Dec 13 2006
Today I sat on an orange sofa and explained an idea I’d had after my front tyre exploded on the marylebone flyover and I’d had to walk the six miles to Ben’s dragging my bike and cursing my absent-minded shortage of inner tubes. I sat there in the offices of the mighty IDEO and explained [...]
Jun 28 2006
Some really beautiful open-source website templates primarily designed for non-profits but available to anyone.
Apr 11 2006
Fascinating story about a structural engineer called William LeMessurier who realised that the Manhattan skyscraper that was his crowning achievement might fall down in heavy wind.
Mar 16 2006
Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity and all-round nice guy is up for the Designer of the Year award. If he wins, he is going to donate the $25,000 to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Go vote.
Mar 15 2006
Imagine a textile factory where the water comes out purer than when it went in, imagine an auto plant roofed with meadow grasses that is the home of nesting wild birds, imagine a home that produces more energy than it uses where the very concept of waste is unknown. Bill McDonough is the design genius [...]