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Art and design are a part of anything we build, but these designers and artists are particularly informed by the natural order and chaos that surrounds us in our daily lives. Some draw on recycled materials while others find meaning in environmental patterns – some are focused on sustainability with a message and others are interested in aesthetics.

Bird Collars, Moose Hats & More: 17 Animal Inspired Fashions

These 17 fashion designs, from totally wearable honeycomb dresses to amazingly weird moose-shaped hair hats, were inspired by the animal kingdom.

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Tri It, You'll Like It: 16 Amazing Tricycle Concepts

Two wheels good, three wheels better? Apply the power of three and put a new spin on people-powered peddling with these 16 amazing tricycle concepts!

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Gulp! 8 Strange, Unusual and Adorable Baby Spoons

Feeding time means show time! These 8 strange, unusual and adorable baby spoons give you the scoop – literally – on shoveling nutrients with civilized style.

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Tiny Living at its Cheapest: The $200 Micro-Home

Derek Diedricksen builds incredibly ingenious tiny houses from reclaimed 'junk' like washing machine parts and plastic jugs for as little as $200 each.

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Another Terra: Mini Greenhouse for Other Planets

Another Terra, by Studio Besau-Marguerre, is a terrarium to go: made with a special leather harness, it's perfect for travel to other planets.

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Beautifully Buzzworthy: 12 Designs Inspired by Bees

These 12 designs for jewelry, furniture, home decor and even entire residential towers all take visual and symbolic inspiration from bees.

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Towering Transformers! Robots Made of Scrap Metal

Chinese artist Kefeng Zhu has crafted over 600 Transformer sculptures, up to 20 feet tall, from junk yard waste for the theme park 'Mr. Iron Robot'.

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Repurposed Robot Prints 3D Furniture from Trash

A Dutch designer reprogrammed an old industrial machine to create 3D-printed chairs from old refrigerators that would otherwise have ended up in landfills.

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14 More Modern Tiny Houses & Backyard Getaways

These 14 tiny house designs, from backyard offices to fully-functional self-contained residences, prove that living small can be chic and modern.

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Art in the Apiary: Sculptures Made by Bees

Environmental artist Aganetha Dyck has an unlikely collaborator in her sculptures - swarms of bees, which add their honeycomb to her figurines.

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Put a Bird On It! 15 Bird-Themed Items for the Home

Take a cue from Portlandia and Put A Bird On It. These 15 bird-shaped and bird-inspired home decor and furniture items are too cute to resist.

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Illuminated Nature: Dazzling Light Art in Fields and Forests

Artist Barry Underwood captures stunning nature scenes that he augments with light painting techniques to create surreal, magical photographs.

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Electric Camper: Tiny Geometric House on Wheels

The Golden Gate is an unusual-looking geometric camper, hand-made using plywood and bicycle parts. It runs on electricity and gets 10 miles per charge.

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Bag Dippers: 10 Cute, Cool, Caffeine-Free Tea Infusers

These 10 cute, cool and caffeine-free tea infusers add a dash of sustainable fun to your pukka cuppa while mellowing out tea parties of all persuasions.

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The Clockwork Forest: Trees That Play Music

An art installation in the woods of England places giant turnkeys on trees, turning the forest into one big music box.

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