Tag Archives: Design

Colour Schemes

and a few sidebar updates After the last major design- and feature-update we’ve recieved divided opinions about the new colours. Some readers had issues with readabilty. You can now choose a new colour set “High Contrast” via the drop down menu to the right named “Colours”. (I know, from a professional designer’s point of view, [...]

Open Source Embroidery – HTML Patchwork

It(‘s) work(s)…: The Html Patchwork comprises of 216 fabric patches individually embroidered with their websafe colour codes and stitched into a collective patchwork quilt. The Patchwiki is a collective website with a page for each individual stitcher. You can view the wiki pages by clicking on the patchwork represented here. The Html Patchwork will be [...]

Mesoscale Mystery

Like Gulliver, we return from Lilliput and Brodbingnag only to find hat some of the srangest goings-on are happening at the human scale. There is a case to be made that, for all their unanswered questions, it is the very large and the very small that are the best understood in science. The middle of [...]

Sound Of Sirens Redesign

English What can i say? There are – of course – tons of reasons and intentions for this extensive and holistic revision. Maybe you just explore the new design and functions on your own. Feedback is very much appreciated! Please respond to this post to share your ideas, critique and commendation. Thank you! What’s still [...]

Deutschland und der Umweltschutz: 'Wir verwalten den Untergang und halten die Leute ruhig'

‘Tatsächlich stagniert Deutschland beim Thema Umweltschutz schon seit der Wiedervereinigung. Es tut mir weh, wenn ich sehe, dass die Deutschen Umweltschutz immer noch als nachgeschaltete Umwelttechnik verstehen statt als Produktinnovation. Damit sind die Deutschen für das, was ich vorschlage, eine Gefahr. …für die Zukunft brauchen wir kein Schuldmanagement, sondern positive Ziele. Ich untersuche seit siebzehn [...]

'Die nächste industrielle Revolution'

So heisst das letzte Buch von Prof Dr. Michael Braungart und William McDonough. Wir waren Ende letzten Jahres auf der Utopia Konferenz in Berlin und der Vortrag von Herrn Braungart war das Highlight für uns…Scharfsinnig und herausfordernd und mit alamierenden Informationen. – und dabei sogar sehr unterhaltsam. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZyGKpE7r38[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfKVX1fgncc[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo87MMJc6Fg[/youtube]

Wearing The Hair Of The Dog

Yay! More lovely doggy content! Just stumbled upon this site with portraits of people in clothes made from their pets’ fur. You’ll find some background info over there, too – i.e. about who helps you to continue processing the “single” hair into fur etc. I would die for a husky and a cardigan like this! [...]

Instead of your car…

…take your dog! Not stupid, ain’t it… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moaQv4mT0Ls[/youtube] More about mini sulkis and dog carting here.

Melissa Murillo

Melissa Murillo is a drawer, Artist based in Berlin. Obsessed with details, ephemera, memories,dreams and nature, she grew up on a visual diet of the strange trips in her books from amazons, Amazons that she visited years afterwards , her infancy was not easy, a daughter of a violent father, her only one consolation was [...]

Vetsch Earth Houses

“Compared to traditional residential houses built on the ground, the aim of building an earth house is another: Not to live under or in the ground, but with it.” The unique architecture of earth houses is characterised by multiple beneficial features: Insulation Air-Impermeability Soil-covered roofs Sustainable usage of energy and renewable energy Heat zones Convenient [...]