http://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/175621576/self-taught-architect-behind-brooklyns-broken-angel-faces-eviction

April 05, 2013 by Designsquish

February 05, 2013 by Designsquish

-http://blog.loveadorned.com/?tag=amy-glenn

January 23, 2013 by Designsquish

Walden (or Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau free audio book: 

- http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/walden-by-henry-david-thoreau

January 18, 2013 by Designsquish

ETSY: https://www.etsy.com/listing/118587121/vintage-buttons-necklace

December 21, 2012 by Designsquish

“I’m a builder, a fixer, and a do-it-myselfer. My favorite things in life are big tools, old wood, good pasta, and finding great materials in a dumpster. I grew up in California, and blindly moved to New York seven years ago when I was accepted into art school for sculpture. I instantly fell in love with the grungy part of Brooklyn, and within a month, we had moved into Bedstuy. I have lived in the same apartment for five years now, which has given me plenty of time to slowly “fix” a few things around the house: de-carpet stairways, tile in kitchen… you name it!” - Ariele Alasko

- http://brooklyntowest.blogspot.com

December 19, 2012 by Designsquish

Chairs constructed without using nails, screws and glue.

October 29, 2012 by Designsquish

Water tower redesigned into a house. Via Treehugger:

- http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/tom-dixons-water-tank-house.html

September 13, 2012 by Designsquish

- http://31andchange.com

September 03, 2012 by Designsquish

“I don’t like concrete. A tree moves and also I’m silent. With a nail or a saw. you’d know I was there. I am like a raccoon” - Richard Greaves

Home of artist and architect, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein.

“Miracle on the Mountain” by Clarence Schmidt. Clarence Schmidt was locally and nationally renowned outsider artist -  an iconic pioneer of monumental environmental sculpture. His ongoing life’s work, the “Miracle on the Mountain,” was constructed of found objects and recycled materials between the years 1940-1972, which evolved on the back slope of Ohayo Mountain, in Woodstock NY.

In 2009, Grimes (Canadian singer-songwriter Claire Boucher) and her then-boyfriend from Tennessee constructed a 20-foot houseboat, named the “Velvet Glove Cast in Iron,” with the intention to sail it down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans. The cargo included chickens, a typewriter, 20 pounds of potatoes and a gifted copy of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Due to engine trouble and subsequent harassment from the Minnesota police, the journey was cut short and the houseboat and chickens were impounded. Above: Grimes.

Mississippi house boat.

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Handwoven in Brooklyn from found and reclaimed fabric. 

July 24, 2012 by Designsquish

July 13, 2012 by Designsquish

Moroccan rag rugs

July 02, 2012 by Designsquish

May 31, 2012 by Designsquish

Re-Love  is a project by MAEZM.“Most clothes and chairs used in the past were collected by the artists and other relevant parties. It was designed based on a new method using objects in which memories remain and original function gone.  The discarded chair once again becomes a comfortable sofa with clothes on top. Clothes are what enable the chair to play its part. This is also understood as one’s own past. As clothes are tangled, memories can be tied up to create a new love. To love the things again means to add another function to them. To love the things again means to add another function to them”

“To love the things again here needs be distinguished from recycling. Though the old and ragged chair in my room will gradually lose a great deal of its original function, it will hold prevalent value over other new ones through the time and space shared with me. This chair may carry an image of myself on it, stretching leg to the floor, or elaborately cherish a reminiscence of a time when I conversed with someone.
Sharing of such time and memory is also a matter of intimacy between me and the thing. However, regrettably enough, we repeatedly replace the thing for a new ‘goods’ unconsciously in pursuit of the ‘function’ it provides. The relationship between a thing and people should be understood as an expression of
‘self love’ on oneself as a result rather than personifying a thing. The intention is that the act of loving a thing again is engraved as love of one self about the time and space, and such love be proposed as methodology through ‘RE_LOVE’ “

May 11, 2012 by Designsquish

April 11, 2012 by Designsquish

Broom corn grown on Old Field Farm in the Hudson River Valley, made into hand brooms.

Pencil bags.

Handmade by Christin Ripley for Christin Ripley.

April 09, 2012 by Designsquish

Ah! This looks so comfortable!

April 08, 2012 by Designsquish

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March 19, 2012 by Designsquish

Reclaimed shipping pallet chair.

February 11, 2012 by Designsquish

http://www.asmallspace.com/index.php?/project/a-cabin-in-a-loft/

January 30, 2012 by Designsquish

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Upcycled old toys sofa / lounge couch by Dan Kennel.   Looks very comfortable.

January 27, 2012 by Designsquish

Scrapwood furniture by Dutch designer, Piet Hein Eek:

- http://www.pietheineek.nl/en/collection/scrapwood

August 06, 2011 by Designsquish

DIY chairs from around the world.

- http://www.folkforms.ru

July 24, 2011 by Designsquish

July 14, 2011 by Designsquish

Do-it-yourself beach tents. Black Sea, Russia 1970’s.  All you have to do is pack a sheet and find some driftwood when you get there. 

July 13, 2011 by Designsquish

French designer Ariane Prin has been working on a project called “From Here for Here” as a part of her master’s program at the Royal College of Art. This project produces pencils sustainably by using waste from various departments of the school with the goal of supplying drawing tools for students. Each pencil has a center filled with graphite from the glass department, and its body comprised of sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramic department, and flour from the cafeteria.  Watch a video on how these pencils were made on DesignBoom

July 10, 2011 by Designsquish

Above: DIY wooden toy car

Above: DIY scarecrow

Above: DIY sleds

Above: DIY bird feeder

Above: DIY stool

Above: DIY bench

-DIY Russia on folkforms

June 21, 2011 by Designsquish