The Hexayurt Sauna @ Camp Pixelache
One of the kick-off activities at Camp Pixelache in Helsinki, Finland was a group activity to build a hexayurt structure that would later in the evening become a sauna. A hexayurt is a 6 sided structure that can be built out of any materials including plywood, has little waste in its construction. To make the simplest hexayurt, you make a [...]
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Solar Bottle Bulbs – A Liter of Light
Need more light? A solar bottle light bulb was designed by an engineer from Brazil in 2002 who wanted to find a cheap way to illuminate dark and small spaces in low-income areas in Brazil. The “solar bottle bulb” as it is called is made of an empty 1.5 liter soda bottle which is filled with purified water and liquid [...]
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HIVE and COOP: Designer Homes for Bees and Chickens
Last Friday I attended the Cleveland 2012 Year of Local Food event downtown at City Hall. While there, I met Timothy Riffle, who is a woodcarver and historic specialist who has designed some interesting beehives and chicken coops designed for urban settings. He had several beehives on display, and I spent some time talking to him about his unique designs [...]
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The New Look of Solar Panels: SMIT’s Tensile Solar Structures
SMIT is a brother and sister design team, Samuel and Teresita Cochran, who have been working with architectural designer Benjamin Wheeler Howes to develop new innovative solar applications. Their new design called Tensile Solar Structures are lightweight, modular systems that produce solar power and have a new look. Usually the use of large solar photovoltaic panels are considered to be [...]
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Lights made of Real Dandelions
Lights made of real dandelions? Studio Drift has made electrical light sculptures with dandelions that combine nature and technology. These module light installations are made of modules, each of which is made of 3 “dandelights,” and can setup with just a few modules, or up to 500. The lights are made with real dandelions that are suspended on a [...]
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