The Register Citizen: Graduates at many area colleges will be wearing “green” caps and gowns at commencement exercises this year, and it has nothing to do with their school colors. It’s all part of a nationwide trend to graduate in attire made of recycled products, and at Southern Connecticut State University May 28, undergraduates will wear caps and gowns made […]
“Green” Graduation Caps and Gowns
Recyclable Origami Lamp
Inhabitat: The latest lighting design from LZF Lamps puts paper swans to shame. The Spanish design firm used origami figures to inspire its giant, geometric pendant lamps, which debuted at this week’s Milan Furniture Fair. Not only are the lights arrestingly beautiful, they’re crafted from eco-friendly materials. Consumers can recycle the spiky, polypropylene domes once they are finished using them. […]
Recycled Cassette Tape Neckties
technabob.com: Alyce Santoro’s Sonic Fabric line of neckties not only look cool, but they should hold a special appeal for New Yorkers: they’re made using 50% colored thread and 50% cassette tape, and the latter has been recorded with “loops and samples collected on and under the streets of NYC.” Recycled cassette tape neckties: audible wear [technabob.com]