Category: Appliances
Posted by James on 7/31/2004 10:20:00 PM
In-sink diswasher by KitchenAid
 This combination sink/dishwasher is perfect for small kitchens and washes with half the water in half the time of traditional dishwashers. The lid can be used as a cutting board or removed for a full function double sink.
The stainless steel brivaTM in-sink dishwasher is a first-of-its-kind product that reflects the quality and quite performance you've come to expect from our legendary dishwashers
Link: Briva
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Category: Misc
Posted by James on 7/31/2004 10:08:00 PM
As structured visual record of the contents of one person's house.
 Ever take a look inside someone else's medicine cabinet? How about rummaging through someone's entire house online? Not exactly the usual L+L fare, but it is quite an interesting anthropological kind of cross section of a contemporary American home.
mc.clintock.com was originally developed as a way to test Apache configurations.
Really.
But it also comes down to an appreciation for documentation and lists, as well as a keen appreciation for the absurd aspect of "revealing" the contents of my home to the entire world. There isn't much in my house that isn't also in everyone else's house, and precious little that's not visible to the casual visitor, but almost everyone I've spoken to sees this project as either an incredible intrusion, or as an invitation to be robbed.
Link: McClintock.com
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Category: Furniture
Posted by James on 7/30/2004 11:21:00 AM
Easy chair with integral tabletop
 One is the loneliest number, but maybe not when you are sitting this chair. If only we had this chair in high school world history... we may have been comfortable while taking that snooze. Actually, it reminds me of a project in first year architecture studio where we had to design a table and chair for one... if only I had thought of this...
"SOLITAIRE, designed by Alfredo Häberli for Offecct, is an upholstered chair with an organic shape that is designed in one piece. One of SOLITAIRE's armrests is like an integral tabletop, for reading or writing or as a side table. The chair is equally suitable for the home and dynamic workplaces."
Designer: Alfredo Häberli
Manufacturer: Offecct Interiör
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Category: Materials
Posted by James on 7/30/2004 9:09:00 AM
Amorphous silicon solar technology
 Moving right along with the green theme: a building material.
PV-TV is a revolutionary new building material that transforms any glazed surface into an environmentally sound power station by day and a full colour screen by night.
Whoa! Now THAT is cool.
Via: Metropolis
Manufacturer: MSK Corporation
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Category: Books
Posted by James on 7/30/2004 8:51:00 AM
A Search for Environmental Harmony
 Continuing our green theme here and going with yesterday's blog about Losing the lawn, here is a book that sheds light on the problems with lawns and provides good sustainable solutions.
"The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet, and they offer strategies for creating and caring for aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This new edition updates the original text and adds a chapter and illustrations showing what progress has been made in the ecological management of landscapes over the past decade."
Link: Amazon
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Category: Green
Posted by James on 7/30/2004 8:46:00 AM
"Green buildings" sound great. But can we afford them?
A brief article by Neal Peirce answers these questions by looking at real projects as well as the attitudes and policies that shape our built environment.
Link: Washington Post Writers Group
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Category: News
Posted by James on 7/29/2004 10:44:00 AM
The movement to reduce the use of lawns and to minimize the environmental damage they inflict
 The lawn is a deeply rooted "need" in the minds of most Americans, but we have been advocates of "less lawn" for some time. There are lawns that are useful (for playing sports, for pets, for kids) and then there is the landscape filler; broad emerald green swaths of land dedicated to nothing but grass for the sake of grass... because it would be (somehow) weird not to have a lawn. An article in the Journal News takes a look at the lawn and some slowly changing attitudes.
"Scientists say these lawns come at considerable environmental cost, and for at least a decade there have been efforts to rein them in."
Link: The Journal News
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Category: Furniture
Posted by James on 7/29/2004 10:04:00 AM
Designer/fabricators of custom enviro-friendly furnishings/objects
 We like the work and playful spirit of this New York based design-build firm.
Brave Space is a triad of independent minded designer/fabricators with the goal of bringing you modular, multi-functional, and durable objects. We design custom furniture for the home and office setting. Our form follows function and our pricing follows integrity.
Link: Brave Space
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Category: News
Posted by James on 7/29/2004 9:43:00 AM
"Kansas City deserves a Frank Gehry"
An article in the Pitch (Kansas City's local news and entertainment weekly) makes the pitch (ha) for "Gehry Glitter" when it comes to the design of the proposed downtown arena. Kansas City is home base to four well known for sports-architecture firms -- HOK, Ellerbe Becket, CDFM2 and Heinlein Schrock Stearns -- who have banded together to land the commission.
The Pitch
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Category: Materials
Posted by Anthony on 7/28/2004 10:39:00 PM
An unlimited creative canvas
 "iColor® Tile FX creates a unlimited creative canvas in the form of a sophisticated, tile-like system that may be used independently or as part of a large-scale, multi-tiled installation. Each 2' by 2' panel conceals 144 individually addressable, tri-color nodes (432 LEDs), that are powered by Chromasic™, enabling highly intricate control to create images with light - from morphing color waves, to animated objects, logos, emblems and patterns. iColor Tile FX is designed for recess and surface mounting, and is ideal for retrofitting ceiling tiles and surfaces. The system comes with an opaque lens and offers a versatile frame structure that's engineered to accept custom lens options."
Link: Color Kinetics
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