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(Via Inhabitat) Which may, in fact, exceed FEMA’s exertions – despite the fact that, as Paul Villinski, a New York-based artist has demonstrated, it’s entirely possible to construct livable/usable emergency structures which rely on solar and wind power. From Bridget Steffen at Inhabitat, Solar Powered Mobile Emergency Response Studio: Better yet, make sure you read [...]
It’s beginning to dawn on me that Brooklyn has more than its fair share of outstanding designers – just stumbled on the site for Kind Company, based in Williamsburg. Amazing work – not least of which is a site dedicated to the work of the designer Alvin Lustig. As a non-design person, I know a [...]
Just came across Jonah Zuckerman‘s cityjoinery.com. His studio is in DUMBO, and here’s a sample: Jonah Zuckerman’s City Joinery.
We’ve just learned that local resident and international tech-hack-celebrity Bre Pettis (http://brepettis.com/blog/) has a new show – “History Hacker” – on the History Channel. (As WordPress suddenly makes half of my editing buttons disappear – we’ll be back later with a re-edited version of this post).
Aziz – widely known as the cur of coeur on Kermit Place, seen here cavorting with yet another one of his love interests. Want to find him? Follow the trail of broken hearts. This is the “before” image – our attorney advise us that we can’t show the rest of the images in the series. [...]