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Polaroid shaped hand held mirror

June 5, 2008 – 1:23 pm

“Click”, by Colin O’Dowd, is a mirror shaped like a Polaroid picture. I think it’s a pretty nifty product for people that are into photography. It would be a fun mirror for those that use compact mirrors, but I would also like it just so that I could photograph it reflecting different scenes. […]

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Pablo Reinoso - Surreal spaghetti benches

May 20, 2008 – 10:29 pm

I have a thing for benches, and I really love these spaghetti benches made by Pablo Reinoso. They are like something out of a surreal painting. Beautiful.

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Bamboo toy design workshop

May 12, 2008 – 12:58 pm

15 students from Shankar college in Israel traveled to China to participate in a workshop for designing bamboo toys. The toys are really cute, and of course, bamboo is super sustainable. I love the way the simple bright colors look with the light brown color of the bamboo.

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Emma Smart - Scrabble toss pillows

April 17, 2008 – 2:33 pm

Emma Smart has a nice portfolio of crafts and design that she does. I thought the scrabble tile toss pillows were pretty neat.

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Sustainability “nutrition” labels for houses

April 10, 2008 – 10:50 am

I love the creative solution for publishing the sustainability facts for this house design. The nutrition label layout makes the figures much more “digestible” (sorry, that pun wasn’t planned, I swear). It might get more people to think that they should treat house shopping in a similar way to food shopping. When […]

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Boulder, Colorado to be the first “Smart Grid City”

March 18, 2008 – 1:07 am

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Exel Energy announced that it would make Boulder, CO the first “Smart Grid City”. Which basically means they are creating some sort of energy program that is self aware and able to make itself more reliant, efficient, and greener. There’s a video on that page that explains it […]

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