The vase deconstructed by student Decha Archjananun. Archjananun split the vase into two basic functions, a vessel to hold water and a form to support the stems. (via dezeen.com)
Amazing to see how people are taking Google’s image capturing technology and adapting it for their own art. Top, Aaron Hobson’s photo-stitched images taken from remote Google street view...
A green roof for a bus designed by Marco Castro Cosio. Inserting little bits of green back into the city wherever they can fit.
OK, I am back, so let’s get back to it. Beautiful installation at the Koganecho Bazarr by Japanese architect Yumiko Ishihara. Ishihara made this display using 3,000 chopsticks and bamboo stic...
The Brit Insurance Design of the Year was announced yesterday at the Design Museum in London. A panel of judges selected the Plumen low-energy (and aesthetically pleasing) light bulb designed by Sam...
I am enjoying the recent re-focus on food and how we grow, make and eat it. I came across this nice project by Italian design student Valentina De Lorenzis, in which she explored the process of maki...
Those clever fellows over at Blu Dot have done it again. Remember their Real Good Experiment? Now they have a new project called the Blu Dot Swap Meet. The idea is simple. Pick a piece from their...
I have been thinking obsessively about the Ruin Academy since I came across the project a few weeks ago. The Ruin Academy is a research center in Taipei based on the, “Third Generation City &#...
OK designer friends, who wants to make me one of these? Cast iron bookshelf, circa 1920’s, USA.
As a curator and researcher, I am really interested in objects that have been adapted to the user. One such project is Taglieri by Matt Brown, an American industrial designer. While living in Italy...
Located in a former textile factory in Brooklyn, ‘Cabin in a Loft’ is an architectural project conceived by Terri Chiao. Rather than constructing dividers to help define the large space,...
Nice project from Christoph Brach & Daniera ter Haar, who graduated from Eindhoven in 2007. The pair have been experimenting with vegetables and their natural color. The vegetables are made int...
As part of their final project at Kunsthochschule Weißensee, students Lisa Spengler and Moa Hallgren designed a collection of furniture and accessories made from salvaged materials. The pair combine...
Nike has just launched a new series of women’s sneakers made from recycled magazines. Each shoe is been stitched with a variety of clippings to create a one-of-a-kind style, which is then cove...
Amazing project from Julien Devaux, a student at ENAD in Paris. Devaux has partnered with Moldavenir, a non-profit in one of Europe’s poorest countries, Moldavia. The project, called Noroc (...
Over at MoCo Loco, all of the contributors are sharing our highlights from 2010. You can see my list related to adaptive designs and open source projects here. I also loved Eric Demay’s list ...
If you are in the Denver area, my studio, Poesy&Praxis, is putting on our first event of the year, the Mid-Winter Woolly Repair Shop on Jan. 29th. This drop-in community event is for all the fol...
Thanks to my friend Stephen for sending me the link to this tree hotel in Sweden. Harads offers a variety of unique hotel rooms set amongst the trees in a small village in northern Sweden. The Mirr...
It’s nice to start off the year with something simple like this wooden bottle opener by Brendan Ravenhill. Pop the cap with a nail, keep it on the fridge with a magnet.
Woolly Pockets are genius. These modular planters are made from recycled plastic bottles and have a built in moisture lining. They can be used indoors or out to create your own version of a vertica...
I was browsing through the Design Miami highlight reel on Wallpaper and the results seem a little disappointing. I guess when you call in Pharrell Williams to chat about craft you can’t really...
One of the last exhibitions I helped with at Spring Projects was the Crate Series by Studio Makkink & Bey. The show is currently on display at the gallery until mid-January. For the exhibition...
Nice lighting by San Francisco based Anzfer Farms. The workshop uses reclaimed wood and warm globe shaped bulbs in their series called Fragment lights.
Here’s a nice project from London based designer Rupert Blanchard. Blanchard combined two iconic chairs to create a wooden version of Starck’s famed Ghost Chair. Using the idea of low ...
Artist David Prince recently exhibited his Lumberjack project at the Otis College of Art and Design in LA. Prince hand whittled toothpicks out of poplar wood and is selling them one by one. The sta...
Before I moved back to the US I was fortunate enough to take a class at the Orsoni mosaic foundry in Venice. Located in the Cannaregio district, the workshop is tucked away down one of the endless al...
Amazingly beautiful installation by artist Catie Newell in Detroit. Constructed with salvaged pieces of wood from a burned out building, Newell created a passageway through the charred structureR...
I came across this image and wanted to share it, even though I don’t really have any info on the product or the designer. From what I could gather on google translate (original link is in Swed...
Makelike is a Portland, OR based design studio. Their latest collection is focused on cacti, which includes this beautiful ‘Pointy’ wallpaper. I love the colorways and dotted graphics t...
I feel like the Clark desk by Ilot Ilov was made just for me. The reality of workspaces is that they can be chaotic and not everyone has the time, or inclination, to file things in binders and folde...
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