I bet if you’re driving around a Mission One or a Zero you’re thinking you’re the greenest motorcycle rider out there, but you’d be wrong. Actually you’d be super special, because the Mission One isn’t even available yet but I digress. A group at the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) have designed a concept […]

Joseph Ribic is the man behind the modern furniture line, Objeti. Objeti is a Slovenian word that means embrace, btw. He founded the company in 2009 as part of a collaborative effort with his family’s manufacturing and fabrication business. His pops and master machinist, John Sr., works with the precise details involved in turning the […]

This guy Jay Shafer designs and builds houses smaller than some celebrity walk-in closets under the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company moniker. As he says, “My decision to inhabit just 89 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I do not want […]

I’m not a big chess fan. I did see Bobby Fischer, though. It was ok. Kid had mad strategic skills. I like Becki Chan’s skills too. She turned an old discarded phone booth into a public chessboard as part of IDSwest’s “Off The Hook Exhibition” in Vancouver. Becki is part of a small Vancouver-based design […]

I love how personal Segway-like machines are heralded as “green” cos they don’t use much power to cart your lazy ass around. You know what’s more green than lithium ion batteries and solar panels? Walking, u lazy fuck! Take that retarded bike helmet off your head, get off the self-powered walker/scooter/unicycle and take part in […]

Peugeot is attempting to tackle the problems of urban transportation with the BB1, a fully electric car that infuses ergonomic traits from its 2-wheeled cousins. Motorcycle-like handlebars substitute for a steering wheel, which opens up the floor from gas and brake pedals. At 8 ft long it is Smartcar size yet seats 4 adults, tackling […]

Orsola de Castro and Filippo Ricci (the creative minds behind From Somewhere) make some crazy cute clothes for the ladies. The duo has been recycling fashion since 1997. Up-cycling really—and it shows. Most fashion like this has a hard time competing with traditional high-end garments for rack space. Not the case here, these two definitely […]

Your favorite smog-fighting, 501c3 non-profit is back, and this time they’re not sweating balls in Coachella desert heat. They’re in an air-conditioned mall…in Hollywood. The space was donated by the Hollywood & Highland Center. Thanks capitalist pigs! “It’s the first ever environmental theme park,” says Eric Ritz, founder/director of Global Inheritance, the organization behind Environmentaland. […]