Apr
12
2012
Wind Turbine Photos
American artist Ellen Jantzen has created a series of stunning images that move beyond the cliché of documenting the legendary road trip.
Apr
12
2012
Farmhouse Hydro Concert
German artist and designer Heike Bottcher turned an old blue farmhouse into a hydro-driven symphony.
Apr
10
2012
Baguette Furniture
Is there anything worse than a stale baguette? Only when it ends up in the garbage! Polish designers Gosia and Tomek Rygalik (Studio Rygalik) upcycled old baguettes to create tables dubbed the Bread Experience. The unusual table were made for the Vienna Design Week Laboratory.
Apr
8
2012
Living Plant Chandeliers
Apr
8
2012
Algae Street Lamps
French biochemist Pierre Calleja has created large-scale algae powered street lamps that can potentially absorb more than one ton of CO2 a year.
Apr
8
2012
Obese Dog Stairlift
Companion pets are becoming increasingly obese with busy pet owners not taking enough time to ensure their animal companions get enough exercise or eat properly. A new dog stairlift, dubbed the Stair of the Dog 2022, helps transport overweight animals up the stairs so they can sleep with their owners.
Apr
6
2012
E-Scape Personal Office
The E-Scape Personal Workspace is US-based architect Michael Jantzen’s creative solution for a lightweight, modular and prefabricated office space that can be reconfigured for added privacy.
Mar
21
2012
The GMO Film Update
As of today, you are most likely eating GMOs, and you probably don’t know it. As we forge ahead on this film, I keep coming back to a really basic question for us here in North America - how is it possible that we are eating GMOs everyday, but we don't know about it? Many people don't even know what a GMO is! (FYI: GMOs are genetically modified organisms.)
Mar
21
2012
The Children’s Fireplace
In Trondheim, Norway, the Children’s Story Telling Fireplace and hut was designed and built by Norwegian Haugen/Zohar Arkitekter architectural design company.
Mar
21
2012
The Illuminated Church
Using video projection, the Hallgrimskírkja Church façade was beautifully illuminated with the themes of the four elements - Fire, Water, Air, Earth.
Mar
18
2012
iPhone Pothole App
In a public relations stunt by a local taxi firm, a car appears to have fallen into a monster-sized pothole in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mar
18
2012
Mini Bonsai Sculptures
Japanese artist and illustrator Takanori Aiba, creates incredibly detailed miniature worlds, combining miniature bonsai sculptures with a vivid imagination and dedication to detail.
Mar
15
2012
The Paper Safe Box
Rob Ives has created a fully functional paper safe which is a great DIY project for you and your kids. You can lock and open the secret drawer with your own private combination that is entered with the small numbered dial.
Mar
15
2012
Falling Through Time Review
What happens if a hard-driving advertising professional from the year 2012 fell forward seventy years into a green future? That's the premise of Falling Through Time, the new eco-thriller from novelist Patrica Comroe Frank. Narrated in the first-person voice of the advertising executive, the book leads the reader on the adventures and misadventures of when worlds collide: the day a marketer of mass consumerism meets deep ecology.
Mar
15
2012
Polar Orbit Satellite
Hopefully there are fewer and fewer people in the industrialized world who are non-believers of anthropogenic (human) induced climate change. Maybe there are some who will never be convinced, especially those who have a vested interest in not believing it, or perhaps they are anti-leftist thinking, or just plainly anti-everything.
Mar
14
2012
Solar Vineyard Winery
Designed to explore the potentials of a large winery but also function as a solar electric generation power plant, the Solar Vineyard Winery, from designer Michael Jantzen, utilizes solar electricity produced through a large bank of curved photovoltaic solar cells that are elevated above the winery roof.
Mar
14
2012
The Fibrous Plant Tower
Mimicry is the ultimate form of flattery. The Fibrous Tower from Austrian SOMA Architects, won second place in the Taiwan Tower International Competition by applying biomimicry to their entry and advanced design techniques.
Mar
14
2012
The Fibrous Plant Tower
Mimicry is the ultimate form of flattery. The Fibrous Tower from Austrian SOMA Architects, won second place in the Taiwan Tower International Competition by applying biomimicry to their entry and advanced design techniques.
Mar
13
2012
Mobile Ice Fishing Hut
A single person mobile ice-fishing hut, with cleverly designed walls made from ice, is the latest creation from Norwegian designers Gartnerfulgen Arkitekter.
Mar
13
2012
Sustainable Metal Work
Creative artist Alex Féthière, uses recycled metals and discarded household products to help fashion his metalworking sculpture art, jewelry and furniture.