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Posted by Harry Meta MoCo | 22 Mar 08 | Comments (0)

This week's MoCo picks.

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+ The “expandable” prefab LivingHomes by KieranTimberlake (of Loblolly House fame), what happens "if one mixed the talents and innovations of architects like Kieran Timberlake with a business visionary like Steve Glenn and set them to produce small, efficient projects that don't need a Silicon Valley multimillionaire's income to own.". Via TreeHugger.

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+ Kiyonobu Nakagame Architects' houses at designboom, "a small selection of the firm's unique small scale projects.".

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+ More of the Nobbs Radford Architects Lilyfield House addition to a 1880 worker's cottage in inner city Sydney @ Archinect, here and here.

+ The AIA Names 2008 Housing Award Winners at Architectural Record, "The AIA recognizes outstanding projects in four categories: one- and two-family custom housing; multifamily housing; one- or two-family production housing; and special housing" (with slideshows for each).


+ Video of Alexander Pelikan’s The Plastic Nature, "work [that] uses moulded plastics with wood to form new furniture" and Maarten de Ceulaer's Nomad Light Molecule lamp at Designguide.TV.

+ InterfaceFLOR Launches FairWorks, socially responsible luxury flooring, "Instead of giving supplier communities philanthropic donations we are developing trade relationships, and hopefully that will lead to a sustainable business relationship.". Via TreeHugger.

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+ Ingrid Svensson and Olle Wingård's Clear Cut hallway storage shelf for minus-tio. Via Hemfeber.

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+ Richard Hutten's Leaves Magnets for Gispen, "originally Richard designed it as the ceiling for the offices of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.". Via DESIGNSPOTTER and Dezeen.

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+ LAist CA Boom V gallery, the West Coast design show "that gathered some of the best of the best design and architecture from the United States". More at Land+Living.



+ Coverage of the
International Home and Housewares Show 2008 at Apartment Therapy. The Handpresso video shows what can happen when a bike pump and espresso converge.







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