Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.
The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials
MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.
The Shakers may be long gone but their simplicity of design still has an influence on American furniture.
Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with
Fifth Third Bank shows us just how easy it is becoming for corporations to source all of their electricity from renewables.
If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.
You can work with other location independent workers and do some holiday good deeds at the same time.
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It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.
This month's issue of Wallpaper* magazine is dominated by the 2007 Design Directory, their hand-picked favorite architects and designers from the past year. Always the epitome of cool, the mag's slick picks
This is a very big deal, but just the first of many more bigger and harder deals that we need.
It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.
A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses.
In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.
Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.
Artist/inventor Michael Jantzen's new concept for a Solar Winds Desert Power Plant envisions a large public gathering place, inspired by the shape of a flowering plant, to be located in a public park in a hot, dry climate.
A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.
Last month, my partner gave me a Fjällräven Kanken rucksack for my 30th birthday, and I have to tell you about it, as this is a classic amongst the eco-designs nowadays. I first spotted these slightly odd-looking bags in London many years ago, and
It has challenged designers since the invention of the bar code: What to do about those stupid little labels?
Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.
Can products be better for people? Can buildings be better for the planet? Gradually, business is waking up to the fact that design can be beautiful and responsible.
This book full of small space design ideas is a handy tool for those wanting to get their own tiny house built.
Our pets become like family to us during their lives, so why not treat them with the dignity that a family member deserves when they die?