The ultimate form of creativity may just be transforming everyday items, even what others may label garbage, into innovative objects. Look around. Something you may not even notice could be just the right material for constructing some incredible designs.
                     
Check out this industrial strength cardboard molded into a pint sized chair. There’s no need to worry [...]

Multiples - Do you have multiple items of the same color, shape or style around your house? This is one big “tell” I look for as I look through a client’s home. A kilim rug in the front hall, a kilim rug in the bedroom, another one in the living room? That means that you [...]

Seniors have just graduated, but are you or someone you know looking for a “green” college to attend in the fall? There are 311 featured in the Princeton Review 2011 Guide to Green Colleges. 
I guess the Green Movement has really caught on and become mainstream, if we’re seeing a guide to green-focused colleges and universities partly [...]

                     
Most often cork is identified with the stopper for a wine bottle, but this incredible material has so much more to offer. Cork is comprised of a waxy substance called suberin, which is a bit like a super material.
Here are a few benefits.

Comfort & Softness - Air becomes trapped in the cork providing a natural shock absorption. [...]

                                         
It seems our daily world has leaned toward taking the easiest path from A to B even when it comes to home decor. Between removable wall decals and solar panel outdoor lighting, today’s home owner can spruce up the house without much effort. However, for most easy solutions, you may not get a lasting effect. Instead, [...]

In late March, I toured One Haworth Center located in Holland, MI, the global headquarters of the Haworth Inc., one of the big five workplace solutions/systems furniture companies here in the U.S. Office Environments, the local Haworth Dealer, organized the day long tour for local facilities personnel, architects and interior designers.
As an architect engaged in the [...]

Are you just about saturated with information about environmentally friendly design? Getting the feeling that Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth is, well, just a little too inconvenient? Are you in the Kermit camp and starting to wonder if ’it’s not easy being green!’? Fret not!  Despite being inundated with information in our industry about green building design, [...]