Philippe Barriere Design Collective’s Modular Transitional Growth Housing (MTGH) system proves once again that prefab is not only earth-friendly, but a highly-adaptable, scalable, and efficient form of building. The project, conceptualized for a post-Katrina New Orleans housing competition, and runner-up in last year’s Metropolis Next Generation competition, delivers a system to provide everything from minimum [...]

The Postopolis event we hosted in NY a couple weeks ago was inspirational in many ways, and one of the highlights of the 5 day event was seeing Mitchell Joachim of Terreform (a non-profit philanthropic design collaborative) present a whole host of groundbreaking, uber-green projects that could revolutionize the way we live. Mitchell Joachim might [...]

More simple genius from Muji.

$12.00
$10.80 Members

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There’s something nice about this. You can write someone a postcard and then they can write on the other side and send it back to you. Much more personal than email.

Pack of 10 post cards.
10×15cm

$6.24

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Part table and part seating, the Rook is handcrafted from bamboo, which is layered and pressed bamboo.

$549

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Tom Dixon, design pioneer and all around renaissance man, was one of the big hits of the recent HauteGREEN festivities, where he spoke about issues, concerns and contradictions in sustainable design, including materials, production, recycling and economics. Thanks to the video producers of Scribemedia, we have a great video of his conversation with design [...]

Brooklyn based designer Amy Adams has created a wonderful collection of ceramic pieces including pendant lights, vases and other “multifunctional objects” for the home. The Perch website is fresh, easy to shop and very affordable. Discover her before Barney’s does.

At our recent Reclaiming Design event, we were thrilled to see such amazing work and general interest in the integration of reused and recycled materials in the design process. But super-kudos go out to Mr. Tom Dixon, who spoke at our Inhabitat-sponsored HauteGREEN event about his recently-debuted 2nd Cycle line of furniture that is literally [...]

One of the highlights of our recent Reclaiming Design events in New York was Dutch designer Tejo Remy’s presentation. As expected, the Dutch designer spoke about his well known chest of drawers, rag chair, and milk bottle lamp - but he also talked about a few lesser-known projects that wowed us with their playfulness [...]

Talk about versatility- these can be configured any way you wish into whatever you might need (partition-wise).

“Made of recycled, double-walled cardboard, and available in six organic colors, the adaptive Nomad Architectural System can be assembled (and re-assembled) into freestanding screens, temporary partitions, rooms, or display elements without hardware, tools, or damage to existing structures and surfaces. By translating the basic tools of architecture into simple, intuitively designed modules, Nomad is easily arranged into arboreally evocative configurations that are open and airy, or enclosed and private.”

Sold in sets of 24 modules of a single color. Six colors are available (each of which are sold separately): White, Mid Gray, Dark Gray, Light Green, Mid Green, and Dark Green.

each module is 21″ long x 14″ wide x .1875″ thick

Made by Mio in the USA

$56.00

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