ANY SCANDINAVIAN PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE?

I mentioned my trip to the Netherlands a few weeks ago, but what I didn’t mention is that I will be embarking on a whirlwind tour of Scandinavia shortly afterwards. If Inhabitat has any Scandinavian

FUTURESHED

We’ve long admired the work of Futureproof/ed, the Belgian design studio of sustainable designer extraordinaire, Serge de Gheldere. While Futureproof/ed has historically made products that go inside

ANA LINARES PLUR STOOL

Inhabitat came away from this year’s BKLYN Designs raving about the originality at the Pratt students’ exhibition booth. While all the designs were impressive, the one that really stood out in

OCEANA SEAGLASS PLATES WITH PURPOSE

How gorgeous are these Seaglass Plates from Riverside Design Group? This evocative collection of dinnerware has been around for some time but given that wedding season is currently upon us, we thought we

PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters in Aspen

The Global Village Shelter – $550, the Lexus in the background – $50,000. While Jill was researching and writing up the Global Village Shelters back home in NY, unbeknownst to her, I was in

PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters

We know you like Prefab Fridays, but many of you have been writing in recently to complain about the high costs of many of the prefabs we’ve featured lately. The burgeoning crop of chic modernist

DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN!

Currently one in seven people in the world lives in a slum or refugee camp, and more than 3 billion people – nearly half the world’s population – do not have access to clean drinking

GREEN BUILDING 101: Sustainable Sites

Welcome back to Green Building 101. Last week we covered how to select an environmentally responsible location for your new abode; this week we’ll begin discussing ways you can improve upon any home

VIDEO: Shipping-Container Homes from Lot-ek

Anyone who reads Inhabitat with regularity knows we love shipping-container architecture, and are big fans of the creative NYC architecture firm Lot-ek. We’ve raved about their Recycled Airplane

MIGRANT HOUSING

Happy 4th of July! With today being American Independence Day, we thought it a good time to reflect on how the U.S. is adapting to (and resisting) migration, particularly along the border of Mexico, where

POISSONMOBILE FOLD-UP CHAISE LOUNGE

With tomorrow being the all-American sunshine-basking, BBQ-eating, firework-watching extravaganza of the year, we thought it apt timing to feature an innovative lounge chair idea. Designer Sascha

GORE DESIGNS CONCRETE COUNTERTOP WORKSHOPS

Don’t have plans this summer? Go to concrete camp! Gore Designs of Phoenix is offering a series of weekend workshops that will teach you how to make your own concrete countertops, sinks or even

FREITAG PATRIOTIC FOOTBALLS – recycled, green & vegan

In honor of the World Cup, Freitag has come out with some colorful patriotic footballs (or soccer balls as we like to call them in the U.S.). Not only is this a way clever idea (good time to capitalize on

MTRL: A New Material Resource for Designers

The design community has a valuable new resource with the recent launch of Mtrl - an industry initiative aimed at providing designers with “material about materials.” The brainchild of ASM