Posted by Harry
Meta MoCo | 20 Sep 08 | Comments (2) | Stumble
This week's MoCo picks.
+ The CAPA designed cabins at Tryon Farm in Michigan City, Indiana, "Many of the homes are at a small scale, in a rustic setting, with rustic materials, yet decidedly modern.". At Materialicious.
+ The T@B_XL, a larger, more luxurious T@B RV featuring "fine leather" and a fireplace. Via Materialicious. Check out the other larger T@B, the T@B_L with SkyView window.
+ JagerJanssen architecten's 220 sq. meter House Baetens at Arch Daily.
+ Atelier In Situ's Casgrain Residence, "full of lofted balconies that contain the private spaces of the home" at Apartment Therapy.
+ Another Opinion: Prefab is Not the Answer to Affordable, Modern and Green Homes at TreeHugger. "Because of the fixed costs of overhead and the crane, at a thousand square feet it is almost impossible to do a prefab as cheaply as site built.".
+ Japan C, all that Japan is today: Cool, Cute, Clever and Creative with creative direction by Tobias Wong and Josée Lepage at New York's Felissimo Design House, "an 11-week celebration of contemporary Japanese design and culture". At David Report blog. Until November 1.
+ London Design Festival coverage at Core77; Plastic Fantastic, Tent London, Create Berlin, 100% Design Part 1 and Part 2.
+ Maison et Object's SIMPLE micro-exhibitions at NOTCOT; 1. Farmlife, 2. Les Métropuritains, and 3. Slow Tech.
+ Favorites from the new DWR: Tools For Living at Cool Hunting.
+ 5.5 designers' crystal Silhouette Collection for Baccarat, a redesign of the classic Baccarat Harcourt crystal for more everyday living. Via designboom.
+ Laurence Brabant's glass Punk vases. Via sub-studio design blog via omami.ru.
+ Jethro Macey's powder coated bathroom cabinets that "have a built-in space for a special little object". Via Designklub.
+ Greetje van Tiem's yarn made from newspapers at Ecolect, "These newspaper threads can be woven into products like rugs, curtains and upholstery for the home, to help create a very distinguishing look.". Via swissmiss.
+ Moritz Waldemeyer: The LED Crafter at PingMag, "the work of this trained engineer interweaves creatively between the world of fashion, game, furniture, jewellery, lighting and transportation.".
I was a little frustrated that I couldn't comment on the 360 project that is posted above this post. The project is stated as being GREEN, question: how green is demolishing a home to build another home? Wouldn't it be more green to use the existing home and add or subtract from that? Or to do what they do in japan and take apart the previous home in small parts and recycle/ reuse the components? Sure the new home might have a GREEN/LEED quality to it, but the energy that was used to build the old home is now and null and void and all the destroyed parts to it will end up, where?
Oops, forgot to turn on comments on the 360 Winnett Demolition post, it's
on now, G your comment has been posted there as well.