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Entries Tagged as 'Design'

Please Don’t Pollute Our Nests

October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Design, Environment, Family, Garden, Nature, Pollution, Sustainable Living

I love nests. The original logo for Econesting was a nest. My daughter (a graphic designer) and I went back and forth between a nest or a tree logo. At the time, my life was in flux. I had just left my teaching job, and as my youngest left for college, my nest was empty. [...]

Upcycled Tires: Hot or Not?

October 13th, 2011 · 6 Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

I’ve been noticing a recycled tire trend. Combining creativity with eco-friendly intentions to make usable goods, bike tire tires and tubes are being upcycled and popping up in unusual places. Not surprising, since according to Recycle To Cycle: “In the last five years an estimated 18 million bicycles per year were sold in the United [...]

Library Filled With Creative Reuse, Charm and Children

September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Education, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living, Travel

The Old Market Library in Thailand was built by TYIN tegnestue, a non-profit organization that does humanitarian work through architecture. TYIN is run by five architect students from Norway. This project was financed by more than 60 Norwegian companies, as well as private contributions. The library, built in a 100 year-old building was once an [...]

A Bicycle Built For School

September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Design, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Inspiration, Kids, Sustainable Living

For the first time in 23 years, I have no child attending school. My sadness about this caught me off guard. Believe me, I do not miss those monthly tuition payments, but I do miss how the back-to-school time marks the end of summer and sweet new beginnings. It’s the rhythm of parental life. Melancholy [...]

Mother Love Is A Force Of Nature

August 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Design, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Family, Inspiration, Pollution, Sustainable Living

We launched! It’s been a busy time for the folks at Moms Clean Air Force. We’ve been writing, designing, developing, and finally launching a shiny new website! While I’ve been holed up with my computer for hours on end, the collaborative effort has been incredibly inspiring. Working with a team is something I’ve missed being [...]

Sawkille Co.

August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Shopping, Sustainable Living

“That is best which works best…Beauty rests on utility…Simplicity is the embodiment of purity and unity” ~ Shaker Designers I recently visited the Sawkille Co. showroom for Chronogram magazine and was dazzled by the simplicity of the designs… Well-crafted objects enhance the experience of creating a home. The furniture and home décor items of Sawkille [...]

Sliding Commute

July 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Design, humor, Inspiration, Sustainable Living, Travel

I’ve mentioned before my husband Ted is a planner. Urban planners are constantly searching for ways to improve transportation in and out of cities. Ted emailed me this video (yes, we work in the same house and still email each other) of a slide installed next to a stairway at a railway station in the [...]

Mondrian Surprise

July 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Art, decor, Design, Green Home, Sustainable Living

Does this house fit into its beach bluff surroundings? Every time I catch a glimpse of this Mondrian-inspired beach house, I ask myself that question. Actually, this small house changed the way I look at beach houses. I held a long-standing notion that a beach house should fold softly into the landscape. A naturally occurring [...]

Bridge Chime: Whim Of The Breeze

July 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art, Design, Environment, Music, Nature, Travel

Making the rounds of the design blogs is this absolutely amazing public sculpture of a giant, playful wind chime. Artist, Mark Nixon has created the Chimecco bridge chime. It’s a 600-pipe kinetic sculpture that hangs below a wooden bridge surrounded by woods. Chimecco brings music to a beautiful natural habitat. The sculpture is part of [...]

Not Your Typical Tag Sale

July 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Garden, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping

While some sing the praises of purchasing used stuff until the cows come home (or the horses, in the case of the tag sale I attended on Saturday), I am not a tag sale extraordinaire like many of my eco-cohorts. If pressed, I would probably choose a deeply-discounted sale, or a decent consignment shop like [...]