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The Carbonwood Bicycle. Art or Design?

All photos: Craig Wall for Craig Galego Design is about compromise. Art doesn’t know the word. Design needs to respond to vagaries of a mass market. Art is more unfettered — the idea comes first, the audience later. Design acknowledges the dictates of function (even it doesn’t always abide by them). Art bows down only to the altar of form. But as with life, there are rarely black and white absolutes, and sometimes art and design collide. When they do, it is often art that often comes out the stronger of the two. Take, for example, Australian designer Gary Galego’s Carbonwood bike. It is a stunning piece of art. A material co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Local Dirt Website Points Locavores to Food

Image via Local Dirt Buying food locally is a fast way to shed pounds…of carbon, anyway. By cutting down food miles, you’re cutting back on the embodied carbon in the food, as well as helping out local growers. But if you don’t have a farmers’ market nearby or can’t make it on a weekly basis, how else might you find locally grown food? Local Dirt wants to fill that information gap and point you in the right direction. However, does it stand out against some of the competing websites and smart phone apps providing the same service?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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