A new creation by SMIT, Solar Ivy are solar panels arranged to resemble ivy growing on historic buildings. Besides adding a unique texture and aged grace to an otherwise bland facade, the thousands of panels capture sustainable solar energy to power the building. The way most solar energy works is the massive panels capture a […]

Imagine walking out of the shower and feeling moss underneath your feet. Take a look around. You’re not in a forest. You’re actually in your own bathroom and stepping onto HoO Design’s new moss bath rug, Larosé. There is an obvious natural cycle: the rug, Larosé, collects the water as you step out of the […]

Monstrously over-rated environmental installation artists Christo and Jeanne Claude have opted to collect their art in a massive Taschen coffee table book, which is fairly de rigueur for artists of their stature. What is not so standard, however, is the $50,000 pricetag they’re throwing on it. Seriously, $50K for a book. Obviously, the mindset that […]

Reminiscent of the Serif Tote Bag we covered by Little Factory , this Bio Bag from Danish designer Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne aims to remind the consumer of his actions as explicitly as possible. In bold graphics it reads: “6 billion plactic bags are being used every year in the UK. The envirionment suffers enormously from it, […]

Anyone who reads this site with any regularity knows that I’ve been anticipating Avatar with my Geek Phaser set on Mutilate. It’s fair to say that this is the most energized I’ve felt waiting for a film since the first X-Men (Bryan Singer helming my favorite childhood comic) or even Terminator 2 (Cameron’s follow-up to […]