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For a moment just forget the device presented here and the technicalities for working it. Focus on the idea; Re-Q is an eco-friendly soap maker that recycles domestic wastewater and the last wedges of used soap to make you a brand new soap bar! Essentially it is a brilliant idea! In a three-step process, the machine purifies greywater, mixes it with soap bits and then processes the mixture into new soap cakes! How radical is that!

Designers: Jung Hwan Song & Kim Jong Won

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Imagine a life where your commute to work involves walking across the yard. Your savings on gas and transportation would be unreal!

With the OfficePOD, a commuter’s dream becomes reality. Made of sustainable and recyclable materials, the OfficePOD presents an environmentally-friendly office solution. For those that work at home, the OfficePOD provides a private, secluded place away from the hustle and bustle that occurs in some homes – thus increasing productivity.

For those that work in an office space, the OfficePOD reduces commuter fees and the pollution that comes from cars, trains, buses, etc. For employers, it works to reduce overhead costs while encouraging productivity in employees. Plus, the POD is eco-friendly, with heavy insulation and low-energy consumption.

The OfficePOD has a sleek, contemporary design so that it doesn’t provide an eyesore when in the backyard or other space.

How would you like working in the OfficePOD tucked in your own backyard?

Next time you see an old bike on the road waiting to be picked up for trash, think about the Chain Rocker and the potential that old bike has.

Made completely of recycled chains and tires, the Chain Rocker also has a steel support frame that is made of 98% recycled steel.

The Chain Rocker is made by BRC Designs, a modern furniture design studio started by Benjamin Rollins Caldwell and based out of South Carolina. BRC’s website says that their company “melds timeless and unconventional materials into unique yet simple furniture designs.”

Designed by Seppo Koho for Secto Design, the Octo 4240 is a modern, eco-friendly pendant lamp.

The Octo pendants are made from PEFC-certified Finnish birch, cut into slats that are connected by rings of plywood.

Each Octo pendant is 68 cm high, with a diameter of 54 cm. Octo is available in natural birch, black laminate or white laminate. The black has a matching black cord and both the white and birch have a white cord.

To continue with the eco-friendly aspect of the Octo, energy-saving light bulbs are recommended.

Stillwater Dwellings really wants your neighbors to like you. That’s why they’ve mastered the process of customization, manufacturing, and construction of a home in as little as 3 months; all without making a scratch on the environment or the community where it is being built. Affordability and eco-friendliness met with top-grade materials and finishes offer a lifestyle experience without sacrificing quality.

Designer: Stillwater Dwellings

Check out the three style packages: natural, modern, and fundamental.

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Dune is an eco-friendly and modular outdoor furniture set. Each piece is made from 3D molded natural fiber cement. With six different designs to be mixed and matched, Dune can be expanded indefinitely. Some of the units have a flat surface while others have a concave and slight back.

Designed by Austrian designer Rainer Mutsch, Dune is 100% recyclable.

In 2009, Dune won the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award in 2010. It is also nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011. To get a glimpse into how the Dune is made,  have a look at this video.

Designer Rainer Mutsch lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Check out more of his works here.

The O2 Rocker is an eco-friendly piece, made of recycled wood. Designer Hrvoje Vulama used remnants of wood from his other projects to create the design of the O2 Rocker, shown below.

Hrvoje Vulama is from Zagreb, Croatia. He is a furniture designer that experiments with woods and natural oils. To view more of his designs, check out his website / blog at http://dizajnudrvetu.blogspot.com/.

The O2 Rocker also has a piece on the back bottom of the chair that rejects forward movements.  It allows the person sitting to relax back as if in a recliner or chaise.

Created by Kenyon Yeh, the Jufuku Bamboo Collection consists of a table, stool and cabinet. Each piece is made from sustainable, lightweight bamboo.

As Jufuku means to overlap or repeat in Japanese, Kenyon Yeh used a single shape to begin each piece. He then repeated that single shape to complete each design and create an end result.  By looking at each piece in the collection, the repeating shape in each is easily identifiable.

To get a closer look at each piece:

Jufuku Cabinet

Jufuku Stool

Jufuku Table

Kenyon Yeh is a designer based out of London, England. Check out his website to view more of his designs.

A few days ago we've seen an interesting bathroom shower concept meant to help us recycle unused water and today we have a similar eco-friendly bathroom design that's supposed to recycle all that bathroom water you use in your bathroom. The Aquabox bath system is actually a complex bath unit that will help you recycle and purify the water you use during your showers or while you wash your hands. The "wasted" water gets purified and then stored into an 80-liter tank and you can further use the same water to flush your toilet and even water your flowers. The design is definitely interesting and some sort of Aquabox bath system could be included in more and more bathrooms in the near future. Any early adopters ready to try the Aquabox? Via The Design Blog

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Those of you that want to bring even more eco-friendliness living to your home should consider melting a few old tires into a comfy and very modern-looking Hermit Crab Chair. Well you wouldn't do the melting yourself as designer Joseph Kin seems to have a way of doing that for you. The Hermit Crab Chairs in the images below are made of used tires and ceramic and they sure look pretty comfortable. The old tire offers plenty of elastic support as it makes up for the legs of this Hermit Crab Chair while the ceramic brings ergonomics to the whole design. Anyone ready to order these outstanding eco-friendly Hermit Crab Chairs yet? Via Yanko Design

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