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Annie Block, Mark McMenamin, and Meghan Edwards -- Interior Design, 10/1/2009
Houston builder Mark Johnson is well aware of a sobering truth: Most people can't afford world-class architecture at home. So the principal of Area 16 teamed up with architect Andrew McFarland of D>McF to launch Hometta, a Web-based collaborative that makes distinctive design accessible to the masses. >>More
Air travel comes with a notoriously hefty carbon footprint. But as obsolete aircraft are grounded, a few planes are atoning for their environmental sins through reinvention as furniture, surfacing, and even lodging. Something's in the air. >>More
For Madlab's LEED-accredited partner Petia Morozov, considering the environment is an ethical position. "It's about taking whatever's already in the waste stream and extending its life in a playful form," she explains. A prime example of that philosophy is Le Vigne, a New York wine shop designed by Madlab in collaboration with the artists' collective Spurse, of which she's also a part. >>More
Clothes made from discarded metal and plastic are probably not the most comfortable to wear, but these dresses definitely take repurposing to a new, rather chic level. A sculptor, John Petrey, turns bottle caps, marquee letters, tin ceiling tiles, and broken yardsticks into "outfits" that pay facetious tribute to the innocent mind-set of the 1950's and '60's. >>More
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