I have a house that still looks like a dorm room threw up in it. So this weekend I focused my energy on dividing the clutter into "leave as is" and "repurpose into uber cool DIY design project." So far I have large pile of AOL cds, but hey. Cool mobile? A mosaic?
Anyway, a-inspiration hunting I went on the internet, and found this neat-o blog: http://www.inhabitat.com/. Inhabitat is all about sustainable design, and I discovered that the first Cradle to Cradle house is being built in none other than good ol' Roanoke, VA. Roanoke must be the hippest little town that doesn't look hip. Maybe it was built on a magic node.
(The philosophy behind cradle to cradle design, set forth by architect and author William McDonough, is to produce materials that can be used, recycled, and used again without losing any material quality. Sounds simple, until you read that most of our current products cannot be recycled without loss in quality. Basically, we're downcycling, a mere hesitation before the item ends up in the trash anyway.)
Another awesome find on the blog is Ian Goshner's box table. I definitely have boxes in my dorm house. I will make furniture out of them and protect their surfaces with AOL coasters...
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