Meta MoCo | 17 Nov 07 | Comments (0) | Stumble
This week's MoCo picks.
+ project7ten, "a completely environmentally conscious home" in Venice, CA is now complete. Via architechnophilia.

+ Three houses by Olavi Koponen at materialicious, of note, House Kotilo from the Assuntomessut (Housing Fair) in Espoo, Finland Flickr set.
+ AIA Seattle Honor Awards for Washington Architecture, check out the Built Residential page. Via A Daily Dose of Architecture.

+ Anke Weiss' lights made from used food and drink packaging at Dezeen.

+ Zelda Beauchampet's Handscape cityscape rings. Via Reluct.
+ ... and Claasen + Partner's cityscape Berlin Bulb. Via Core77.

+ fragiles, an Art Basel show of contemporary porcelain, glass and ceramics curated by die gestalten verlag. Via design*sponge.

+ Tejo Remy and Rene VeenHuizen's blanketCarpet made from recycled blankets. Via Inhabitat.

+ LEGO Education - Building Asia Brick By Brick at PingMag, "Architects from China, Japan and Thailand amongst others were given kits of white LEGO building blocks and told to have just fun. ". Via Dezain.
+ Winners of The Great Indoors Awards 2007 at DESIGNWS.COM, "The Great Indoors is a new, biennial, international interior design award. Interior design is currently the most vital field of the design profession and combines the disciplines of fashion, architecture, and product design.".

+ Ted Noten wins the 2008 Françoise van den Bosch Award, "awarded every two years to a designer of jewellery and objects as a recognition for his or her oeuvre.". Via Design.nl.

+ David Mann of MR Architecture + Decor's modernist playhouse at Takashima-ya in NYC at Daddy Types.

+ Adiri Natural Nursers, the “Ultimate Baby Bottle”. Via NOTCOT.

+ &Design's pixelated pendant Mosaic light. Via Funfurde.

+ Simona Iuculano's Flexible Distance washing machine with LED touch controls on the outer ring of the wash well. Via Yanko Design.
+ We can’t afford to buy CHEAP things at David Report, "By critically looking at all the industrial output and consumption patterns, we can hopefully eliminate what is not needed and focus on what is really essential. Therefore put great emphasis on quality rather than quantity, and direct our resources on cultivating a culture of creation rather than a culture of consumption.". Kinda been sayin' the same thing here at MoCo, but Satyendra Pakhale says it better (above).




















