In the movie “Friends With Money,” Jennifer Aniston’s character had a thing for Lancome — specifically, free samples. It got to the point where the makeup counter girls had her marked for a mooch and ...

Even though they are plentiful and free, leftover carpet and wallpaper samples rarely find a purposeful second life. However, there is hope to “rethink, reuse and upcycle” the ever growing pile of pre ...

For those of you who work in a professional design office, you know how quickly we become inundated with samples of all sorts. From rubber to glass and everything in-between, we can’t help but find ...

Ample Sample, the design contest challenging designers to upcycle retired carpet samples into useful goods, has launched its fifth year of competition. The contest calls on the design community to ...

Ample Sample 2010 announced Steven Rothe’s Cynch Stool as the contest winner. Now in its fourth year, the sustainable design contest challenges designers to "Rethink. Reuse. & Upcycle" and to ...