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From ginger beer to decorations, the pages of Bust Magazine's DIY Guide to Life are packed with ways to create, craft, and bake your way through every day, including the holidays.
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Taking its name from the classic German fashion patterns magazine, these set of objects dubbed ‘Burda Furniture’ have been designed for DIY. A self-production and assembly poster offers many designs, including some lamps and shelves, to choose from. Designed by Tel-Aviv-based DÅG, all you need is a jigsaw, some scrap wood and little time to get on with the job.
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The economy and the green movement are beginning to take green design ideas mainstream.
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Henrik Fisker and the Fisker Automotive team are racking up quite the list of awards this year and their pile might just about be complete with their latest accolade. The UK’s immensely popular Top Gear TV show just named the Fisker Karma the “Car of the Year” and Top Gear Magazine named the extended range electric vehicle the “Luxury Car of the Year,&... weiterlesen...
Robots designed to mimic animals and insects are everywhere. TIME magazine weeds out the 10 most fascinating.
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by Aaron BrittPeople blog about just about everything, so why not the massive undertaking of building your house? More and more, we're coming across great chronicles of how a prefab comes together or a renovation takes shape not from the design press, but from the homeowners themselves. And in an effort to give even more backstory than you got in the pages of Dwell, here are two... weiterlesen...
EVolo Magazine has made a name for itself with its annual skyscraper competition, which started in 2006. Since then there have been over 4,000 submissions arriving from across the planet, seemingly covering just about every imaginable design parameter when it comes to vertical construction. Their newly released book, EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS, is a selection of 300 of the best project... weiterlesen...
by Aaron BrittOn Thursday, November 10th, I'll be sitting down for a chat with Alexander T. Williams, one of the forces behind the exciting industrial design firm Rich Brilliant Willing. Williams is in town not only to discuss his wares, but also for a kind of unofficial RBW debut party at the design showroom Propellor at 555 Hayes St. in San Francisco. Join us starting at 7:00 ... weiterlesen...
In recent years, the Middle East and South Asia have been hit by several very destructive storms. While the region is often beset by such occurrences, a new study believes that air pollution caused by soot and aerosol emissions in developing countries is making cyclones much more destructive. The study, that was published in Nature magazine last week, stated that emissions cause... weiterlesen...
Photo: Hester Street Fair
In New York today, more than seventy-five restaurants and food trucks and sixty shopping, fashion, and gift vendors are taking to the streets for the Grub Street Food Festival and the first-ever Grub Street Beer Garden (and no, it's not associated with Occupy Wall Street).
From the folks at Hester Street Fair and New York Magazine, the annual event i... weiterlesen...
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Post tags: A Journal of Creativity, adaptive reuse, Africa, asia, developing world, earth-friendly, Eco, eco-conscious, green, green design, informal economy, informal sector, ingenuity, inhabitat, innovation, invention, inventive, Makeshif... weiterlesen...
Despite prejudices, many of us know that composting toilets are often a remarkably pleasant place to do your business. From portable composting toilets for festivals, complete with potted plants and reading materials, to the affordable Lovable Loo that even makes pooping in a bucket look surprisingly sophisticated. Permaculture Magazine has already noted that compos...Read the ... weiterlesen...
Folding Prefab builder Blu Homes is in the news a lot recently, with a rave in Forbes Magazine written by Todd Woody, who used to write great environmental business news articles for Business 2.0. Many things about Blu Homes are transformational compared to normal modular construction, which is essentially wood frame construction broken up into modules with sizes set by road t... weiterlesen...
by Diana BuddsIn this edition of Friday Finds, a collection of magazine covers featuring Steve Jobs, a video for all those who've ever dreamed of flying, a new product for all the Tron fans out there, and much more!
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This fall the MAXXI Museum in Rome is hosting Y1/CityVision – a riveting series of talks and presentations focused on developing new concepts for contemporary architecture. Kicking off September 16th, the Y1 project, organized by Francesco Lipari and Vanessa Todaro, is hosting a talk by architect Joshua Prince Ramus (of REX architects), a presentation of the CityVision mag... weiterlesen...
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School is a testing ground for the way we perform later in life. It can mold us into fine upstanding members of society, or not. While environmental responsibility isn't something we have to learn early in life, it certainly makes things easier. College can provide just such an opportunity as highlighted in this month's Sierra Club magazine. weiterlesen...
Images credit Solare Bruecke
One of the inconveniences of solar cooking is that it is, well, inconvenient to have to go outside when you would rather be in your kitchen, doing other things while the pot is cooking. Kris de Decker of No-Tech magazine shows a very clever design from Solare Brücke, which was founded in 1992 " to contribute to balancing global inequalities and to... weiterlesen...
If you fancy getting your hands into some DIY projects this summer, the best way to start is take note from the DIY masters at ReadyMade! An idea straight from Andrew Wagner, the former editor-in-chief of DIY ideas magazine, this crafty project takes found egg cartons off the streets of New York‘s Chinatown, piles them up high, and secures them with a stylish ribbon. The... weiterlesen...
by Aaron BrittThis month, we're celebrating all things Japanese and modern with our September 2011 issue, Japan Style. And one of the many innovators who gets a bit of special attention this month is the American-born designer Isamu Noguchi. We take you inside the process of how one of his iconic Akari lamps is made in the magazine, but I want to share another of his deft creatio... weiterlesen...