This week's MoCo picks.
+ The West Coast Green 2008 Showhouse at TreeHugger and Inhabitat. The SG Blocks Harbinger prefab is "Composed of five recycled shipping containers, the home features a durable steel envelope that is capable of withstanding hurricanes in Florida and earthquakes in California.". See video here.
+ LASC studio's Skåne summerhouse farmhouse conversion at Materialicious, "The most rigourous change was the internal opening up of the house by removing two thirds of the walls and ceilings to create one large living and kitchen space.".
+ Prefab maker planhaus' Haus KR35 main house and Haus KR27 guest house. Via Below The Clouds.
+ The lakeside Haus V designed by wolf leeb architektur. Via Judit Bellostes. More images here.
+ House within a house House N in Oyta, Japan by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Via Dezain.
+ Apartment Folds Out of a Box, "A kitchen, an office and a bedroom that fold out of these lovely cabinets, designed by Toshihiko Suzuki Architect.". Via Freshome. Watch the video.
+ Core77's event coverage of London Design Week in one easy-to-browse place.
+ designboom's London Design Week coverage; Thorunn Arnadottir's necklace clock, furniture and lighting at Tent London, ceramics at Tent London, and Korean designers at Tent London.
+ Piet Hein Eek's Pop-Up Shop at the London Design Festival at DESIGNWS.COM.
+ Design.nl's videos from FreeDesigndom; Hacking Ikea at Platform 21, Inside Design Amsterdam's Lloyd Hotel project featuring the best of the new graduates, and Inside Design Amsterdam's Lloyd Hotel project featuring Scholten & Baijings. Also at pan-dan.
+ The Outside Of Sorts group exhibition at Character in Manhattan, the show "inaugurates The American Design Club, a new NYC-based organization spearheaded by the young, local designer Kiel Mead.". At Cool Hunting.
+ Stanley Honey's packaging, "where you re-use the clay plant pot to encourage more honey making in the future!". At TheDieline.com.
+ Dornbracht's Tara Black and White Edition Faucets, "black and white are not finishes that usually come to mind when selecting faucets". Via Remodelista.
+ Zumtobel's EMPEDOS wallwasher light, "an enthralling pool of light that echoes the ever-changing rhythm of nature. Its multidimensional light flows through parabolic exit mirrors and is transformed at various levels.". Via Designlines.
+ Ponoko's Photomake, "You can now turn digital photos of your hand drawings into real life products simply by uploading them to the Ponoko website.".








