Veronika Richterová, an artist from the Czech Republic, makes sculptures by heating and reshaping plastic bottles. She commonly features plants and animals, depicting them in a highly realistic manner. Richterov&a...

Máté Csipszer made this charming clock from old bike parts. The body is the hub of a wheel and the numbers are shaped pieces of bike chain. The hands are pieces of cut plastic. Does it work? Mát&eacu...

It's unfortunate that I can't find the craftsman responsible because I'd like to congratulate him/her on such an outstanding job. The hood of an old Massey Ferguson tractor is now a kitchen table that combines both cosmo...

Okay, I admit that wasn't the best title I've ever...  ...retail when you've got the makings of a you-tail upcycling in your kitchen? With a clean plastic tub (the ki...

iDLights took two old plastic popcorn bins (like this one) and turned them into a cute lamp. There's a 15 watt bulb in the bottom and a 9 watt bulb in the top. With its warm light and appropriate theme, the lamp would be...

Tim Sway is an artist in Wallingford, Connecticut who specializes in taking old objects and turning them into useful pieces of furniture. Sway acquired a vintage Charlie's Angels pinball machine and turned it into a desk...

Sandman Upcycling made this tripod mounted lamp (translation) that...

(Photos: Ollie Harrop)Benjamin Rice, a designer in Manchester, UK, made this lamp for SPIN London, an urban bicycling show. Appropriately, he made it from old Raleigh Grifter children's bikes. In this darkened setting, t...

My grandmother owned a treadle-powered sewing machine. I think that it was a Singer. She once let me sew a few stitches with it. What a delight! It was like going back in time.Those old treadle sewing machines didn't bre...

The Scandinavian design company Kings of Sweden sells rugs made out of the brand labels of used jeans. That's a novel approach! They come in 2 sizes: 140 x 200 cm and 160 x 240 cm. They'd look great as office accent piec...