curvy

cool bike stand/seating

chair

Bike rack that morphs into seat

http://www.cmeventos.net/klausen/index.php?/march/hybrid-urban-bench-fa08/

Muti-Purpose Bike Racks

11 March 2009, 20.42 | Posted in Design, bike | No comments »

The P+ Bicycle System is designed by Young-Min Kim, Hyeon-Jeong Woo and Kyung-Goo Lee. Taking form of benches and sign posts, the system allows for easy lock up and provide equally important function in adding street seating and information points. Well thought out. (via Yanko Design).

See how the P+ System works after the jump.

http://www.discountramps.com/take-a-seat-carrier.htm

http://3rings.designerpages.com/2010/01/26/andy-greggs-bike-furniture/

Cycle Seat

http://www.beckymiller.co.uk/cycleseat1.html

elegant tyre seating

http://www.hometone.org/entry/tire-lounge-chair-creative-use-of-automobile-tires/

chair tyre chair

http://www.architectlines.com/search/tyre-chair/

more websiters

http://designeast.eu/2009/06/17/radium-innovative-approach-to-street-furniture-by-mm-cite/

the bench on this page has buttons on it to raise the person sitting on it off the cold/hot bench kinda like what we were talking about. can't imagine its very comfortable thou...

http://keetsa.com/blog/recycle/the-eco-friendly-cylus-pangolin-purses-made-of-old-tires/

stole this one from matthew

Anti- public seating

http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/07/24/anti-public-seating-roundup/

street furniture

rubber bike stand
http://www.pleatfarm.com/2010/03/18/meandre-bike-stand/

15 lovely street furniture designs: http://arch.itect.us/2010/10/04/15-urban-furniture-designs-you-wish-were-on-your-street/

these bollards take full advantage of the properties of the recycled rubber:

http://www.bollards2u.co.uk/bollards-bendy-rubber.shtml

rubber paths

Made from 100% recycled tyres. Great for preserving urban trees, reducing stormwater runoff, recycling tires, and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/19/rubber-sidewalks-give-the-bounce-to-concrete/

Also, recycled plastic and rubber roof shingles:

 

http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/28/roof-shingles-made-from-recycled-plastic-and-rubber/

Lady Gaga and her love of rubber...

 

Lady Gaga's latex rubber outfit for meeting the Queen

 

sofa based on the improvised furniture of the homeless in Mexico City

 

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/02/mugrosita-by-liliana-ovalle/

Pop up furniture

have a look at it in action here:
http://vimeo.com/4197108

WheelLY sustainable homeless shelter

http://inhabitat.com/wheelly-sustainable-homeless-shelter/

It acts as storage, seating and a tent - everyone has the right to shelter and personal space

shopping cart / homeless shelter

It's kinda ugly but an interesting idea

http://declubz.com/blog/2008/08/17/weird-design-for-homeless-cart/

IKEA Hacking

 These guys created their own furniture from standard IKEA parts

http://dornob.com/ikea-gone-insane-funny-strange-hacked-furniture-set/

There some interesting articles here

http://www.scraptirenews.com/archive.html

Reef of...disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reef

This sites GOLD

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/11/10504/html/usa/usechip.htm#Crumb%20rubber%20in%20rubber%20or%20plastic

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/11/10504/html/biblio/htmls/msh1.htm

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/11/10504/html/biblio/html4/msh6.html

more rubber furniture

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/12/inflatable-goes-formal-blofield-branex.html

rubber stool

http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/furnishings/rubber-stool.html

De-Vulcanisation

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110009509

http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/R15078/01

People trying to patent de-vulcanisation

link

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/recycled-rubber-tires-ready-to-assemble-modulab-chile.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_recycling

http://www.zuss.com/

interesting use

 

http://www.rezulteo-tyres.co.uk/unusual-stories/second-life-for-your-tyres-357

Videos from the Crumb Rubber trip

Separating the steel from the rubber

the end result - rubber from truck tyres

rubber and felt adaptable storage

http://www.perrylakes.com/capillair-modular-storage-system-by-carolijn-slottje

Fabric made from recycled rubber

link to the Vulcana website:
http://www.vulcana.net/

Photos From Crumb

 http://www.crumbrubber.ie/

 Tinest shreded tyres

 Nylon from car tyres

Worlds second biggest tyre!

rubbage clutch bag

made from recycled tyre inner tubes and edged in stainless steel
http://www.ecoutlet.co.uk/recycled-rubber-clutch-bag.html

Tyre bracelets

more here: http://www.trashrevamp.co.uk/tyre-bracelets.html

Awesome tea table

I really like how they turned their comcept into an object
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11267/jeonghwa-seo-hanna-chung-ripple-effect-tea-table.html

inner tube bag and jacket

http://www.moderntribe.com/judaica/accessories/recycled_tires_trapeze_handbag

http://fanelelove.blogspot.com/2010/12/world-aids-day-lara-klawikowski-condom.html

really cool tyre sculptures

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/02/19/15-amazing-used-tire-sculptures/

recycled tyre wallet

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/04/22/12-unusual-and-creative-wallets/

tire seat

remolded tyres

more videos

youtube video

Tyre belts

Recycled Bike Tyre Belts Old bike tyres destined for landfill are transformed into eco-friendly belts.  Each tyre is cut, washed and hand-crafted to make an eye catching piece of fashion, that's not only recycled, but hard-wearing and pretty cool too

Environment

http://www.rezulteo-tyres.co.uk/environment

Sweet tyre bags

http://en.spread-grani.com/seal-bags.html

Composition of tyres

Tyre composition:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/2_-_Composition_of_a_Tyre_-_May_2006.db9d4565.2856.pdf

Enviromental impacts and options:
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/end-of-life-tyre-management-jul04/html/index.html

http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/usedtyresleaflet.pdf

Google books:

Recycling and reuse of used tyres: proceedings of the international ...

 By Ravindra K. Dhir, Mukesh C. Limbachiya, Kevin A. Paine

Reuse of tyres:
http://www.aircrafttyres.com/images/Hergebruik%20banden.pdf
http://www.tirecrafting.com/

tyre furniture

designed by Leo Kempf

http://neutradesign.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/recycled-tyres/

rubber shoes

http://ellielovesnewyork.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-feet-are-thanking-brazil-and.html

Some Interesting Designs

 Creative Tyre Swing

Shorts Made For Michelin