Showing posts with label recycled wallets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycled wallets. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Slippery When Wallet

CASSETTE WALLET

Finally, someone can make your Debbie Gibson tape collection cool again! These wallets are made out of recycled cassettes. I remember having a Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet tape when I was, like, five, and then I found it years later and it was still stopped on “You Give Love A Bad Name.” Apparently that was just too epic a song for my infant ears (nowadays I can listen to that entire song without crying or falling asleep). But while the song will remain epic, the tape itself would probably be more relevant as a wallet. So thank god Italian designer Marcella Foschi has found a way too do that.

www.designboom.com

Monday, January 14, 2008

Vy & Elle (Vi+nyl- get it?)


VY & ELLE

Vy & Elle makes bags out of billboards. And wallets. And computer bags. And key chains (why not?). And portfolios. And yoga bags. I have one of their yoga bags, and it looks great hiding behind my couch, gathering dust, because yoga is hard. But it's a shame I'm so lazy, because it's a pretty rad bag and deserves better.

The designers are also environmental activists, dedicated to educating businesses to become more eco-conscious through recycling and sustainable design.

www.vyandelle.com

carry it well:

www.ecoconsciousmarket.com

www.buygreen.com

www.monkeygrassonline.com

www.serendipityagain.com

www.thegreenloop.com

www.ano-ano.com

www.shoplulublue.com

www.bestartshop.com

www.redfishbluefish.com

www.peacefulcompany.com

oh Canada:

www.eco-handbags.ca

www.kiso.ca

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Keep on Truckin' with English Retreads


ENGLISH RETREADS

From the truck stops of Boulder Colorado comes the handiwork of Heather English, a vegan lady who went looking for a painless handbag and came back with a bag company of her own, called English Retreads. All of her products are made from vegan tires- not leather tires, like they do in Hollywood, but rubber tires, which make durable and presumably water proof (if not air-tight) handbags, messenger bags, bets, wallets and keychains.

www.englishretreads.com

roll on:

www.englishretreads.com

www.econsciousmarket.com

www.evo.com

www.heavensgatehomeandgarden.com

www.ebags.com

www.itsoutofhand.com

www.eco-handbags.ca

www.thegrroovymind.com

www.shophumanitaire.com

www.thegreenloop.com

www.cosmosveganshoppe.com