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Hot or Not? The Walden by Nils Holger Moormann

Talk about small ... this concept home design by Nils Holger Moormann is almost nonexistent. The idea being that the "house" is a storage space for the few essentials you would need to live comforta...

Hot or Not? BreezeDry Ambient Clothes Dryer

The new BreezeDry clothes dryer brings the freshness of line drying inside by using ambient air to dry your hanging clothes. Your clothes will dry in about 90 minutes at a significant energy saving...

Hot or Not? Beach Ball Lamps by Toby Sanders

We just got back from a week-long island vacation, and we saw more cheap, inflatable balls, rafts, and tubes (surely headed to the landfill — how many tourists are really packing them home?) tha...

Hot or Not? RE:cover Chairs by Fredrik Färg

RE:cover Chairs by Fredrik Färg Exhibited at the Milan Furntiture Fair, Fredrik Färg’s furniture aims to reflect the beauty of classic, timeless shapes. Färg takes his inspiration from classic c...

Hot or Not? ‘Classic Bear Rug' by Lise Lefebvre

‘Classic Bear Skin Rug’ by Lise Lefebvre, starting at $1200 A twist on the classic bear skin rug, artist Lise Lefebvre has constructed limited edition bear skin rugs made of recycled wool blank...

Hot or Not: Recycled Plastic Burial Vaults

These recycled plastic burial vaults from Eonian replace those made from resource hungry concrete and copper. So, if you're into a traditional burial but trying to stay green, is this an option? Vot...

Hot or Not? Veolia Green Bathroom

This concept green bathroom by industrial design student Thomas Nicodeme was designed for Veolia. The urban bathroom is designed to save water and help with waste management. Survey after the ju...

Hot or Not? Kebab Lamps by Committee

Fancy some trinkets with your lamp? UK design firm Committee creates totally original "Kebab" lamps made of various objects piling up on a totem stand. They've made a few of them, and each one is ...

Hot or Not? Trio Dish Drier by Jordan Bailey

We've seen this general idea before: Let the water dripping off of your drying dishes irrigate some plants. In this case, herbs. Read all about it here, then vote. Via Yanko...

Hot or Not? Laundry POD Prototype

If you're anything like us, you avoid buying clothes that require "hand washing." Then, if you do accidentally add a handwashable to your wardrobe, you toss it in the wash anyway and hope for the best...

Hot or Not? Glass Bathroom Faucet/Vase Combination

Made completely from glass, this bathroom faucet doubles as a flower vase. The limited edition glass faucet was designed by David Vercelli for the Italian bathroom company Hego Waterdesign. The fauc...

Hot or Not? Deodr by Wu Kun-chia for Scenario Lab

This is sort of cracking us up and intriguing us ... it's Deodr, a contraption that freshens your clothes through the power of a photocatalyst light tube and fan-induced convection (whatever that mea...

Hot or Not? Found Objects Bench by Rainer Spehl

This quirky seating area was designed by Rainer Spehl from objects and furniture found on the street. We love the eclectic mashup of furniture — lone seat backs affixed to mismatched seat bot...

Hot or Not? Boxed Water

The Boxed Water is Better concept was developed by designer, Benjamin Edgar: “Part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and completely curious. Boxed Water Is Bet...

Hot or Not? Doily Lighting by Caitlin Holcomb

Do you have a lot of old doilies in a cabinet somewhere ... maybe in a chest, collecting that funky mothball smell? You could turn them into lighting, like Caitlin Holcomb's done. What do you think? ...

Hot or Not? Tweet-a-Watt

Tweet-a-Watt won 1st Place at the Greener Gadgets contest this year – it’s an open source hack that takes the data from a Kill-a-Watt and publishes via social networking site, Twitter. The device ...

Hot or Not? Navy Showers

Since it's Kitchen & Bathroom month here, we're thinking a lot about water conservation. Because we don't have a garden, the majority of our water usage takes place in those two rooms. We're always t...

Hot or Not? Light Sculpture by llot llov

This lamp sculpture (because, indeed, it certainly goes beyond just a shade) comes courtesy of German design studio llot llov. The structures of old lampshades are joined together to form a new pat...

Hot or Not? LED Table Runner and Placemats

Somehow, Sylvania (the light bulb company) has managed to squeeze LED's into place mats and table runners! While I'm all for widespread LED usage, has this gone too far? Place your vote after the jump...

Hot or Not? Clocks Made from Recycled Bottles

We couldn't help but notice these clocks as we clicked through an LATimes.com photo tour of Joan Currie's condo makeover. This one is made of repurposed glass juice bottles. The one after the jump i...

Hot or Not? Volvo C30 Headlight Chair

Volvo C30 Taillight Cardboard Chair by Luis Fernando Luna Bermudez The modular cardboard piece was won the Sustainable Design category for the Volvo for Life Design Competition. Inspired by the Volvo...

Tara Murray: Industrial Design

Doily Chair As a recent graduate of the University of Calgary's Industrial Design masters program, Tara Murray's thesis project focused on the effort "to maintain emotional connectedness to older pro...

Hot or Not? BrightBuilt Barn

The LEED Platinum BrightBuilt Barn is a net-zero energy home that uses solar thermal panels and photovoltaic coupled with a super-insulated envelope to create enough energy to power the house off-the-...

Hot or Not? The Wallpaper Collection

It looks like wallpaper, but it's really a recycled glass mosaic from TrendUSA. In the "Wallpaper Collection" the FEEL line is made from 80% post-consumer recycled glass bottles. Starting at $23/sq. f...

Hot or Not? EcoHangers

Constructed from 100% recycled paper and with recycled plastic bottle caps, reusable EcoHangers are billboard hangers sold to drycleaners in lieu of ubiquitous wire hangers. ...

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