http://www.blog.designsquish.com/site/index/ en anastasia.ugorskaya@gmail.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-15T22:13:01+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/plastics_dont_disintegrate/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/plastics_dont_disintegrate/#When:22:13:01Z Midway is a photography project by Chris Jordan “On Midway Atoll, a remote cluster of islands more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent, the detritus of our mass consumption surfaces in an astonishing place: inside the stomachs of thousands of dead baby albatrosses. The nesting chicks are fed lethal quantities of plastic by their parents, who mistake the floating trash for food as they forage over the vast polluted Pacific Ocean. For me, kneeling over their carcasses is like looking into a macabre mirror. These birds reflect back an appallingly emblematic result of the collective trance of our consumerism and runaway industrial growth. Like the albatross, we first-world humans find ourselves lacking the ability to discern anymore what is nourishing from what is toxic to our lives and our spirits. Choked to death on our waste, the mythical albatross calls upon us to recognize that our greatest challenge lies not out there, but in here. - Chris Jordan, Seattle, February 2011” LIFESTYLE, WISDOM / BOOKS / FILM/music, ART, ENVIRONMENTAL ART, photography, environment, BIRDS, NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, society/culture 2013-05-15T22:13:01+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/flowers_in_your_hair/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/flowers_in_your_hair/#When:20:21:41Z LIFESTYLE, fashion, flowers 2013-05-01T20:21:41+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/voysey5/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/voysey5/#When:00:16:29Z craft, DRAWINGS, flowers, WATERCOLORS 2013-04-27T00:16:29+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/boucheroite_rag_rugs_at_love_adorned/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/boucheroite_rag_rugs_at_love_adorned/#When:23:48:48Z Boucheroite rag rugs at LOVE ADORNED in NYC: http://blog.loveadorned.com “Boucherouite rugs ( Boucherouite meaning “rag” in Moroccan Arabic) are a recent pan-Moroccan phenomenon brought on by the loss of the nomadic lifestyle of the Amazigh people, though they are often referred to as “Berber”. No longer a nomadic people dependent on sheep herding, these artisans have adapted to the changes by mixing wool with cotton rags to keep the tradition alive. With dramatic colors and patterns, these one of a kind pieces combine the casual ease of cotton with an artful, collage-like aesthetic” LIFESTYLE, REDESIGN, craft, RECLAIMED MATERIALS, RECYCLING, society/culture 2013-04-16T23:48:48+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/soviet_postcards_connecting_with_birds/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/soviet_postcards_connecting_with_birds/#When:23:51:41Z The Canary The free canary warbles In leafy forest dell: Who feels what rapture thrills her, And who her joy can tell? The sweet canary warbles Where wealth and splendor dwell: Who knows what sorrow moves her, And who her pain can tell? - Morris Rosenfeld LIFESTYLE, childhood, BIRDS, society/culture 2013-04-15T23:51:41+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/nycs_best_birdhouses_light_poles/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/nycs_best_birdhouses_light_poles/#When:05:59:21Z LIFESTYLE, REDESIGN, BIRDS, neigborhood / community 2013-04-12T05:59:21+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/sea_chair/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/sea_chair/#When:18:49:39Z Sea Chair is made entirely from plastic waste collected from the ocean. LIFESTYLE, design, ECo-friendly, environment, GREEN DESIGN, RECLAIMED MATERIALS, upcycle, RECYCLING, green planet 2013-04-05T18:49:39+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/broken_angel/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/broken_angel/#When:18:30:23Z http://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/175621576/self-taught-architect-behind-brooklyns-broken-angel-faces-eviction architecture, LIFESTYLE, REDESIGN, ART, DIY, restoration 2013-04-05T18:30:23+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/BIRDS_SHORT_FILM/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/BIRDS_SHORT_FILM/#When:16:21:59Z WISDOM / BOOKS / FILM/music, ART, BIRDS, NATURE 2013-03-21T16:21:59+00:00 http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/william_miller_the_quiet_beauty_of_americas_most_polluted_waterway/ http://www.blog.designsquish.com/index.php?/site/william_miller_the_quiet_beauty_of_americas_most_polluted_waterway/#When:12:58:58Z William Miller: “To look into the Gowanus canal is to gaze into the eyes of a corpse. It is murky and clouded over but if you look closely you can see life and light reflected in the mercury, feces and coal tar that drift in the canal like malevolent clouds. This uncomfortable cohabitation is the foundation of a photographic study of the strangely beautiful horror that the canal hosts” WISDOM / BOOKS / FILM/music, ART, ENVIRONMENTAL ART, photography, NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, green planet 2013-03-21T12:58:58+00:00