Casting Cork/Casting Mania

Episode 2 of Big Ideas for a Small Planet is tiled Decorate. There are a number of interesting things but one that I am most excited about for those o you in the casting class is casting cork. Check out the webisodes.

Alex Sweder

Check out Alex Schweder's work + thinking.

Spit Skin

Saliva, Biodegradable Packing, 96" x 42" x 120" in December 06, 18" x 48" x 72" at present, 2006

This installation of licked together biodegradable packing peanuts contorts, deforms, and melts when it contacts water. Located in a subterranean bathroom at the American Academy in Rome, this saliva stuck skin served as a map of moisture exchange between leaky walls and the leaky bodies that occupied them. The shriveling and shrinking architectural performance for the camera questions the role of the recording and the object in our subjective perception of space.

Fold School- Green Design

Check out Fold School's website. Downloadable free patterns to create cardboard toys/furniture from cardboard around the house. Read the philosophy and about the designer. The homepage of the website reminds me of Droog's Do line. Enjoy!

Big Ideas for a Small Planet

Big Ideas for a Small Planet is a series produced by Robert Redford's The Sundance Channel. The second season just started so check it out. On Comcast it is channel 165. We used the first season in Design Like You Give A Damn last semester. So inspiring. There are so many people in the world thinking about how to do things differently...smartly. Not just thinking- implementing their ideas and making it go. The Sundance Channel's The Green has so many great resources and information. Immerse Yourself.