Perpenduum » Sustainable Design http://perpenduum.com Contiguous thought Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:10:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Recycled Houses http://perpenduum.com/2009/09/recycled-houses/ http://perpenduum.com/2009/09/recycled-houses/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:23:33 +0000 David Goligorsky http://perpenduum.com/?p=1311 The New York Times ran a slideshow of homes built by Dan Phillips. Mr. Phillips creates houses from salvaged materials ranging from branches to corks to wine bottles to picture frames. These are apparently low-income homes somewhere in Huntsville, TX but they look phenomenal. (Thanks for the tip, Molly.)
Cork Floor

Wine Bottle Windows

Picture Frame Ceiling

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1947 Nissan Tama

22 MPH top speed with a range of 40 miles.

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U-Cap by Jeong Hoon Cha


“U-Cap”, designed by Jeong Hoon Cha, has an eccentric shape to make it easier to manipulate screw-on caps. Has this been done before? (via Yanko Design.)

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Bill Dan Rock Balancing

The prodigious rock-balancing art of Bill Dan. (via Reference Library)

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2008/06/rock-on/feed/ 0 Li Edelkoort on the future of design http://perpenduum.com/2008/06/li-edelkoort-on-the-future-of-design/ http://perpenduum.com/2008/06/li-edelkoort-on-the-future-of-design/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:00:29 +0000 David Goligorsky http://perpenduum.com/?p=405 In an introduction to Kenya Hara’s Designing Design, the chairwoman of the Design Academy Eindhoven, Li Edelkoort, writes a monumental declaration of the future of design, which I find extremely relevant and valid:

[…] the major movement of the future will merge everything that stands in stark contrast today: young and old, minimal and decorative, healthy and naughty, ecology and technology, craft and industry, natural and synthetic, abstraction and narrative.
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ContainerCity

Container City(TM) offers to plan and build structures using shipping containers. They have a nice gallery.

FabPreFab is a website that offers a listing of prefabricated modernist homes including more information about shipping container architecture.

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Skoda Capri 205

What is the difference between a Skoda and the flu?
You can get rid of the flu.

Skoda Jokes

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