Playing catch up: May the best link win
For your perusal this Super Bowl weekend: Mind-altering compost, recycled content flooring, handgun-controlled LED table lamps and a Texas subdivision with net-zero energy inclinations.
The Solner Residence: When life gives you felled trees ...
It took an intervention from Mother Nature — a damaging tornado to be exact — for the Solner family to finally bid adieu to their modest Minnesota ranch house and build a long-delayed green dream home.
Whale Tongs: Whale-saving bamboo serveware
Great for serving salads and winning over Hayden Panettiere at your next dinner party, David Mayhew's Whale Tongs for Design House Stockholm are now available in bamboo.
The whimsical new face of home fire safety: Battery-operated songbirds
Conceived for a house fire awareness design competition in the Netherlands, the cutest designer smoke detector out there, the Chick-a-Dee, migrates to U.S. soil at the New York International Gift Fair.
Hitting the green sheets: '12 edition
Looking to avoid a date with pesticides this Valentine's Day? Outfit your love dungeon den with stylish sheets and bedding made from organic cotton and other eco-friendly materials.
Your empty driveway: A potential money-maker?
ParkatmyHouse, an online booking system that connects owners of empty driveways with perpetually circling drivers in need of a convenient parking spot, arrives on American soil.
Eau Good: A striking addition to the reusable water bottle market
Perennial New York International Gift Fair favorite black + blum debuts Eau Good, a reusable water bottle with a cork topper that's design proudly displays, instead of hides, an activated carbon filter.
A bucolic Spanish beauty built from the bones of a derelict cow shed
Working with the natural environment instead of against it, a brother-sister architecture team transform a crumbling cow stable in rural Spain into a solar- and hydro-powered family retreat.
Dublin's money pit: Artist builds home from recycled currency
Just ask Frank Buckley what an industrial shredder, Ireland's financial crisis and plenty of old-fashioned creativity can get you: A 1.4 billion-euro apartment in Dublin constructed from just that ... 1.4 billion euros.
Hiber-Nation '12: Throw blankets
Bad case of wintertime cabin fever have you about ready to throw in the proverbial towel? Grab the nearest throw blanket — I have a few snuggle-worthy handmade options — for instant relief.
