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‘Turn That Tap Off or the Goldfish Gets It!’

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Poor Little Fishbowl Sink in action. Photo via Yan Lu . When I first moved to Turkey, a country not particularly known for its environmental awareness, I was struck by the stark choice my bank’s ATMs presented me with when asking if I wanted a receipt at the end of a transaction. Next to the “Hayır” (No) button, there was a cartoon image of a healthy forest. Next to the “Evet” (Yes) button, a pile of tree… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Project Runway Recap: What a Pillbox

Posted on September 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Sigh, girls. After a hot streak of almost shockingly entertaining episodes, Project Runway settled into a basic sportswear challenge that referenced Jackie Kennedy but packed the entertainment value of, say, Rosalynn Carter. Or Lou Hoover. Perhaps even Mirabelle Taft*. We did get to see the judges turn into Yeti and maul half the designers alive as they hyperventilated for gay mercy, so that was something. Let’s make fun of them. *Not Ms. Taft’s real name. Not looking it up.

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You Can Sit 12 Different Ways On The Loop Transformer Chair

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

images via Designboom Imagine what Mel Brooks could do with this; instead of The Twelve Chairs, he just gets one transformer chair that can work twelve different ways. DesignBoom shows Boaz Mendel’ s Loop Chair can be reassembled as a bar stool, a chaise-longue, a dining chair, any one of 12 different combinations. This might fit right in to

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Counter Space: How The Modern Kitchen Evolved

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Snaidero folding kitchen, 1968 Suzanne Labarre of Fast Company’s Co.Design writes a wonderful article about the new show opening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York: Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen . The show traces the development of the kitchen as a modern, efficient “domestic conveyor belt” post WW1, into the modern age where “kitchens kept expanding — and so did the amount of junk inside them. New products were supposed to make life easier on housewives, but… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vote Now for Fresh 1% Grant for Sustainable Food

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Fresh the Movie Leonora already got pretty excited about Fresh—a documentary about our broken food system , and the folks trying to fix it. But it’s not just the movie itself that’s exciting—the film makers are also putting their money where their mouth is, offering 1% of 2010 revenue to a nonprofit working for sustainable food. They just need your help to figure out who to give it to…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Veggie At Home, Secret Meat Eater When Out? Introducing Cheatatarianism

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Marshall Astor – Food Pornographer When George Monbiot fessed up to being ” wrong about veganism “, it ignited some hot debate. We humans get pretty passionate about the relative ethics of a veggie versus meat diet—so much so that it can influence our choice of life partner. (For some people, it’s a case of “not vegan? No sex.” ) But what happens when one party pretends to be vegetarian or vegan at home, b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lisbon Store Interior Built From Cardboard

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Fabrizio Gallanti of Abitare , the wonderful Italian design magazine, sends us LOW, a store and bar in Lisbon designed by Pedro Campos Costa and built entirely out of cardboard. The products sold are all made from at least 50% recycled materials, so it is logical that the designer built the store completely out of cardboard. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Standard Magazine Hits The Virtual Newsstand

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

There is something about magazines that we have not been able to match in the online world, and that is art direction- the look and feel, the seamless continuity between advertising and content. The online world doesn’t even use the term, preferring to call it “information architecture”. That is why I am so intrigued by the trend towards online green shelter porn like Kelly LaPlante’s new Standard and Celine Mackay’s Pure Green Living ; They use a magazine-like format but exist only online. I can’t decide if it is the best of both worlds or an anachr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Thick Layer Of Oil Discovered on Gulf of Mexico Seafloor

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Satellite photo taken May 24th, 2010, by NASA. Photo: NASA , CC. This Story is Far From Over! The bad news about the BP oil spill aren’t over. Researchers have taken soil samples from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and discovered that a lot of the oil that some thought had evaporated or dissipated has actually just settled on the sea floor. Samples taken by the science vessel Oceanus show that the oil can be found for dozens of miles in all directions around the busted well location…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wall Plug Concept Warns of Wasted Watts

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images via Yanko Design Designer Muhyeon Kim has created the “Insic Wall Socket” — an outlet that lights up to tell you just how many watts you’re pulling from the grid with whatever it is you just plugged in. The idea is that by instantly seeing how much power we’re using, we’re encouraged to unplug energy hungry devices as quickly as possible. We’d also become more savvy about how much energy we really use during the day, as well as what devices are surprisingly big energy hogs. But while it has its obvious benefits, does an outlet like thi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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