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June 12, 2011

Via unconsumption:

Twenty-year-old David Rocha dreams of one day becoming a professional violinist, but for now he plays for the community of Sao Miguel, a poor neighborhood outside Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paolo.

The violin he uses is fashioned out of old wood that he found at a garbage dump. The drawers of an old closet are now being used to play symphonies by Bach and Beethoven.

Rocha learned to make string instruments at a free workshop in his neighborhood’s social center.

With no money to buy good quality wood, Rocha began scavenging through the dumps near his home.

He has inspired other students to do the same.

Now, Rocha’s hand-made instruments are selling for up to $500 dollars and he says he feels honored to be able to help the environment by recycling trash into art.

(via Classical music made from garbage — CBS News)

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-200...
Tags music, musical instruments, upcycling, trash, Sao Paolo, Brazil, inspiration

October 13, 2010

Via murketing:

People and their desks - a short film - Boing Boing

This video makes me think of a book that’s on my to-read list: Sam Gosling’s Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You!

Source: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/11/peopl...
Tags design, space, things, physical environment, inspiration
Via problemsolver:

Book Sculpture by Federico Uribe
More about Federico

(via ilovereadingandwriting)

Via problemsolver:

Book Sculpture by Federico Uribe

More about Federico

(via ilovereadingandwriting)

August 8, 2010
Source: http://vi.sualize.us/view/a0836fb59b13f560...
Tags book, books, art, sculpture, inspiration
Design matters:
Via architizer:

Summer tickets to visit the Glass House may have sold out before you could get your grubby mitts on them, but the organization preserving Philip Johnson’s iconic weekend getaway in Connecticut is bringing the house’s…

Design matters:

Via architizer:

Summer tickets to visit the Glass House may have sold out before you could get your grubby mitts on them, but the organization preserving Philip Johnson’s iconic weekend getaway in Connecticut is bringing the house’s A-game to the online sphere for all to enjoy. 

By all we mean design commentators like Michael Beirut, Alissa Walker, Alice Rawsthorn, and Allan Chochinov, but also: you. You you you!

July 19, 2010
Tags architecture, design, dialogue, inspiration
Via pratt:

San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a shelf with slots specifically cut to house seven seminal books about power and society. (via Juxtaposed: Power by Mike and Maaike – dezeen.com)

Additional examples of their wo…

Via pratt:

San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a shelf with slots specifically cut to house seven seminal books about power and society. (via Juxtaposed: Power by Mike and Maaike – dezeen.com)

Additional examples of their work can be found here

June 27, 2010
Source: http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/18/juxtapose...
Tags books, object, art, statement, inspiration
Via unconsumption:

Via pratt:

Pots From Recycled Books — inhabitat.com

D.I.Y. idea

Via unconsumption:

Via pratt:

Pots From Recycled Books — inhabitat.com

D.I.Y. idea

June 21, 2010
Source: http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/22/garten...
Tags books, repurpose, reuse, diy, D.I.Y., suggestions, inspiration
szymon:

furniture from Saba Italia

szymon:

furniture from Saba Italia

June 18, 2010
Tags furniture, books, inspiration, bookshelf of the week
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