Learn How to Make Your Own Bamboo Bike in One-Weekend

Learn How to Make Your Own Bamboo Bike in One-Weekend

via treehugger.com
There are a number of great projects out there involving the use of Bamboo for bike frame construction – but this one also gives you the chance to take part in the construction of your bike, thus learning the skills required for a future build or to pass on down the line.

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The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Great short web movie about the implications on the environment of our modern western consumption models.

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City of Melbourne Identity

City of Melbourne Identity

One interesting aspect of this identity will be how strong it is compared to the actual Metropolitan Melbourne identity. Essentially this is a brand that only applies to the CBD not Greater Melbourne which seems a shame as it is a very comprehensive and adaptive as a brand system which would certainly answer the challenges  

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Semi-Permanent

Semi-Permanent

9/10 October sees the Semi-Permanent design conference heading to Melbourne. As always there is a great mix of international speakers offering up a more colourful mix than many of the more serious design related conferences on the annual calendar.

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Shipping Container Buildings

Shipping Container Buildings

At BGreen™ we are big fans of larger scale repurposing, and have recently come across a number of architectural projects incorporating old shipping containers. A quick search on Google will throw up all kind of delights but to get you started here are 5 we spotted on ‘Spot Cool Stuff’

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Monday, February 6, 2012

10.10.10

via designweak.com
Interesting project by Steve a Plan-B Studio. To celebrate 10 years in business he is going to donate 10 days a month to a different Non-Profit/NGO organisation each month. He’s offering to do anything from give up his creative expertise to working in the soup kitchen – will be following this one to  

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The future of magazines?

via creativereview.co.uk
Creative review articulate some of the views on tablets and the future of magazines we’ve been discussing at Function/Form since the arrival of the iPhone and the future of tablet/touch devices.

Posted via web from arcd

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Happy Festive Season

   Function/Form wishes you a great festive season

   The studio will be closed till the 11th January 2009

   Tony Cormack

   Function/Form
   Studio 2 / 249 Chapel Street   Prahran   3181

   mobile. 04 0434 0787
   skype. FunctionForm

   web. www.ffburo.com

   think about the environment, only print this post if you really need to – thank you

Posted via email from Function/Form

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Google + Cloud = Better Monitoring of Global Deforestation

via feedproxy.google.com
Great use of both Google Earth and the power of the cloud to map and monitor deforestation rates around the planet. Nice work

Posted via web from arcd

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Great sustainable storage solutions from Housefish in the US

via housefish.com
Really like the simplicity and overall design of this great modular storage system from Housefish in the US. Key is a new highly modular storage system that ships flat and assembles easily- the only tool you need is a hammer. The parts are cleverly joined into an exceptionally strong structure by machined  

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Bibliothèque & Dieter Rams at the British Museum

via creativereview.co.uk
Wishing I was in London to see this exhibition both for Rams work but also the great exhibition design by Bibliothèque. http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/2009-dieter-rams

Posted via web from arcd

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World leaders apologise from the future

via creativereview.co.uk
Nice approach from the tcktcktck COP15 campaign

Posted via web from BGreen-Now™

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Buy Nothing Day | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

via adbusters.org
Adbusters encouraging everyone to stop consuming for just one day – 28th November 2009. I’d love to think this initiative could make people stop and think about doing it once a week in their own lives. Take your own coffee to work that day, make a packed lunch, swap the daily newspaper  

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So. London? – the johnson banks thought for the week

via johnsonbanks.co.uk
Could this have gone anymore wrong. What does it tell us about the state of the creative vs client culture we work in when at the final presentation the client asks itself ‘why are we doing this?’.

Posted via web from arcd

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thefuntheory.com

via thefuntheory.com
nice simple concept by VW – great way to highlight they are a think outside of the box kind of brand, while producing some great viral activity.
After a time, ‘Fun’ can no doubt turn to ‘Novelty’ and we all know ‘Novelty’ easily wears off, but I love the notion of causing  

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