Four materials fit seamlessly with the 2011 slant toward honesty and green accountability – concrete, bamboo, card…
Month: February 2011
And Then There Was Mesh
The fashion trends of the 1980’s had one thing in common: they were wild. Some of the first things to pop into you…
The Insider’s Guide to Life: The Power. You Have It.
ColumnWhat will your do with your wild hair? Every few years I get what’s known in the parlance as a wild hair. Th…
Bookmarked: Better Living Through Design
It is rare to come across a one-stop design resource with a finger on the pulse of all things cool, but it does happen. …
Loomstate And Parsons Set To Announce Zero Waste Winner
In August 2010, we published a story about Parsons The New School For Design’s first course in zero waste – a firs…
Back To The Roots Ventures Turns Coffee Grounds Into Gourmet Shrooms
I first heard about Alejandro “Alex” Velez and Nikhil “Nik” Arora’s plan to grow mushrooms from coffee grounds about two…
Overcooked: Lavender – Good for the Bathtub, Good for the Brisket
I don’t enjoy licking a soap dish, and frankly, that’s what lavender sometimes tastes like when it’s used in culinary ap…
A Gleaming Globe of Light-Emitting Diodes
One of the 2011 shelter trends is for light-emitting diodes and bare filaments to take the stage. These two trends will …