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A headless cow? A bench to sit on? Actually, it’s both! German-born artist Julia Lohmann (b.1977) investigates the contradictions in our relationship to animals using off-cuts of leather, and other meat-industry waste products in her design. The Waltraud Cow-Bench (2004) is an appropriately cow-shaped upholstered leather bench, a “bovine memento mori,” the designer calls it. Continue reading Eye On Design: Waltraud Cow Bench By Julia Lohmann
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Ready or not, winter weather is here, so it’s time to protect your lips — your body’s most vulnerable skin — from the damaging effects of dry heat indoors and frigid temperatures and winds outdoors. This time of year, I like to stock up on Lip Balm — keeping a tube on my bedside table, on my desk, and of course in my purse — so that soft and healthy lips are never further away than the end of my wrist. With the holidays coming up, Eco Lips has just introduced their Candy Cane Organic Lip Balm, which comes in the brand’s revolutionary Plant Pod, a patented 100% plastic-free, plant-based packaging that looks and acts like a regular tube. Sustainability never tasted so good!
Continue reading Stocking Stuffer Idea: Eco Lips Candy Cane Organic Lip Balm
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If you are anything like me, framed favorite artwork and photos are not only a huge part of your home decor, they’re also an important part of how you rock your personal style. I love a nice frame so much, I often pick up one that catches my eye even before I have something in mind to go inside it. Maybe you never considered that a picture frame manufacturer could be a force in the campaign to sustain our planet, but at a recent IHA Press Event, I was introduced to a collection of gorgeous and innovative modern framing solutions from Vista Frame Company which are all created from one of our most notoriously non-biodegradable, manmade materials: Polystyrene (aka Styrofoam). Unbelievable, but true! Continue reading Eye On Design: Vista Picture Frames Made From Recycled Styrofoam!
The Bobble: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
People who know me know that I am all about saving the Earth. I once wrote an article – and this was way, way back in the day before recycling was mandatory in NYC or anyone was talking about Global Warming or going “Green” or whatever – called “Save The Earth, Or Go Somewhere Else.” The article was highly controversial for its time, because I recommended that people do rad things like practice responsible family planning (Octomom, ugh. Gross), since disposable diapers are polluting the soil, and bringing their own coffee mugs to work in order to cut down on the wasteful use of disposable cups. Crazy!
Continue reading It’s a Green Thing:Bobble Reusable Filtered Personal Water Bottle!