FELT

Felt is a material which is experiencing a renaissance. Not just in fashion but nowadays also in product design and architecture, more and more creative spirits are exploiting the potential of this material. In the area of tension between archaic material and norm product, between handicrafts and industrial production, its textile character requires very special handling


The increasing importance of ecological building materials in architecture and design has ensured that nowadays felt, one of the oldest materials known to humanity, is experiencing a renaissance.


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Rubber Flooring

Sustainable rubber flooring from ultimate impact.
Link to site.

The Tough and Design ranges of Ultimate Impact Rubber Flooring are made up of recycled rubber with coloured EPDM granules added at customer desired percentages.

For example the Tough range is made up of 80% recycled rubber and 20% EPDM granules.

3 Form Eco Products

3 Form's products have low impact credentials. Link to site. Eco-resins and plastics.




Link to low impact page.

Product: VARIA - Varia is comprised of our patented ecoresin, made standard from a minimum of 40% post-industrial recycled material. It doesn't contain any plasticizers or stabilizers and is Greenguard certified for Indoor Air Quality. This innovative product line is not only environmentally preferable, but has nearly infinite design possibilities with the layering of colors, fabrics, organics, screen prints, and even photographs

Solid Bamboo Flooring

Solid Bamboo flooring from Ecotimber company. Link to web page. A highly renewable timber. 

FSC symbol

The FSC symbol can be seen everywhere now. Next time you are in the supermarket have a look out for it in the Toilet roll section! It means that the product, paper or timber is from a renewable forest and thus is seen as being a sustainable or eco material. 

'plastic dining room' by vancouver-based office goodweather collective and loki ocean
is a fully catered floating barge made out of recycled pop-bottles onn vancouver's false creek.
constructed from nearly 1700 containers, the temporary pavilion is a fundraising project
for the school of fish foundation, a local organization that aims to train and educate chefs
around the world about ocean-friendly seafood.

the 20 by 8 feet raft can accommodate up to 12 guests every evening. a large communal
table rests on a glass platform that shows the recycled bottles sandwiched between
the wooden flooring. 

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'a country gentlemen once bought 10000 crayfishes in the 90’s to plant in a stream running through his land.
in the autumn he would capture about a hundred of them to eat at the annual swedish crayfish parties.
the crayfishes however slowly started to emigrate to another nearby lake outside the patron’s estate.
desperate of seeing his neighbors feast on his crayfishes, he contacted visiondivision to solve his problem.
visiondivision decided to help the patron by building him a refugee where the crayfishes could immigrate back.
by investigating the condition of the stream we soon found out that it was the lack of stones, hiding places
and the lack of calcite that probably had made the crayfishes emigrate. the city planning would focus on
solving these issues.(...)' - visiondivision

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visiondivision also has a link in my favourite blogs...