Artist Narcelio Grud from Brazil has created urban artwork out of discarded fruits and vegetables to raise awareness about food wastage. According to some statistics, people who live in developed countries throw away 30 to 50 percent of their food. Grud’s project, called “Tropical Hungry,” shows an open mouth made [...]

Have you ever wondered what to do with your old cell phone? Many people just toss them in the trash, but there are a lot more things to do with a retired phone than throwing it away. Here are just a few ideas. Turn Your Phone into a Robot For [...]

Planning on catering a party but tired of serving the same old chips and dip? Try something new that will taste fresh and healthy and showcase your presentation skills — fruit carving! Fruit carving has a long, rich history rooted in the Thai culture, and this royal fare can win [...]

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has a new installation in  San Gimignano, Italy which is made of 760 bicycles. Considered to be one of China’s most controversial artists, Weiwei’s work is always filled with protesting political messages. His latest bicycle installation, called Stacked, has hundreds of bicycles piled on top of one another starting from the floor [...]

British artist Bruce Munro’s latest work involves a sustainable medium that incorporates recycling: CDs. And not just a couple of CDs—65,000 recycled CDs. The installation, which is being called “Waterlilies,” was made for the Longwoods Garden in Pennsylvania and consists of a hundred 6-foot foam lilies and a hundred 8-foot foam lilies topped with [...]

Discarded dolls typically end up in landfills, but thanks to Australian artist Freya Jobbins, recycled Barbie and Ken dolls are being reused as a medium for her artistic sculpture. As reported by Designboom, her new series is the byproduct of her newfound passion for Greek mythology and her love for miniature detail and symmetry. The [...]

Acclaimed British sculptor and passionate environmentalist, David Nash, has a special exhibit of his new art titled ’New Works’ at the Royal Botanic Gardens, located in the outskirts of London that includes gardens, pavilions dating back to the 1800′s and historic greenhouses. For this special exhibit, Nash, has used trees from the [...]

London-based designer Hoyan Ip has found a way to reuse discarded food to create fashion accessories. The designer makes jewel-like buttons, shoulder pads and buckles from food that is discarded, or what she calls “bio-trimmings.” Ip’s recycled buttons, buckles and shoulder pads–as seen at Ecouterre–are made out of various kinds of food waste. [...]

Mosaic artist Cleo Mussi has created  new art out of broken pieces of china and porcelain sourced from  found in charity shops, auction houses and factories. While her artwork is modern, it is made of antique reused ceramic (from objects, plates, teapots, and bowls) creating a unique union between the old and the new. [...]

Italian London-based artist Leonardo Ulian has found a new way to recycle computer parts–by using them as a medium of art. The artist takes old computer parts (specifically microchips, circuits, resistors, and other components found within everyday electronics) and makes geometric shapes, ultimately creating a “technological mandala.” A mandala (which translates to “circle” in [...]