earlier this month, the los angeles times and dwell on design held a contest for designers to create items to be displayed in dwell's reclaimed design booth.  the catch -- all materials need to be harvested from the los angeles times classifieds.

the designers' objects were exhibited this past weekend alongside vintage items from attic in studio city.  the esoteric and inspirational booth encouraged people to take a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to design.

from skateboards to submarine parts to scrap metal -- all items on display were refurbished or reimagined.  just goes to show you -- one person's trash is another gal's whorange.

but wait, that's not all...the sellers of the classified-found objects were entered into a drawing.  one lucky seller won a 1000.00 cash prize.

i was hoping the winner would be the seller of these feet, but alas, it was not.