Bird’s Nest Stadium, designed for the Beijing Olympics, looks pretty incredible - as do many of the other buildings created for the Olympics. But for every building that gets built, there are many ideas that don’t. For the national stadium, China had a competition. Here are some of the other entries (click on thumbnails to [...]

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These guys are neat- taking vinyl kitchen flooring and making them into satchels and courier bags. Sam is a grad from NC State’s Design School but has been in Berlin ever since. They are available in SFMOMA.

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Well that was fun with the Bloomsbury building. Now let’s turn our attention to the RBC tower. Deemed to be the “tallest building in Raleigh,” a bunch of us have been upset to learn that it was really only tallest due to its decorative tippy top. The architect was Cooper Carry. I think I like [...]

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There has been tremendous media coverage of the plastic polycarbonate and the evils of the chemical BPA, a component used in the manufacturing of polycarbonate. Many consumers are hearing conflicting evidence regarding the effects of BPA on adult humans. Some experts may say the exposure is within safe FDA limits and others say [...]

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Ok you don’t get much cooler than this: aquaculture that uses all of nature’s natural systems while maintaining a protective and somewhat controlled environment for fish.

The inventors claim this eliminates sea lice and other health problems for the fish compared to conventional fisheries. It was created by Ocean Farm Technologies and is of course recognized [...]

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