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You’re Never Too Old To Play With Blocks: The Coolest Wooden Designer Blocks Available.

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Seems that many artists and companies are convinced that grown-ups, especially design-loving folk, still want to play with blocks. And from the looks of these,…

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Product Pick Of The Week: Home Duvet Supports The Homeless

Home Duvet Supports The Homeless

The Cardboard Box print “Home Duvet” cover by Peggy van Neer for SNURK Bedding is a quirky duvet cover that features a photographic print of a cardboard box. (more…)

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Melissa: Shoes That Redefine Affordable, Stylish, Recyclable And… Plastic!

Melissa Shoes

Melissa is a socially and environmentally responsible company in Brazil that employs sustainable practices, treats their employees well (paying them above average wages complete with benefits), collaborates with hip designers and fashion icons (like Karim Rashid, Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood to name only a few) to churn out millions (over 50 million pairs in the past 25 years) of environmentally responsible shoes made with a special patented recyclable plastic compound called MEFLEX. A shoe begins as a large orb of plastic and takes a only a minute to produce. (more…)

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