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A Marathon of Talks About Gardens at Serpentine Gallery

October 11, 2011

Photo: serpentine gallery Stefano Boeri, Vertical Forest, Milan

It’s an orgy, of sorts. Two days straight of talk about gardens from all kinds of architects, landscapers, gardeners,scientists, and philosophers.

Held annually for the past 6 years at…

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Fashion Collection Biomimicks Snakeskin Using Recycled Woodchips

October 10, 2011

Photos: Stefanie Nieuwenhuyse via Behance

Fashion has often been role-cast as a wasteful industry, but we’ve seen how up-and-coming fashion designers are increasingly using discarded materials in sustainable ways to create stunning work.

British fas…

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Hanging Mini-Greenhouse Also Doubles As Pendant Lamp

October 10, 2011

Photos: Jaroslav Kvíz

Short on space for growing herbs? Well, this graceful pendant lamp — which doubles as a mini-greenhouse — could be one way to add more luscious greenery to one’s space and diet.

Created by Czech designer Krstyna Pojerova, the…

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David Perkes explains the New Paradigm of the Public Practice

October 6, 2011

Photo Credit: Neil Chambers

David Perkes does not come across as a pioneer for a revolutionary new way to view architecture and construction. He is soft spoken, and doesn’t possess the desire to be the center of attention. However, his work in Biloxi…

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Handmade Dutch Bike Is All-Wooden — Down To The Spokes

October 6, 2011

Photos: Jan Gunneweg

There’s a lot of wooden bikes out there, ranging from the glue-it-yourself, no-metal kind, to award-winning, high-end designer bikes. But this near all-wooden bike, handmade by Dutch industrial designer Jan Gunneweg, must be one o…

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Floating "Noah’s Ark" Capsule Saves Lives In Tsunamis

October 5, 2011

Images via YouTube video

We have bomb shelters, cellars for when tornadoes hit, houses on stilts for floods… but what do we really have in the case of a tsunami? New Comsopower, a Japanese company, has come up with a novel safety measure for surviv…

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New Packaging Tells You How to Reuse It Creatively

October 5, 2011

A tub of paint can be turned into a lamp (bottom) while its lid becomes a clock (top) in these creative reuse ideas by Luis Carlos Calderón. Photos: Quehagoconesto.org.

Creative crafters can come up with all sorts of beautiful and innovative ways to…

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Translucent ‘Chicken Chapel’ Puts Another Spin On The Coop

October 4, 2011

Photos: Studio North / Moskow Linn Architects

From afar, it looks like a mini-sized yoga studio or sauna, but this translucent gem created by Boston-based Moskow Linn Architects and a group of five students is actually a chicken coop. Er, make that a …

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From Scrap To Stylish Stump: Recycled Timber Furniture By Ubico Studio

October 4, 2011

Photos: Ubico Studio

We admit it: we can’t get enough of stump-themed furniture. And now, from Tel Aviv-based Ubico Studio comes this tongue-in-cheek creation, made from salvaged wood scraps, glued together and skillfully shaped to give the appearance…

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Poetree: A Funeral Urn That Lets You Plant A Tree From Ashes

October 3, 2011

Images: Margaux Ruyant

Though conventional ‘deathcare’ is hardly green, thanks to the use of embalming chemicals, concrete vaults and non-biodegradable caskets, burials are getting greener each year with various eco-friendly options and smarter approa…

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