This is how an eco-friendly, design-forward house should be like: modest even austere from the exterior but “hiding” an inviting, lovely interior with sinuous lines, round spaces and natural light. Completed in october 2011, The Pit House in Tamano, Okayama, Japan is designed by Keisuke Maeda of UID Architects for a young family with a child who wanted a tranquil, earth-connected home.
Pit House by UID Architects, Japan
I wish there are more designers like Lars Beller Fjetland. The Norwegian environmentally-conscious artist spent three years studying bleak economics before turning to something more creative and positive. A graduate from Bergen National Academy of the Arts in 2012 Lars focuses on sustainable, eco-friendly design projects. He found a way to make good use of discarded wood through his “Re-turned” project – a series of recycled wood crafted birds.
Lars Beller's Re-turned bird series
Maritimo House in Rio Grande do Sul, designed by Brazilian company Seferin Arquitectura, is the perfect guest house that should be surrounded by splendid scenery.
The original design of this FRESH LED desk lamp is inspired by tall wet grass, where the water drops magnify sunlight and the wet grass stems curve downward from the weight of the moisture. The stems of the FRESH LED desk lamp are bendable in all directions to direct prismatic light as a group or separately.
This welcoming screened veranda is among the most elegant rooms I have ever seen. A spectacular sunroom addition that ads instant value to the house is a perfect place for family and friends to dine or just hang out together.
Porch makeover
Luxurious Villa Gaia is a private paradise for lovers of breathtaking countryside in Tuscany, Italy. Villa Gaia is designed to offer maximum privacy. This Italian villa dates back to 1400 and it’s newly restored with great attention. Villa Gaia was owned for centuries by an Italian aristocratic family. Its sumptuous beauty and peacefulness is sure to satisfy.
Villa Gaia
This collection of beautiful and elegant wallpaper designs shows a wide range of cherry blossomed landscapes, hummingbirds and butterflies. Delicate nature images provide a soothing backdrop in any room of the house.
Eco Perch looks like a cross between a barn and a small, cozy chalet. Eco Perch is a wooden house, designed by Studio Blue Forest. This welcoming 4 bed retreat can be installed in less than 5 days and has also a kitchen, a bathroom and bedroom. This is a sustainable self-catering holiday house that blends harmoniously within the wild landscape offering a first-rate nature lodging experience.
If you want to bring a modern vibe to your hallway this sleek Branch Hanger by designer Marko Vuckovic would perfectly complete a minimalist styled room. The hanger is still in concept form but it has a big chance at mass production.
Norway, like all Scandinavian countries, has always tried to live in harmony with nature, rather than to master it. Norway's old houses with "live" roofs is a perfect signature of this ecological trend.
ecological roof
I just can't get enough of these cute decorative stickers. Gecko's wall decals and stickers that glow in the dark bring a lot of fun into your homes.The Brazilian design company Gecko recently launched a collection of 10 fluorescent decals and stickers with cheerful patterns, among which city night lights, little cute ghosts and one-eyed aliens.
Decorative stickers
The Husk Chair is a beautiful and comfortable chair designed by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia. The Husk armchair consists in a simple plastic shell and lots of soft cushions. The chair's body support can be either fixed or rotating. The soft cushions are available in different sizes (standard, large and very large) and colors.
Husk Chair design
In the spirit of eco responsibility, the designer Gyeongwan Koo has created a simple machine that allows you to recycle your waste paper in a sealable fabric bag that becomes a fun looking pillow.
Paper Cushions
With its new orginal product PalmShower, Domet brings a small touch of summer in your garden. PalmShower is ideal for cooling the intense heat of the summer season!
Palm-shaped exterior shower
Designer Jeannie Fraise loves to travel, les belles arts and interior design. She’s also a big fan of colorful, graphic home textiles and accessories used for creating unique, playful and comfortable living spaces. During the past seven years, under the label Lotus Bleu, she has worked on over forty interior design projects, home renovation and furniture reupholstery. Each time she achieved spectacular results and therefore her work has been included in the San Francisco Decorator’s Showcase and gained regional and national recognition.
Lotus Blue Design boutique
