The minds behind New Soap, Old Bottle are marketing multifuncionality in the form of new liquid soap sold in reused plastic and glass bottles. After being sanitized, the former Coke and Heineken bottles are filled with home or car cleaner,…
Continue Reading →We have eaten at a lot of tasty, beautiful, hidden and wonderful restaurants. When I made my way to Reef in Houston, TX I instantly found all of those things. A very attractive restaurant, visually"“ I was relieved to not…
Continue Reading →Ross Lovegrove never ceases to amaze us with his serious industrial design talent. We assume that it's his knack for combining that which is visually stunning with an absurd amount of practicality that drew the folks at Biomega into his…
Continue Reading →Walk Score assesses the "walkability" of a prospective area by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. The application measures the ease with which you could navigate a neighborhood on foot, not necessarily the safety of doing so. Walk Score…
Continue Reading →Today's Equinox Event at San Francisco's 111 Minna will be the most recent SF Beta event and program from Virgance, the for-profit activism campaign management company whose primary tool for encouraging change is online networking. They're the brains behind 1…
Continue Reading →Who ever thought something rolling on 30-inch bicycle wheels could look so good? Mercedes Benz has unveiled its F-Cell Roadster (the F stands for fuel, and yes, it's a hybrid), an unconventionally attractive ride incorporating every era of the seasoned…
Continue Reading →Atlanta-based designer Brooke Serson Cernonok has come up with a creative way to "upcycle" your old cashmere sweaters: she turns them into one-of-a-kind plush bears, bunnies and elephants. You can donate your sweaters to Teddylux and leave it at that,…
Continue Reading →The image of hybrid cars as boxy, efficient little travel pods is getting a makeover. At the Geneva Motor Show, Italdesign unveiled the Namir prototype, a 370-horsepower space rocket that can travel over 1,200 miles on a single charge. Namir…
Continue Reading →A while back, in the heyday of ReadyMade, we learned how to build furniture into our lawn. Now, Shinwei Rhoda Yen has taken that concept a step further. By implanting mushroom spores into the furniture wood, it eventually sprouts into…
Continue Reading →As we reported to you in December, the Greener Gadgets 2009 Conference is a must for anyone interested in ecologically-friendly design. If the only green you're lacking is in your wallet, Inhabitat is footing the bill for one lucky winner…
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