Did any of you New Yorkers see this? I went down to Manhattan's waterfront a couple times to try to catch Smithson's Floating Island, and both times it eluded me (I think the schedule wasn't as

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I'm obsessed with slightly silly pseudo-nature designs, so Firefly Magic's Firefly Lights immediately caught me eye when I spotted them on Popgadget. Similar to NYU student John Schimmel's

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As you know, we don't usually focus on the design of small-item products like toiletries ? but I thought this merited an exception. Recycline is a company that makes small plastic items

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Lisbon based e-studio has recently developed an organic concrete. The Beto Organico has a permeable surface which allows plants to grow out of it. This new material exploits concrete?s capacity

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I've seen some pretty scary things in the news recently ? and I'm not talking about global terrorism or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Scarier even than anarchy, violence and crumbling

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We wrote about Robert Smithson's floating island about a month ago, but I just want to remind interested New Yorkers that the floating island has set sail today. The displaced chunk of Central

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Okay, this is a bit late. I should have written a Semi-Permanent wrap up last Sunday to make things timely, but unfortunately I ran out of time, and this week is getting more and more hectic

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Like most people, I care about conserving water - but when it comes to actually scrimping on shower-time, I am loathe to cut back on my morning wake-up ritual. Thats why I am so excited about a

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Here's a quirky design guaranteed to warm up those chilly winter nights. The EcoSmart Fireplace is a flue-less, transportable, open fireplace which is ideal for apartment and city living.

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In a move destined to make prefab lovers drool, Dwell Magazine has just announced the launch of an exclusive collection of custom-designed, modern prefabricated homes. The publication has teamed

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British engineering and design consultancy Arup has signed a contract with Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation (SIIC) to plan the world’s first sustainable “eco-city”

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Don’t let the name deceive you. Athough she calls them “Objects for Walls”, Erika Hanson’s sculptural installations are really pretty much just organic deconstructions of

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From the quirky designer who brought us the Knit Chair comes another eco-friendly furniture gem. Weidmann Creative, the material manufacturing company producing environmentally friendly

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Maplex is a next-generation building material made from 100% pressed wood fibers, with no binding agents. The lack of chemical binding agents makes the material completely biodegradable and

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Philips Research is currently showing off a their new Photonic Textiles at the IFA Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin. The Photonic Fabric integrates flexible arrays of multicolored LEDs into

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You might still be relaxing from the three-day weekend, but now that Labor Day has come and gone, its time to get back into first gear and prepare for the busy events of the fall. There's

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Is there anything cuter than this recycled Nike puppy? When I saw this little rubbery ball of cuteness on Coolhunting, I just couldn't turn away. Turns out this is just one small representative

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If you work in the building industry, there are a lot of things you can help out relieve some of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. You can donate money, building supplies or your time to

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Designer Andre Joyau recycles old hardwood to create stunning furniture pieces such as this hardwood coffee table (left), and Furo Bench (right). The self-taught woodworker has a knack for

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The Swedish Interactive Institute has been working on a project to redesign everyday items (lamps, tiles, window shades) in order to increase awareness of how energy is being used. The

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Does the contemporary furniture design world need any more bent plywood? Probably not, but if all bent plywood was like David Brunicardi's Sande Collection I wouldn't complain. The Sande

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Instead of focusing on our own habitat today, we realize now is a crucial time to reach out to those in need in the hurricane-ravaged gulf states. Please give a thought to the thousands in

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If you were reading Inhabitat in the past couple weeks, hopefully you have noticed that we have been running reader survey that comes with a chance to win Inhabitat T-shirts! Well, people, if

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Ever longed for a shelving unit that can fold into different sizes and shapes? I know I have ? especially when in the process of moving, redecorating, or dealing with oddly shaped rooms.

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This made the rounds on the blogosphere a couple of days ago, but in case you missed it, the Hot Fridge is an experimental refrigerator design by RCA student Hae-jin Kim, which makes use of the

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We've developed a little design-crush over here at Inhabitat. We just can't get enough of Matt Gagnon. It seems that everything that the designer touches turns to (recycled) gold. We oohed

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On the subject of High-Fit Homes, one way to boost your physical activity quotient during the day is to take sitting-in-front-of-the-box time and turn it into exergaming time. We know there are

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The Billboard Building in Moto Azabu, Tokyo, was conceived as more a billboard than a building (hence the name). The project is Klein Dytham Architecture's smallest building to date, but also

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Yes, I have a thing for reused wine-bottle objects, and yes, there are many different designers out there doing this. Here's yet another I've discovered on sale from the MoMA store. Simpler

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Contemporary life has been made so convenient by technology that it is actually hard to get enough exercise these days. Unlike our ancestors who had to walk to get from one place to another ? we

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