Tag Archives: green design

Recycled Florals

14 May

Recycled Florals

After seeing the setting for Ruche’s clothing line I was inspired to try it myself. Instead of butcher block paper I used other paper materials that we had a surplus of around the office to make flowers to decorate our Earth Day event signs . I enjoy being about to re purpose something and I also love the way type makes and interesting texture.

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Green Signs

7 May

Green Signs

We planned a big earth day celebration this year at Colony Crossing with live music, great food and activities.  I wanted to make a signage system to help people navigate through our event. In keeping with our green theme I made signs from recycled materials that I could use again the next year.
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Scrap Lights by Graypants

29 Mar

Scrap Lights by Graypants

I love items made from recycled goods. Not only is this a good thing for the environment, but it seems to make the product more interesting. These lights are made from salvaged pieces of corrugated cardboard by Graypants. You can see that these guys have an architecture background, in the detail of the form. The bonus of this design, is the interesting shapes the light and shadow play leave on the wall.

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