NEEDY TOYS
Okay, so this is a little off-topic for this blog, but I just wanted to give a shout-out to one of my favorite things from ITP 2005: the Needies. Designed by Emily Ryan, and created by Amos Bloomberg,
FIREFLIES – Networked Nighlight
Another member of the ITP networked nighlight club is John Schimmel, with his project Fireflies. Fireflies is similar to Networked Flower and Slumber Light in that consists of networked lights that people
NETWORKED SLUMBER LIGHT
The thing that interested me most at ITP this year was the plethora of networked light communication devices. All the ones I saw seemed to have something to do with nonverbally keeping in touch with
INTERACTIVE FAUX FLOWERS
If you are anything like me, you probably just recently got your mom some flowers for Mothers Day. Moms loves receiving flowers (who doesn’t) but if you stop and think about it, fresh cut flowers
ITP SPRING SHOW
The Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring show on tonight and tomorrow night (May 10th & May 11th) 5pm – 9pm, at NYU (721 Broadway, 4th Floor). So come out and see a crazy mix of really
FAVELA CHIC
Since Brazil’s favelas are a hot topic these days, (Funky do Morro, Cidade de Deus, uhhh…Nike’s advertising?) I thought now would be a good time to reintroduce the designers who first
RECLAIMED WOOD FURNITURE
Design company RG Furniture creates modern furniture from reclaimed antique lumber. All their designs: tables, seating, lighting and shelving, combine an antique wood aesthetic with simple modernist
TETRIS SHELVING
Yesterday at BKLYN DESIGNS, I came across this fabulous storage systems made out of modular TETRIS-shaped blocks. This design, by Brooklyn company Brave Space, is intended for “Life-size
MORE DOORS
Okay, so I know I am writing a lot about doors recently. I just can’t resist. Finally door design is becoming about more than just blocking or facilitating movement into a space. About time! Urban
BKLYN DESIGNS 2005
I just got back from the Brooklyn Designs 2005 show in DUMBO, and it was great. The show was relatively small, but there was some nice stuff to see – much of it will be on display at other venues
TRANSLUCENT CONCRETE
Brutalists look out. A new type of concrete has been developed, and it looks almost ethereal. Images of LiTraCon, the Light Transmitting concrete – make it look strangely like styrofoam. Hungarian
SCRAPILE FURNITURE
Recycling junk materials to make new objects is good for the environment, as everyone knows. But in addition to being ecologically sound, recycled designs can be visually stunning as well. Case in point:
BIOPAVER
When I wrote about Biopaver, yesterday, I couldn’t give any details about the project, because I couldn’t find any information about it on the internet. Thanks to the prompt arrival of
BENDY CONCRETE
It’s concrete week here at Inhabitat. First there was spray-on concrete – now there is bendable concrete. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new type of
METROPOLIS NEXT GENERATION COMPETITION 2005
Metropolis Magazine has just announced the results of its Next Generation Design competition. The two winners were Joseph Hagerman, for an eco-friendly permeable paving stone, and Alisa Andrasek, for an
BUILDING GREEN
BuildingGreen.com has recently released a guide to environmentally sustainable building products. The book contains more than 1,850 listings of materials, products and building techniques that designers
STARCHITECT PREFAB
Although I’m not the biggest Frank Gehry fan, I am a huge fan of prefab housing. Therefore, I am very excited to hear that Gehry is joining the ranks of the Starchitects who design prefab homes.
LOFTCUBE: Prefab for Rooftops
Being a young New Yorker and realizing that I am never going to be able to buy property in New York has got me thinking about prefabs. Specifically about buying an inexpensive prefab house and sticking it
WHAT IS LEED?
With all the greenwashing going on today, wouldn’t it be nice to have definitive “green” standards in architecture – a way to tell exactly which buildings are environmentally
EARTH SHELTERED HOUSES
It’s time the average home buyer discovered what eccentric hippies and hobbit wannabees have long known: earth-sheltered houses are the way to go. These homes can be completely underground, or
DOOR OF SECRETS
Hmmm. Another rising Dutch design star, another door. I don’t usually wax this lyrical about doors, but then I haven’t seen so many interesting doors in a long time. Marjet Wessels
3FORM’S ECORESIN
Ecofabulous! Plastics company 3form makes translucent resin for the architecture and design market. Their Ecoresin panels come in almost every color and texture imaginable, and can be customized with
MELODY DOOR
Design Boom has recently announced the results of its Door to Paradise Competition, and the winning design is melodious. Dominic Muren?s Melody Door looks like a modernist wood version of an organ. The
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