A sort of hybrid of two ReadyMade Small Spaces projects, the Infiniski Manifesto House from James & Mau combines shipping containers and wooden pallets to form a breezy, modern structure in Chile. It looks like quite a place to escape…for more images, click here.
(via Arch Daily)
Or you could just call it a hankie. Better For GrownUps‘ new sateen reusable tissues hit the market just in time for flu season. Definitely an improvement over the gobs of paper tissues that find their way to waste baskets everywhere, the organic cotton sateen fabric means they are both soft and strong, two necessary adjectives for anything touching itchy, sneezing noses. The box has two trays for hygenic separation, and you can throw the dirties straight into the laundry.
(via Treehugger and Better For GrownUps)
Whole Trees Architecture, one of the most transparent names in the history of business it seems, builds homes using entire trees. Practicing the theory that unmilled trees support 50% more weight than their lumberyard counterparts, the firm uses “weed trees” that other companies consider scrap. This results in sustainable forest management, locally sourced materials, local labor, and a truly stunning interior—like a tree house for grownups.
(via Inhabitat)
Lovely wall that looks like tiles from afar…
That’s actually made with bundles of magazines! Very cool and a wise storage solution if you’ve been hoarding mags for years and years.
Via Design Delight, and Home by Sunset
In early October I was in San Francisco. The Sunday before heading back east I ended up going to the Axis cafe with my family, which includes a three year old niece, a seven year old nephew, and a soon-to-be two year old nephew (Happy birthday tomorrow Samir!). Needless to say, this particular brunch was a bit hectic. It was a beautiful day and the kids were dying to get outside and everyone seemed restless. After a long wait for our food and strained conversation (everyone was really hungry) amongst eleven across a huge table we made our way outside. The kids ran as fast as they could out into what would normally be the street but in this instance was a remarkable little park.
On Wednesday evening the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series (boo!). On Thursday I went to the City of Brotherly Love to visit with stained glass artist Judith Schaechter (below, Monument).
The city was quiet and morose in a way that I’ve only experienced one other time in San Francisco—the night the Giants fell to the Angels in the 2002 World Series. But Judith Schaechter is not one to let a baseball game bring her down and she greeted me at her door with all the good humor and joyful snark anyone who knows her might expect. (more…)
A couple weeks ago, the US Department of Energy closed the doors to the Solar Village on the National Mall, and 20 teams dismantled their houses and trucked them back to their respective campuses. While there could be only one overall winner, each of the 10 events named its own champion and in true American fashion, they even selected a People’s Choice recipient.
Team Germany took took the overall title for the second year in a row by impressing judges with their home’s surplus energy production—made by covering every exposed surface with photovoltaic cells—and building the largest structure possible within the given parameters.
Check out the gallery of homes and you just might find some inspiration for powering your own digs…and if not, it’s good eye candy no matter what.
(Image via TreeHugger and Inhabitat)
In honor of Halloween, TreeHugger was nice enough to put together a slideshow of oddities and curiosities that might make weak stomachs even weaker. The list includes augmented reality contact lenses, test tube leather, garments made from wine and bacteria, cyborg beetles…and ten more treats to ponder this holiday season. Oh, and that’s a shower in the image above. If you take too long, those spikes will attack; you’ve been warned.
Even the UPS guy has a huge whiteboard, so why shouldn’t you? Thanks to John Goscha, Jeff Avallon and Morgan Newman, you can now make one yourself for a fraction of the cost. The trio officially launched IdeaPaint in 2008, after several laboratories told them whiteboard paint was impossible. With two versions—commercial and consumer— and several colors to choose from (including orange!), you can share your great ideas with anyone that will read the writing on the wall.
Katy Elliot posted this wood slice walkway that she observed at the Portland, Maine Flower Show back in the spring—but we just discovered it now (via Curbly)—and I think there’s something autumnal about the wood slices. Don’t know how stable the path would be in a real outdoor setting (the sign in the picture reads “Please do not enter the exhibit”), but it gets me thinking about wood slices as a design element.
Katy’s whole blog, about renovating a 257-year-old house in Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a good read.
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