Creatve Caffeing + Prototyping

Bamboozled?!

BAMBOO FABRIC IS A SHAM! read here!

"FTC Charges Companies with 'Bamboo-zling' Consumers with False Product Claims
Bamboo-based Textiles, Actually Made of Rayon, Are Not Antimicrobial, Made in an Environmentally Friendly Manner, or Biodegradable"

BAMBOO GATHERING

This Project idea sounded a lot better BEFORE the blizzard.

indoor vertical gardens

DAILY PROBLEMS

GREEN WALLS

green wall at Blue House, by Mundo Verde Ortega
Mundo Verde Ortega is artist from Baltimore whos specialty is green walls. His mission is to bring nature into urban places and works vertically in tight limited spaces.
THE SUN article

ELT is another company that specializes in Living Walls. They have done a lot of work on exterior but they also sell a kit that ranges $200-250 for an at home kit that can be altered to fit any space
ELT SITE

Reclaiming Design

Veggie Bowls

Greenmuse.com
Artist Margaret Dorfman uses sun and air to create these pressed veggie bowls

Snail Shell

Iron-plated snail could inspire new armor Full Article
"snail has evolved a tri-layered shell structure consisting of an outer layer embedded with iron sulfide granules, a thick organic middle layer, and a calcified inner layer"

-nacre, or shell 95 percent calcium carbonate, a brittle ceramic, and 5 percent flexible biopolymer
=STRONG

actually, the MIT materials site has REALLY interesting articles on state of the art advances in all kinds of materials

I like where their head's are at...

Ika Tokkuri - Japanese ancient custom, sake bottles, and sustainable!





















Designer Eliza Strozyk has developed this rug made from offcuts of wood veneer bonded to a textile backing




Recycled Wood Furniture

Old Bottle, New Soap

Ok ok, not really the most innovative example of material, but I love this concept and think its a good example of what I'm all about, plus the plain packaging =very stylish/cool. I cant escape plastic!! http://www.newsoap.org/