Clockwork Ecoflower, the London’s Oasis
Called the London Oasis, this eco-sculpture is a 12-metre interactive structure which will serve Londoners as a getaway from noise and pollution. It is also an eye-catching demonstration of sustainable technologies, with its photovoltaic ‘petals,’ vertical-axis wind turbine and hydrogen fuel cell powering the air-filtering and cooling mechanisms as well as an evening light show.The clockwork flower even collects rainwater, used to irrigate a garden at its base. Transparent casing and information posters provide an insight into the plant’s inner workings.
Basla Hemp Surfboard By Ocean Green
The ultimate goal of Ocean Green is to produce custom surfboards that are entirely made out of natural materials.
The ecofoil blanks are lighter than their polyurethane counterparts and produce a fantastic looking board. Their hollow design overcomes the lack of performance inherent to solid wooden boards. The balsa is sourced in Nicaragua. Wood from sustainable forests is carefully selected and transported to Fair Trade workshops where carpenters transform it into the various ecofoil components. Ocean Green receives the components in Cornwall and then combines the shaped EcoFoil blanks with organically grown hemp cloth to produce a fantastic looking, high performance board.
Link Via [Treehugger]
4-Petal Table By Josh Levi
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That’s the kind of recycled furniture we like. The 4-Petal table designed by Josh Levi can be used either horizontally or vertically. Horizontally the petal can be used as a stockroom which allows you to store up to 12 bottles of wine.
Inflatable Chicken Protector
To protect your chicken or your birds from the H5N1 virus, you can offer them a luxury inflatable house that will look great next to your swimming pool.
Even chicken has the right to have a modern house!
BioWall
BioWall is a hand woven three-dimensional structure that can be crafted into lace-like walls of any dimension. Plants creep and crawl around the structure so that it becomes an indoor, living hedge that divides space. It’s a very interesting idea inspired by the formation of bubbles, living cells and water molecules in our natural environment.
My Baby Tree
Your baby tree, to put in your pocket or to hang anywhere you want. Take care of it, and plant it in a bigger pot.
Adopt your little cactus instead of a dog…
Lo-Tek’s Recycled Airplane Library
Architects from New York have designed a library in Guadalajara using recycled airplaine fuselage. Thanks to them, tons of old fuselages got a new life by being taken out of their graveyards.
People who are scared of taking the plane could take one to educate themselves but the difference is that it stays on the ground. How cool is that?
High-Tech Underground Pot-Growing Site Uncovered
You would think that the best places in the world to grow weed would be Jamaica or Holland. Think again. Some botanists from Tennessee grew it underneath a house in a high-tech cave, complete with a secret hydrolic door and a escape hatch. But it seems they couldn’t escape the police.
Link (via boingboing)
Free Spirit Spheres
A nice place for meditation or to take pictures, Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from the trees as shown, making a tree house. They can also be hung from any other solid objects or placed in cradles on the ground. The spheres are made of two laminations of wood strips over laminated wood frames. The outside surface is then finished and covered with a clear fibreglass.
The Herbarium By Philips
Inhabitat introduced us to the Herbarium by Philips, a creation which was part of “The Simplicity Event” . It’s an intelligent greenhouse designed to provide an artificial microclimate for home grown plants. Each self-contained unit is solar powered and contains everything necessary for growing herbs. Just provide plants with water from time to time, the light will do the rest by providing the right climate and light. A great way to keep your herb fresh even for the non-botanically inclined.
Modular 3D Wallpaper By MioCulture
MioCulture‘s modular, three-dimensional wallpaper is a new langage of adaptative architecture. It empowers by providing a means to redefine and imbue surfaces with identity and meaning using waste ressources as the medium. Available in packs of twelve, it’s easy to cover any surface, big or small.
