We Love: Upcycling Industry Peers Uhuru | Red Hook, Brooklyn

Who isn’t impressed with our industry peers over at Uhuru in Red Hook Brooklyn?   Bill and Jason have built their studio and its amazing product line by upcycling dis-guarded wood from other furniture manufacturers throughout the 5 boroughs of NYC.  One of there most recent additions (pictured here) is their “Kupe Line”, made entirely out of reclaimed charred white oak bourbon barrels.

Whiskey in the Walls @ Bar Agricole | San Francisco

Located in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood at 355 11 St., Bar Agricole is a LEED gold- certified contemporary tavern evoking sustainability in its design as well as its food and drinks (with emphasis on the latter).

Mix-master and proprietor Thad Vogler, along with a cadre of artistic professionals, opened the eco-modern space in August 2010, which consists of an outdoor dining patio/garden (yes, an herb garden for Vogler’s specialty concoctions) and 4,000 SF indoor dining/bar area with walls and ceiling adorned with our supplied white oak reclaimed from whiskey tanks – a perfect match for the “Chez Panisse of Cocktails”.
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We Love: Recycled Materials Cottage | Pirihueico Lake, Chile

“Architect Juan Luis Martínez Nahuel has created a cottage made almost entirely out of recycled materials. The cottage is located in the woods near Pirihueico Lake, Chile. Since the place is difficult to access, Martinez Nahuel decided to built the house out of compartments the size of a small truck. The recycled materials include glazed doors made in the 1960s by Horacio Borgheresi, which now form the façade of the cottage, and laminated beams and steel pieces taken from a temporary exhibition.”

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Urban Outlet Features Locally Made ‘Goods Made Good’ Products

Wisconsin based designers, Robin Janson, Meta McKinney and Lesley McKee discovered a sustainable gold mine in the tons of unsalable garments and textiles gathered by Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin. Goods Made Good’s mission is to provide training and job opportunities to individuals with barriers to employment. All of our designs are sewn by skilled team members and participants from Goodwill’s vast and varied collection of donated materials. For Goods Made Good, “keeping it local” means turning our own salvage into life skill employment opportunities for those in need in our community.

Visit World of Good to learn more.