[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Ah! Nothing smells like shift more than tips from the New York Times on how to fix your high-tech junk using low-tech solutions. Far from a downer, there’s satisfaction to be had here: who hasn’t had that gentle internal smile when their hand-slam stopped that crazy ‘puterized whirring sound? In today’s […]
Unhealthy lifestyles are associated with more than double the risk of a stroke, a UK study reports.
A group of children with peanut allergies have had their condition cured, doctors believe.
TreeHugger has shown many lightweight structures and promoted the idea that buildings should rest lightly on the ground. Perhaps the best demonstration we have seen is Architecture Brio’s staff dormitory for NGO Magic Bus being constructed near Karjat, India. …
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Some cities ignore cyclists; others pay lip service to them; once again, Portland, Oregon demonstrates how a city can go out of its way to promote cycling as a viable alternative to the car. Tom Vanderbilt tells us that they feed you coffee and doughnuts. He proposes cocktails and peanuts for the […]
Photo via Discovery News, credit MIT Media Lab
How great would it be if you could just swap out the wheels on your pedal-powered bike and - Voila! - it’s an electric bike? Well, you might not have to wait too long for that to be a reality….
If you like it colourful and silky, eco-friendly and hand-crafted, Rajboori has just the things for you. These luxurious eco silk textiles brighten up any home with a bit of Indian colours and modern designs.
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Monterey Bay Shores
When covering Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter’s glass clad treehouse I noted that “It is an old architectural trick used since the invention of mirrored glass: covering buildings with the reflective material and declaring that they blend in with the surroundings. Most architects use it to convince wary citizens that it is […]
Except it isn’t really a trestle table, but serves the same function: to provide an easy way to turn a slab into a table. Nicola Enrico Stäubli (known to TreeHugger readers for his terrific Foldschool) comes up with an idea that competes with Phillippe Nigro’s recently shown Universal Base in the challenge to design a […]
Stage your own remake of The Battleship Potemkin with the Staypuff Crib from São Paulo’s 20.87 Design Studio. Its base is “a combination of pneumatic wheels and metal and the top is of reforested Pinus wood.” Great for flexible living spaces and adhocism in action. Via Mocoloco; avoid the worst designer website of the month, […]