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MotoArt Recycles Airplane Parts Into High-Flyin’ Furniture

by Bridgette Meinhold, 07/01/09

motoart, furniture, airplane, airplane parts, recycled, upcycled, recycled furniture

We’ve seen designers recycle airplane parts to create desks, tropical eco-hotels and a hostel, and now we can add couches and beds to the lofty collection! MotoArt is a team of designers who transform airplane parts into sleek, highly polished modern pieces of furniture. Based in Los Angeles, the 6 person design crew creates an impressive line-up of upcycled furnishings, sure to please every airplane enthusiast’s flight of fancy.


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SUSTAINABLE STYLE: Recycling and Upcycling Collections

by Abigail Doan, 03/02/08

Sustainable Style, eco-fashion, upcycled, upcycling, recycled, vintage, green, fashion, accessories, Estethica, From Somewhere FromSomewhere’s recycled tweed remixes, Autumn/Winter 07/08

After all the hoopla from the recent New York, London, Paris, and Milan fashion shows, it is nice to get back to basics and think about what might be essential for tweaking the-olde-green closet. Granted there is some impressive sustainable technology currently being used in eco-fashion and greener garment production, but it is also nice to see a movement towards the tailoring of old-made-new materials via thrift store sifting and creative construction. A range of designers are recycling luxury fabrics into eco-chic creations, while others are transforming caste-off materials into totally edgy designs. We are not advocating dumpster diving per se, but in the spirit of Cradle to Cradle authors McDonough and Braungart, why not remake the way that we make things as well as wear them from start to finish?



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