Culturally speaking, we Americans aren’t too keen on the topic of our own burials (or pyres). In Ghana, however, it’s al…
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11 Household Items You Can Use for Cleaning (& Greening) Your Home
From baking soda to table salt, get the sparkle without the toxins. Contrary to what Proctor & Gamble would have you…
Lustables: The Plantable
Melding the idea of eating and growing in the same place. Not on the market yet, JAILmake’s Plantable will be making exh…
Someday/Today: Mediterranean Staircase
Someday, a vintage Spanish staircase. Today, hand stencils straight out of Marrakesh. Someday… I would like build…
Roadtripping Across America: New York to Nebraska
Fashion writer Johanna Björk moves West, couchsurfing and eating good food the entire way. Having lived on the East coas…
Lustables: ELOPE Rug
Vivid by design, woven with consciousness. Artist Michelle Weinberg’s limited-edition rugs echo the grid-patterned surfa…
heARTbeat: Mozart Guerra Ties Emotion into his Sculpture
Mozart Guerra communicates complex emotions with simple rope and styrofoam. Taking cues from cultural taboos and evoluti…
Bay Area Artist Debuts Dumpster Home at Fringe Festival
Is this the newest trend in 21st Century living? In a hybrid innovation of the squatter/small house movement, Berkeley-b…