Archive for the 'Design & Architecture' Category
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Our roads are designed for cars, and there are often sensors that control lights or count vehicles in the road that don't pick up bikes; I often stop at an intersection waiting for a light to change, (yes, some cyclists do stop at red lights) and find that it never does unless I go hit the pedestrian button; the sensors don't know I am there. As for pedestria... weiterlesen...
Photo Credit: Neil Chambers
Will sustainability be part of the fashion industry in 5 to 10 years? Do the up-and-coming fashionistas feel the green movement is even important? These were the questions running through my head as I drove to the edgy and sexy Gen Art: Fresh Faces of Fashion Show at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles on October 22, 2011. With scantily cladded biki...Re... weiterlesen...
© Lisa Ricciotti / C + T Architectures
Overlooking the port of Marseille, one of largest cities in France, used to sit an abandoned grain silo. Situated in a neighborhood slated for renovation, the emblematic and highly visible Arenc Silo, built in 1926-7, faced demolition. But rather than destroy the building and start from scratch with new materials, the City decided to t... weiterlesen...
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From a young man building a tiny house so he can live mortgage-free to an off-grid home built for $2,500, we've featured some pretty impressive tiny house stories on TreeHugger before. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Andrew Sullivan asks Can Brutalist Architecture Help Explain The London Riots? and illustrates his post with an image of Alison and Peter Smithson's classic Robin Hood Gardens. Sullivan quotes Tom Clougherty of British libertarian website weiterlesen...
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TreeHugger loves and hates the TreeHotel in Sweden; I love it for the design, and the fact that my first post on it was the most popular I ever wrote; Our tech people hate it because it was so popular that it broke the site for a whole day. It is the gift that keeps on giving, as they keep adding wonderful new rooms, such as the UFO design that I wrote abou... weiterlesen...
© Verdes y Colores
Located five minutes from the San Jose international airport in Costa Rica, Verdes y Colores is a mix of shop and museum which aims to combine responsible shopping with education to give more meaning to sustainable product design....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A few years ago TreeHugger was full of things like this silly overpriced cardboard radio. It looks particularly odd with an iPhone plugged into it in this day and age. Even the people at SUCK UK who sell it acknowledge the contradictions:...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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© Qubique
It seems that finally somebody managed to take furniture fairs to another level. Not only is Qubique held at the re-used airport Tempelhof in Berlin, it also traded boring lectures for high quality products and shows this week. 2 brands have caught my attention already for their responsible use of wood and timeless furniture design. The German brand Thonet, respon... weiterlesen...
© Alex Davies
When it comes to dilapidated railways being transformed into parks, New York City's famous High Line tends to get all the credit. But its lesser known sister project is worth a visit as well. Two hours north of the Big Apple, pedestrians and cyclists have another unique place to go - an old railroad bridge transformed into a park, over the Hudson River....Read... weiterlesen...
Yes, that's poop. Image: Daisy Ginsberg
How Synthetic Biology Could Change the World
Daisy Ginsberg is an artist and designer currently exploring the frontiers of possibility in the emergent field of synthetic biology. She just gave what was by far one of my favorite talks at this year's Poptech conference; she discussed the potential boons and pitfalls that products of synthet... weiterlesen...
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Photos via Jeff Casper
What do you do when you don't have a tree to build a treehouse in? Answer: build a "treeless" treehouse. This is exactly what New York-based artist, musician and treehouse designer Roderick Romero did with a team of friends for this unusual treehouse of 100 percent reclaimed wood, recently built high on a hillside overlooking Bel Air, California. ...Read t... weiterlesen...
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The benefits of a good massage can be enjoyed by any animal, it seems. Humans have elaborate spa treatments and hand held massagers. Dogs get belly rubs; cats rub their head against you until you oblige. But what about animals that we raise for our own benefit? Don't they deserve a day at the spa? It's a problem industrial designer Andreij Nylander and Swedi... weiterlesen...
Ask anyone who lives in the Gulf or the Niger Delta: oil spills are very nasty, and they don't clean themselves up. Chemical dispersants can make spills worse. And deploying hundreds of people in boats to run the clean-up presents a host of health hazards. After the BP disaster last year, those challenges led Cesar Harada, a design-and-technology polymath, to another solution: ... weiterlesen...
Image: The Unreasonable Institute
I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great success: ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photos: Naihan Li
What's in the box? As we move from static, consumption-driven lifestyles to living with portability, flexibility and "less is more," it's fascinating to see how thoughtful design can bring this vital ethic to bear. We've seen transformer kitchens, weiterlesen...