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We love the work of Jennifer Siegal’s Office of Mobile Design, and our very own Emily Pilloton had the opportunity to talk to her in person about green architecture and her prefab designs. One of her standout designs includes the ShowHouse, which serves as a great example of efficiently and effectively executed prefab construction combined with a seamless integration of green materials and technologies. Read on or watch the video of Emily’s interview with Jennifer ahead!

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Semigood Design’s Rift collection brings an heirloom quality to modern designs through simple streamlined forms and the tradition of handcrafted woodworking. Gentle tapers, solid wood construction, and hand-cut joinery add both to the beauty and durability of the Rift collection. The beauty of the collection is in its handcrafted artistry and the joinery that goes into completing these contemporary heirloom pieces that can be passed down from generation to generation.

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Last weekend at Dwell on Design, designer Gregg Fleishman premiered this super cool multifunctional Asian inspired playhouse. Known as the Playgoda, this sophisticated design is a great way to foster your child’s development and creativity. Check the Playgoda and a whole slew of Fleishman’s other flat-pack playhouses out here!

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Considering promoting your green business by exhibiting at a trade show? We’ve got some insider tips about how to avoid pitfalls and maximize the returns including how to successfully partner up with like-minded brands (like we recently did with our eco pop-up shop at Dwell on Design!). Learn how to maximize your return on investment on the trade show floor here.

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Read the rest of Inhabitat Reports on the Best of Dwell On Design 2010!

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Inhabitat favorite Marmol Radziner just officially launched a brand new line of affordable modular prefab homes, the Locomo (which stands for LOwer COst MOdular). The official announcement was made today at the Dwell on Design Conference in Los Angeles. Prices for a LOCOMO home top out at about $250 per square foot, but start as low as $200. That means for $200,000 to $700,000 depending on model and location, individuals and families have a great opportunity to live in a fabulous pre-fab home.

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Conference goers at this year’s Dwell on Design event will have ample opportunities to do some shopping, and thanks to a unique collaboration with Touch in Culver City (who helped curate our booth this year), Inhabitat will also be setting up shop at our Spring Greening Pop-up Gallery at booth 2004! Drop by this weekend to say hi and check out our awesome eco goods along with our Spring Greening Contest finalists!

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This stunning steel-framed modular housing system is set to debut next week at the Dwell on Design in Los Angeles. Designed by by Phoenix-based ASUL Adaptable Systems, the prefabricated modular construction system is projecting an amazing $100 per square foot in construction costs, and it even allows for customization that allows the homes to adapt to a wide range of sites.

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Join Inhabitat at Dwell on Design 2010!

Heads up LA Readers! If you’ll be in Southern California from June 25-27 and want to check out the state of the art in sustainable design then you can’t miss the west coast’s largest design event, Dwell on Design 2010! This year Inhabitat will be reporting live from the event, presenting onstage, and for the first time ever we’ll be showcasing finalists from our Spring Greening DIY Design Competition on the show floor! Don’t miss out on this chance to check out (and purchase) some these amazing examples of recycled design – register today and enter the code dwellinhabitat9 for a $15 discount on tickets purchased before June 23rd!

If you would like an opportunity to view the exhibit hall for free, we are looking for a number of loyal Inhabitat fans to help man our booth during the show. If you are interested, please send an email along with your availability (at least three hours) to our LA Editor, evelyn (at) inhabitat (dot) com.

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The fabulous Dwell on Design Show in LA last weekend showcased some amazing new products and home designs, like the organic ‘Solar Ivy‘, and the Mormal Radziner Skyline Prefab Series. Even more exciting though was the little prefab that could by Reclaimed Space, which sold on Ebay for $75,000, with a portion going to Habitat For Humanity. Reclaimed Space designed and built a 400 square foot prefab cabin, trucked it to LA for the event. The home has a contemporary mix of wood and metal in its exterior, and a beautiful interior decorated by our friends at Ecofabulous, with the help of Jeffers Design Group. We’re in love with the design, space and interior — so we weren’t surprised that it was a smash hit at the show.

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Inhabitat is happy to report that Dwell on Design, the west coast’s largest modern design event, featured more smart green design than ever before this year. When we walked the floor yesterday with Dwell Publisher and President Michela O’Connor Abrams (and the carpenter and designer from HGTV’s Carter Can show), it was clear to see that the majority of the companies showcasing their products and services at the three-day festival are paying a great deal more attention to sustainability than in the past. We guestimate that about 80% of the companies there were promoting some kind of green story – in a varying shades, of course. Read on for our highlights from the show!

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Inhabitat loves shipping containers, whether from down under or the Great North. These self-contained quadrilateral wonders are the perfect modular building unit; easily transported, super durable, and, with over 700,000 containers being abandoned per year in U.S. ports, in need dire need of being re-purposed. That’s why we are happy to see IC Green, another innovator in the field of shipping container architecture. Check out their line of modest but sustainable and stylish container dwellings as they sprout up all over Southern California, including this weekend at Dwell on Design!

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pieceHomes premiered at Dwell on Design last month with seven modern prefab designs that take full green advantage of factory-built construction. Created by LA-based Davis Studio Architecture + Design, pieceHomes hold the promise of thoughtful integration of materials, technologies, and site considerations with both custom and standardized modular architecture at affordable prices.

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Dwell on Design continued today, with great design and discussion both inside the conference hall and outside, where prefab structures from kitHAUS, great green products, and sleek exterior grade furniture took center stage. Shades of Green Landscaping created the planted park appeal and softened the parking lot outside. Inhabitat featured kitHAUS in the past, but this time we were able to engage in a deeper conversation about sourcing materials, such the Brazilian Ipe wood featured in their latest designs.

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The first day’s events at Dwell on Design are coming to a close, and the star-studded line up and community-centered discussion didn’t disappoint. The morning started off with a bang with Mark Lakeman, Co-Founder of City Repair Project, who set the bar high, talking about community empowerment and grassroots organizations taking their communities into their own hands. Michelle Kaufmann, always a crowd-pleaser, spoke mid-day about her approach to prefab housing and her practice’s design strategies for greener lifestyles. Read on for more of the day’s highlights, and be sure to come by the conference Sunday at 3:30pm, when Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking about humanitarian and green design as community development tool.

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Dwell on Design is coming to San Francisco this weekend, and we can’t wait for the star-studded line-up and great discussions on the topic: “Building Community in the Modern World”. Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking as part of the Community Forum on Sunday at 3:30pm, focusing on green and humanitarian design as community development tool, so make sure to stop by and say hello! The action starts Friday with a full-day lineup, followed by a half-day conference Saturday and the Community Forum on Sunday. See you there!

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Dwell on Design is coming back to San Francisco, and we’re counting the days already. Running Friday, September 14th through Sunday, September 16th, this year’s focus looks towards “Building Community in the Modern World”. Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking as part of the Community Forum on Sunday at 3:30pm, focusing on green and humanitarian design as community development tool.

Dwell is passing along the love to all Inhabitat readers by providing discounts on the two basic registration fees: enter INBLOGP for the Passport registration and INBLOGB for Basic registration for savings. Early bird registration ends August 21st, so the sooner you reserve your spot with Dwell on Design the better.

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