BIG conference in Spain (ETSAM)

Bjarke Ingels @ ETSAM, "Yes is more" from mstrpln blog mx on Vimeo.

BIG

One+ by Add-a-room

I found this in my search for modular houses. It's interesting the fact that there are certain companies in the market that sell modular houses in tiny pieces and you can buy a full house or just buy little by little and end up with a regular size house after a while or just stick with one module and live there forever. It's pretty much architecture without architects, which I think it is a really interesting concept after all.
In this case the company is from Switzerland. Basic units start at 35,000 USD which is fair enough as some other examples listed before are not as cheap as this one.



Add a Room

House Antero de Quental by Manuel Maia Gomes

I just want to add that I heart this Spiral Staircase with bookcases, a good way to make space useful. The bad thing is that there is no link to the Author's web, I couldn't find it.

The Page by Jae Kim

As you can watch on the video below this is just a prototype (semi transparent e-ink) of a newspaper e-reader. The concept seems bold and clever to me.

And I am one of those that like to think that color e-ink is the future of print (or not printed really). Sorry for the ipad, which I love (Mac lover and happy user) but for reading e-ink is superior.

The video explains the idea perfectly.


THE PAGE_Adaptive Delivery Device from Scott Liao on Vimeo.







Cooperjay

Information is Beautiful

I see this as a web you should be keeping an eye at least once in a while. Basically its information presented in complex graphics that simplified the way of understanding the information provided. Most of them really well done, graphically speaking and also the information that they provide is really useful.
I think it's called "data flow"









Information is Beautiful

It would be like Visual Complexity but with worthy information to check and compare.

Biomimicry = The next frontier

I was looking how wetlands can be used to treat water and I came up with this piece of gold. Enjoy!!

Ecological Footprint

After searching Mathis Wackernagel I have to keep these link:

footprintstandards
footprintnetwork

TISSPAS

It worths to have a look to the magazine/book in the link.

TISSPAS

Thermarium by Daniel Rabin and Annie Ritz

It's a great project, have a look! This project is going to be in the -arium book (on the bottom of this post).
"The Thermarium envisions a new beach typology for the Toronto Waterfront. Responding to the lack of swimming at Toronto’s new urban beaches and consistent CSO (combined sewage overflow) closures at surrounding swim areas, the Thermarium offers new possibilities for water immersion and activity that are enabled, rather than prohibited, by the polluted run-off instigated by heavy rainstorms."




Infranet Lab