Sustainable shopping selection to enhance your green living II

elena — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:08:40 +0000

Our second sustainable shopping selection comes in consequence of your high interest for the first one and it will logically evolve in regular, eco-oriented shopping series.

It’s a world known fact that we need to be eco smart and tailor our modern living in more meaningful shapes and purpose, which starts as soon as we become aware of the simple facts and messages in the environment around us:

– The Bamboo has an immense tensile strength that rivals that of many metal alloys and it’s highly resilient even in extremely conditions.
– The Bamboo has a renewal rate that no other plant can match. It grows 60cm in just 24 hours, reaching its maximum height in several years.
- The Bamboo is capable of regenerating itself upon harvesting without need of replanting, making it possibly the most valuable material and renewable resource.

Here’s the deal: we’ll continuously select sustainable products till you get constantly inspired and turn irreversibly green.

1. Magnetic Wooden Tongs – The little details in your kitchen betray what kind of housewife you actually are. Don’t make any compromise with the David Mayhew’s food tongs, handmade of Jamjuree wood and gracefully designed in the shape of a whale’s tail. Marvelous realization – $40.00 at MoMA Store

2. Nussbag – woddy designed bag, extremely elegant and unusually official. Unfortunately at the time of writing Nussbag’s website went down for an update, so you can alternatively check the Nussbag corporate designers – Salamanda

3. Cork Cuff – From the website: Studio 1A.M.’s Cork Cuff explores natural cork as a wearable material. 100% recycled and recyclable, flexible, and water repellent, cork is the perfect unexplored resource for jewelry – $48.00 at Feel More Human

4. Vers 2X Sound System – From the website: The Vers 2X is a compact, all-in-one system with full-size sound. It’s not only the world’s first hand-crafted real wood iPod speaker, but also the most sustainable. The 2X plays and charges iPod Video, iPod Nano, iPod mini, iPod, iPod classic, iPod Touch, iPhone and 3G iPhone – €179.99 at Feel More Human

5. Cork Mosaic Sideboard – designed by Iannone Designs and preseneted on 2008’s NY Design week, this eco-chic cabinet features a charming woodland tableau formed from layers of sustainably harvested cork – $3,400.00 at 2Modern

6. Wooden Bracelet – this wooden sustainable bijou was available at Oculus Jewelry, which website is in process of reconstruction and you’ll need to check it later – Oculus Jewelry

7. Spa Canister with Lid – designed by Susanne Augenstein and manufactured by Blomus, the elegant spa canister will bring contemporary style to your bathroom. It’s crafted from bamboo, stainless steel and porcelain with an attractive and cozy design – $29.60 at All Modern

8. Wine Arc – From the website: Molly Kinney creates this clean line for wine display. Made from bamboo, it uses the weight of the bottle to keep upright – a sure conversation starter – $21.00 at Zanisa

9. Bamboo Circular Mirror – This stunning Bamboo Mirror has 110 cm diameter and it’s hand made from strips of bamboo laid into a black resin – £165.00 at Puji

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Sustainable shopping selection to enhance your green living

elena — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:42:44 +0000

Time for another great shopping selection at Kick Style.

Wood, bamboo and cork – the essential materials, which are bringing the interior design towards a smarter and greener future – it can’t be more sustainable than that. Enjoy the eco – friendly and multipurpose products, which will enhance efficiency and interactivity at your home:

1. Real Yo-yo – the slices are sustainably harvested from Wisconsin Wood, naturally shellacked and personally tested by the designers before leaving their shop. Honestly, I will not look again at the plastic painted flashy yo-yo’s -
$33.00 at Rose and Radish

2. Yoga Cork Mat – made of natural sustainable cork, it will guarantee a pleasant body feeling and will preserve the temperature while lying on the floor. The yoga cork mat is attractively designed with rounded corners and a high quality satin edging – it’s just what you need for a complete Yoga or Pilates experience -
€41.95 at Yogabox

3. Bedworks Laptop Platform – the surface you need while browsing in bed. The laptop platform Laptop Platform is constructed of solid bamboo and is treated with a water-based, low-VOC amber finish -
$250.00 at Feel More Human

4. Cork Installation – just for an inspiration – Albanian painter Saimir Strati, 42, works on ‘The Guitarist’ mosaic using cork at the Sheraton Hotel in Tirana – that looks like impossible to accomplish.

5. Asus Bamboo Series Laptops – an ingenious ASUS idea, leading to a totally innovative and green notebook concept. Absolutely fresh, aesthetic and old-school charming design – a refined, smart, and environmentally-conscious choice for every connoisseur -
around $2000 at Amazon

6. Wooden Tic-Tac-Toe – designed by Janske Megens for XO+, completely build from natural wood and packaged in a special Nepal Lokta paper case -
€24.50 at Bijzondermooi

7. Wooden Keyboard – not only keyboard, but a whole bunch of other computer peripherals such as USB memory, card reader, and USB hub, entirely build from wood were presented at Computex, Taiwan – a little bit scary to me – you can’t just make everything green out of wood.

8. Arbor Bamboo Snowboards – this is a real deal – the Bamboo structurally and aesthetically enhances the snowboards and improves its performance and durability. Add the astonishing look, the unique level of style and the fact that it’s an uncompromised environmental alternative and you’ve got the best snowboard out there -
$494.99 at ecboardco

9. Creative Living Spaces – another inspirational shot and wacky interior idea. The round cork wall panel looks like an optimal DIY project.

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Sustainable shopping selection to enhance your green living II

Sustainable shopping selection to enhance your green living