Interior Design Sense

photo: Mark Wilkinson

With killer furniture designs and an eye toward fashion forward, Mark Wilkinson also makes sustainability part of his message. Think modern meets Nantucket cottage, in a good way and that’s what you’ll find in Wilkinson’s new showroom in New York. But how sustainable is he really? Read on to find out….

photo: Pure Yoga

As a huge yogi, my feeling is that yoga is supposed to bring you closer to Mother Earth. But as yoga has exploded in the West, you can’t escape the over commercialization of even this sacred practice. But maybe that is soon to change. Sustainable yoga studios are popping up across the country like Pure Yoga which recently opened in New York. Let’s see how pure it really is….

Image Credit: 212DressingRoom.com

Design team Rodarte has joined forces with Lexus Hybrid Living and created an eco-friendly candle and bracelet to be sold at Barney’s New York. The candle is made of natural soy contained in recyclable glass. The friendship bracelet is made from leather reclaimed from Lexus vehicles and designed by the Rodarte duo Laura and Kate Mulleavy. This is the first time that Rodarte has collaborated with Lexus Hybrid Living to create a …

If you’re a high school student with a passion for the environment and a way with words then we’ve got a contest that’s right up your alley. But you’d better hurry because the deadline for the Weather Channel’s high school essay contest is just days away. …

It’s the second week of Origin: The London Craft Fair and there are 140 different craftspeople showing their wares. This time around there is a whole different feel to the show; lots more yummy and unique jewellery, weaving and vessels with an eco bent to them.

We can’t resist Adrienne Rogers‘ hand-knit throws, shawls and scarves. They are made out of yarns…

Letterpress is literally a dying art; the inks were toxic and printers often died young. It is almost completely extinct, practiced only by a few hobbyists and craftspeople. As a teenager I used to visit a neighbour who did letterpress in his basement; I loved watching his hands fly over the galleys of type and I loved the way you could actually feel the letters pressed into the paper. Graphic designer Douglas Wilson loves letterpress too, even though he acknowledges that “it will force us out of house and home.”

Wilson delivers simple messages that resonate in these difficult times, preserving a technology that we may need again someday….

This is a reconstruction of a previously published post lost when a Porsche crashed into our server farm.

A commenter at BoingBoing noted that our roundup of container housing did not include the Redondo Beach house by DeMaria Design; I am pleased to rectify that herein. The house is a hybrid design that takes advantage of the best attributes of containers, (cheap, strong and rigid) and minimizes their defects (narrow inside) by combining them with conventional construction to create impressive space…

Sarah Thirlwell’s wood and recycled plastic pots are a wonderful discovery at Origin: the London Craft Fair. These beautifully shaped vessels, made out of sustainable home grown timber and recycled plastic, are both functional and decorative.

Sarah Thirlwell uses recycled yoghurt pots, which look like cream coloured marble with flecks, and combines them with plywood or birch which is shaped on a lathe. The black vesse…

(Image from Kimonoyasan)

When I think of frugal living I am constantly reminded of how people were able to create fun events and celebrations in the past, even without a lot of expensive stuff. Humans just seem to love celebrations, no matter what. Right now, we are having full moon viewing events all over Japan. Called tsukimi, the festival is really not very fancy at all. Just a couple of friends getting together<…