The Week in Design: I <3 New York, but readers love those tiny homes
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Much of the design coverage this week came from New York Design Week, although the two top stories are about tiny houses. By 2g1c2 girls 1 cup
Much of the design coverage this week came from New York Design Week, although the two top stories are about tiny houses.
Claesson Koivisto Rune are architects of everything from prefabs to lamps. Can they solve a huge problem in Africa?
A decade ago she saw it coming and now it might actually finally be arriving.
Just as we saw following Hurricane Sandy, the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma raised the question of whether the storm could be attributed to climate change. Either way, Andrew Revkin notes, this is less important in the short-term.
Colourful and unexpected, this installation uses hundreds of bottles to create a simple shelter.
It's about time that we stopped wasting drinking water to flush away our waste; Allison Bailes did it and isn't complaining.
The BuildingGreen founder says it is " almost certainly the greenest office building in America if not the world."
Studio Liu Lubin designs a housing unit that is transportable and stacks up like a 3D Tetris game.
Kevin Kelly explains why the complex interconnectedness of modern technology and society makes disaster relief and system change so challenging.
As people move into smaller spaces, dealing with dog waste can be a problem. Modko's latest design can help.