We needed simple furniture. This is our Spartan transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
Trashformation: furniture & dwellings from recycled cardboard by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2014 The Barcelona-based collective Transfodesign believe that anything, even trash, can be given a second life so for the past few …
Prototyping cardboard dwelling for off-grid Australian outback by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2014 When Link Knight saw the sturdy cardboard that came as packaging for his propane freezer, he began to wonder if …
Wardrobe surgery: upcycled clothing in London’s Hackney by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2013 When they were teenagers in the late nineties, Kerry Seager and Annika Sanders wanted clothes that would make them look …
DIY trashion furniture kit: upcycle trash into lampshades by Kirsten Dirksen on December 13, 2012 Ryan Frank is South African born designer who learned about re-using materials from a childhood in a country where recycling …
DIY cardboard furniture with free IKEA-style instructions by Kirsten Dirksen on October 21, 2012 After a move to a new city and a trip to IKEA, industrial designer Adrián Candela was overwhelmed by the …
Heating Seattle backyard shed with soda cans as solar panels by Kirsten Dirksen on July 9, 2012 Peter Rowan left his job as a “corporate weenie” in 2010 to live a life with less stuff and fewer …
TrashKEA home design: trash + IKEA + design = eco-cheap chic by Kirsten Dirksen on May 16, 2011 Most designers begin a remodel by choosing what to trash. Petz Scholtus chose what to collect from the trash to be …
Upcycled tables from Barcelona’s modernist cement floors by Kirsten Dirksen on June 16, 2010 Barcelona’s Modernist past is covered in hydraulic cement tiles. Inside many of the more well-preserved 19th Century apartments- especially in …
How to create a mirror from old CDs by Kirsten Dirksen on May 4, 2010 Designers Loida and Hernâni of Timtimxtimtim can upcycle just about any piece of trash. They’ve made fruit containers and cat …
