Double D’s : A Café in a Double Decker Bus
Food trucks have been on the rise lately, but in Asheville, NC there is a café that takes food on wheels to a new level. Double D’s, a coffee shop located in downtown Asheville, is located inside of a bright red double decker bus. It is parked on downtown Biltmore Ave., and has been in operation for over twelve years [...]
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Getting Better and Better – An Update from Food Font Development
The Food Font design is continuing and getting better! The interface design has evolved to have smaller icons on top, a resizable workspace, and no layer panel. The Food Font alphabet selector, background selector, and other tools have been created. This weekend I am meeting with a colleague who does interface design and programming and we will work on [...]
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Tomi Astikainen – Living in a Gift Economy
Whenever I am looking for interesting things on the web, I will check out what events or workshops the creative group Pixelache are having in Helsinki, Finland. I checked their site yesterday, and saw that there was a speaker/ potluck event called Living in a Gift Economy with Tomi Astikainin, who is a writer and advocate of the creative commons [...]
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The Tree Cafe in Stockholm – Now Serving Tea and Cookies
Ever have a picnic under a tree? What about in a tree? Byggstudio, a creative design company, has created a mobile café that is made to be installed in and around trees in Stockholm, Sweden. The café, which is called the Trädkafé or The Tree Caf is part of an exhibition called Sommarland that is part of the Arkitekturmuseets Projektrum. [...]
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ZeroLandfill – Upcyling Heaven for Artists, Educators, and Creative Types
Where can you get a pile of carpet samples, recycled paper, empty binders, glass samples, and other materials all in one place? ZeroLandfil is an award winning upcycling program held seasonally that supportslocal artists and arts educators while reducing waste that would usually goto the local landfill. The project started in 2006, when the ZeroLandfil project team partnered with the [...]
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