Every year, the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation hosts the Night of Spectacles- a runway show featuring dresses made from recycled eyeglasses. Several of the dresses reside at the McGee Group headquarters in Marietta, GA. This year the McGee Group is giving people a chance to vote on their favorite recycled eyeglass dress and give an … [Read more...]
As many of you know, I am big into reusing eyewear and just in case you think this might be dumb, but this spectacle necklace is from Anthropologie and retails for a whopping $498.00. I am sure you have a few old frames hanging around, a trip to a bead store, a drill to make some holes, use leather or old chains and voila a cool holiday … [Read more...]
One of the things I admire is the ability to take junk and make it into something. Cyrus Nabiru, a Nairobi based artist and sculptor created amazing eyewear art from Nairobi cast-offs. From his Website. Cyrus Kabiru currently practices in Nairobi. He is a self taught painter and sculptor. His paintings are often humorous portrayals of … [Read more...]
Several years ago we introduced a new type of Eyewear- Refracting Eyewear that was seen on Clare Lopeman's Runway. I am sure you may have some old refractors sitting around, you can paint them and make up your own eyewear for some eco friendly eyewear. Even if they were a tad heavy to wear. painting them and using as display items would definitely … [Read more...]
As we go into 2012 and you are looking for ways to not only make money you might consider greening your office to save money. With most businesses firmly in the grips of the economic downturn, saving money on operations has become the need of the hour. While a lot of businessmen believe that cutting cost would equate to a compromise on quality … [Read more...]
A couple of months ago we did a post on 10 Eyewear Sculptures, as I was updating our Facebook photo Album The Art of Eyewear- I came across these eyeglass sculptures from the ECO project by Serbian born Sorin Oncu Those who enter the Emerald City must wear green glasses" Guardian of the Gates - Wizard of OZ From the Artist: 'Emerald City … [Read more...]
We have had requests for American Made products and wood eyecare products. There is a growing trend for wood eyewear and accessories, partly because the eco- friendliness of it and I think due to unemployment, many handy carpenters have have the vision to indulge their hobby and make some money. Based upon consumers requests and comments on … [Read more...]
Did you know that Baking Soda can be used in over 1,000 ways? You can brush your teeth, wash your hair, use in the laundry, scrub dishes, get rid of bad smells, bleach. A 12 pound box of Baking Soda at CostCo is $4.99. I figure I save at least $200/year and free up a ton of space by just using baking soda (and vinegar) Instead of have toxic … [Read more...]
From Margherita Marchioni an artist who salvages materials and upcycles them into art called Materiamorfosi. Love the reused eyeglasses made into animal sculptures … [Read more...]
I absolutely love this. Talk about a Destination Eyecare Office? Check out Terracycle's Office who has creatively up- cycled trash into a cool, unique and trash look. Think about how many of your patients would want to come in and check out your new- reused look TerraCycle, specializes in making new products from hard-to-recycle waste, from … [Read more...]
Since we had a lot of comments from our readers on shredding documents: Here are some great ideas on how to re-use shredded paper. Why buy paper if you don't have to? Eye Can Save The average office worker uses 10.000 sheets of paper per year or 1 sheet very 12 minutes 15.8 Million tons of wood would be saved or enough to build 1 Million … [Read more...]
Call it a case of art imitating life. Costa recently unveiled fish sculptures of a tarpon, blue marlin and bass -- built entirely out of its own sunglass parts -- in its new advertising campaign. A mix of lenses, hinges, frame arms, nose pads, side shields and retainer cord segments from hundreds of Costa sunglasses went into building the … [Read more...]
Some eyewear is so old and grotty, but you just hate to throw it away adding more into our landfills. Sebastian Baptiste, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design incorporated eyewear into his up-cycled newspaper dress … [Read more...]
Living Walls, Green Roofs and Green Spaces are huge in design today. The benefits of real plants in overall health and productivity are numerous. See Clean Air and Employee Productivity The added benefit is incred-eyeable merchandising and a cool environment for your patients. See Destination Eyecare Offices Great Idea Grow Your Own Edible … [Read more...]
A fun DIY Blog called Naughty Secretary Club came up with their Spec Appeal Necklace, reusing optical lenses. She actually has a book called The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girls Guide to Handmade Jewelry. Available on Amazon The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl's Guide to Handmade Jewelry (See all Jewelry Craft … [Read more...]
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