In contrast to our most trafficked posts of 2005, here are our personal favorites from 2005: 1. Floating Homes (Jill) 2. Greenroofs (Sarah) 3. Loveshack (Nicki & Kyle) 4. Skyscraper Farming (Gretchen)

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Based on reader traffic and comments, here are the most popular (or the most controversial?) Inhabitat posts of 2005: 1. Tetris Shelving – 66 comments 2. Hansa Canyon Colored LED Faucets – 55

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Kids love the holidays- for the cheer, the joy, the abundance of cookies, but mostly, for the gifts. This year, why not give green gifts that are healthy, educational, and eco-friendly. The little ones

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Let’s face it: we live in a gadget culture. And around this time of year, gadget consumption peaks as people head to Best Buy and Sharper Image to pick up shiny new gifts for their friends and

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Today we continue our Green Gift Guide with clever suggestions for the woman in your life: green versions of a girl’s favorite gifts including chocolate, fuzzy sweaters, and jewelry. Indulge your

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It’s that time of year again, and today marks the start of our Holiday Gift Guide here at Inhabitat. Our first installment is Cheap Gifts Under $30- wallet-friendly green gifts that are great for

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Micro Dwellings is a moveable, modular system which can be configured in an infinite number of ways due to its geometry. They can be built onto existing construction, submerged, or mounted on wheels to

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The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and in the spirit of New Year’s reflection, we’re going to be looking back at some of the year’s highlights. We’d love to hear from you

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Monday marked the one year anniversary of the South Asian Tsunami, which killed nearly 300,000 people and left many others homeless. In August, we (here in the U.S.) saw first hand how catastrophic events

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In Japanese, the word “Futaba” means two leaves sprouting from one seed. That sounds like a less violent version of the expression “killing two birds with one stone.” I love the

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A rug can pull disparate parts of a room into one cohesive space. The Barcelona-based rug company, Nanimarquina knows this, and they make a rug for almost every kind of interior. Each of their two dozen

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The third piece in today’s tryptic from Grand Idea Studio is the seasonally-appropriate Recycled Steel Pipe Menorah (or Candelabra if you want to be secular about it). Made from recycled galvanized

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As a kid growing up in suburban California, I was obsessed with the Pacman table in our local Chinese restaurant. I could care less about the myriad stand-up video games in the nearby arcade, but I

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We love efficient, multi-tasking furniture here at Inhabitat, so we were excited to discover Grand Idea Studio’s Hard Drive Coffee Table. The design recycles an original hard drive from an early

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UM FELT BAGS- $38-$114 We love these UM felt clutches, totes, and wallets from Branch Home. The 100% industrial felt accessories are handmade in Oakland, California, and are perfect for your style-savvy

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Its hard to buy gifts for certain people in your life, but you can never go wrong with knit accessories like gloves, hats and scarves. Everyone likes to keep their appendages warm in the winter: men,

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If you’ve ever dreamt of retrofitting your tiny apartment with an all-in-one space-saving life-changing furniture solution, you have a friend in Andrea Zittel. Currently based in Joshua Tree, CA,

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Well it’s December 25 already, so you’re either opening presents or ordering Chinese. For those of you partaking in the Christmas revelry, you’ve already got your tree decked to the

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In the Urca neighborhood near the base of Sugarloaf mountain and the shores of Rio de Janeiro, architect Alexandra Lichtenberg tackled a remodeling project that demonstrates that being green isn’t

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If you think design for take-out is just about plastic forks and chinese paper cartons – think again. The Mealbox by Igland Design is furniture design for take out. It allows you to bring your table

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What is with Australia and prefab? With the recent Modabode, the Deck House, and now eHabitat, its beginning to seem like the locus of Prefab has moved down under. Whats going on? Whatever the case, we

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If you ever made model airplanes or cars when you were a kid (and you are over 30 now) – then you might remember Revell kits, the quintessential 50′s-era modeling kits where the pieces all

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Buildings account for: +65.2% of the total US electricity consumption +30% of the total US greenhouse gas emissions and +136 million tons of construction and demolition waste in the U.S., roughly 2.8 lbs

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UNDER $50 TOM DIXON ECOWARE – ?14.95 ? ?69.99 (Sarah) Everyone needs dishes, and while the floral frippery of classic china may not appeal to the most masculine types, dishware can’t be

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EGGLING – $8.95 (Jill) Want to turn your little one into a green thumb? The adorable ceramic Eggling looks like Japanese lovechild of a Kinder Egg and Garden In a Bag. Crack one open, add water, and

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If you are still at a loss for holiday gifts, have a look at the MoMA Store. It’s a great place to find one-of-a-kind items sure to please any design lovers. Here’s a little gem I discovered

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Here’s a great gift for the holidays (hint hint family and friends). I love this clever re-appropriation of the ubiquitous plastic water bottle. The Full/Fill series, designed by Luis Royal and

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As the chill of winter settles in, some of us can?t help but look forward to spring, when flowers burst into bloom and the air holds a certain hopeful anticipation of warm days to come. The blossoming of

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