Via emergentfutures:
Flexible condos can be reconfigured and resized
It’s a fact of life that people’s needs change over time, and that’s as true in housing as any other industry. Aiming to create condominiums that are flexible enough to accommodate some of that change, Canadian architectural firm Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co. has created a new, modular design for living spaces that allows them to adapt when needed.
Full Story: Springwise
Tubeless toilet paper — America’s next great product?
The 17 billion toilet paper tubes produced annually in the USA account for 160 million pounds of trash, according to Kimberly-Clark estimates, and could stretch more than a million miles placed end-to-end. That’s from here to the moon and back — twice. Most consumers toss, rather than recycle, used tubes, says Doug Daniels, brand manager at Kimberly-Clark. “We found a way to bring innovation to a category as mature as bath tissue,” he says. (Full story: Kimberly-Clark rolls out tube-free Scott toilet paper - USATODAY.com)
(spotted on Twitter, via Pauline Hammerbeck @pHammerbeck and Bruce Horovitz @brucehorovitz)
Meanwhile: What do some folks do with those ubiquitous tubes? Unconsumptioneers found a couple of examples.
Intriguing…
Via urbangreens:
“The folks at The Way We See The World have designed edible, flavored and naturally biodegradable gelatinous drinking cups, that when tossed on the surface of the planet, actually contain organisms that nurture the growth of grasses and plants.
“Jelloware cups are made entirely out of agar and come in three tasty flavors.”
Now THIS is thinking outside the box:
Designer Patrick Sung’s ‘universal packaging system’ of scored corrugated cardboard sheets can be folded to fit around odd-shaped items or fashioned into custom-sized boxes.
#EarthDay #find
Source: Yanko Design
Today's awesome diversion courtesy of
Be sure to catch this beautiful, innovative installation at Tokyo’s Maison Hermes ~