“In the fall of 2008, EPFL + ECAL Lab tapped students from two schools in Lausanne, Switzerland—as well as California College of the Arts (CCA), in San Francisco; the Royal College of Art (RCA), in London; and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI), in Paris—to envision products keyed to the Grätzel cell’s singular...
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Like the 15 Recycled Lighting Fixtures post, these  ten recycled products are made from simple household items e.g. soda cans, CD holders, closet hangers and a few are DIY…more at Keetsa.com.
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“Hearst Castle is a palatial estate on the central California coast and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by architect Julia Morgan for William Randolph Hearst—a newspaper magnate from 1919 until 1947. In 1957, the Hearst Corporation donated the property to the state of California. Since that time it has been maintained as...
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Back in the mid-1940s, Seagram’s advertised its VO Canadian whiskey with a series of extremely manly magazine ads about “Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow” — unspecified futuristic thinkers who liked the fact that Seagram’s was patient enough to age VO for six years. They’re entertaining when they sort-of-accurately predict scenarios that eventually came to...
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“For years I have been trying to write a manifesto, ” he says. “What is important today is the ‘specific’. Each site and each circumstance are unique, and an architect must try to have his own style and (it) in different sites. To attain this style an architect has to understand the idea of...
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“Not so long ago, giving a graphic novel as a present was a bit of a novelty; it required some digging through bookstores. Today, major chains showcase R. Crumb’s latest right next to Stephen King’s monstrous epic. But if you’re unfamiliar with comics and still refer to them as the funnies, pruning the bad...
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<<Slideshow>> “”Reflecting Culture: The Evolution of American Comic Book Superheroes,” at the Montclair Art Museum”…. <More>
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Slideshow: Things You Won’t See On CNN
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Slideshow: Best Beaches in The World
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“Slate takes a look at some of the best comics that are reinventing the superhero genre such as Heroes, Rising Stars, Ex Machina and Astro City “…. <More> Also of Interest: “In 1993 Scott McCloud published ‘Understanding Comics’, an incredible book that tediously dissects the art of comics, completely drawn as a comic. Well,...
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