately sets out to tackle environmental issues by working with recycled fabrics and reusing materials. She combines techniques of surface embellishment, embroidery and screen printing to produce imaginative and inspired interior products."

Revisioned

The talented Denise from Freshly Found has been very busy, and look at what she's created! I love this cushion she's made using a found tapestry - what a great idea. I think it's absolutely brilliant when people make new things out of old, recycling and re-using.

A greener Christmas

My goodness, or actually I should be saying my badness - did you know that "household waste increases 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. In the United States, trash from wrapping paper and shopping bags totals 4 million tons. " I don't know what the stats would be for South Africa, but I would imagine it's pretty much high everywhere. Coco + Kelley has put together a fantastic post on recycled ways to wrap Christmas presents, she's also included some great links on how to have a greener Christmas.

Ring heaven....

I mentioned my ring fetish in a previous post and I have just stumbled upon the most deliciously awesome blog solely devoted to rings. If you love rings as much as I do, you haven't lived until you visit the Carrotbox. Seen here, lace rings by Goldmiss, acrylic rings with resin accents by Laura Richards, and recycled wood and bakelite rings by Amanda Loos of Kyyote.

Secco

These items are by Finnish design collective Secco. The company specialises in making accessories out of recycled items like records and computers. I love what they are doing, especially that they are using old computers. I read an article not too long ago about the problem of electronic waste, a lot of it unfortunately gets dumped in Africa. This is especially a big problem in Nigeria where you see huge mountains of old computers and keyboards in some areas, and apparently its toxic for both people and the environment. (via Dezeen)