Green Design + Sustainable Living

Pre-Fabulous: Domespace Prefabricated Homes by Solaleya

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Counting among its numerous advantages that it is made of sustainable materials, can withstand typhoons, can potentially survive an 8.0 earthquake better than your average single-family home – and looks significantly cooler – the Domespace prefabricated home is an old idea that is ideal for today’s forward-thinking and environmentally-friendly mindset. Fi[...]

Interview: Samantha of PURE Inspired Design

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We are never surprised that people have strong feelings about design. What does surprise us is when someone takes their love of design and changes careers completely to follow that passion. We recently spoke with Samantha Cobos of PURE Inspired; a line of eco-conscious fabrics and furnishings that she began in 2001. We love that you just seemed to jump in[...]

Pre-Fabulous: Marmol Radziner’s Prefabricated Desert Home for Sale

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The Los Angeles based firm of Marmol Radziner – a design-build practice led by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner – has become widely known for their dynamic architectural, historic restoration, landscape, interior and furniture design projects. These days, they’re making news for the private Desert Hot Springs residence they built for none other than Mr. Marmol[...]

Pre-Fabulous: Marmol Radziner’s Prefabricated Desert Home for Sale

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The Los Angeles based firm of Marmol Radziner – a design-build practice led by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner – has become widely known for their dynamic architectural, historic restoration, landscape, interior and furniture design projects. These days, they’re making news for the private Desert Hot Springs residence they built for none other than Mr. Marmol[...]

Nature Friendly Faucets by SSi

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Sustainable Solutions (SSi) designs eco-friendly products to conserve water and encourage eco-responsible living. Their Penguin faucet - which bears a distinct resemblance to the body of a penguin - is low flow and dispenses water at a rate of 1.5 GPM (gallons per minute). The Penguin faucet does its part to preserve our planet's most essential resource, w[...]

What to Look For at Greenbuild 2010

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The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo-- taking place November 16-19, 2010--is the world’s largest expo dedicated to green building. Each year thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together for a  few days to take part in networking events, green building tours, educational sessions, listen to renowned speakers and to se[...]

Nature as a Muse

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The perfect inspiration, Nature provides endless ideas to creative souls everywhere. Combining the best in design, functionality, and green performance, fluid faucets use metaphors of nature as gentle reminders for us to do our part to conserve the environment. Penguin Smartly dressed and debonair, the Penguin Collection brings joy and style to any space. T[...]

Contemporary Cottage on Bainbridge Island

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Bainbridge Island is an island city located in Puget Sound, Washington, off the coast of Seattle.  It was named by Money magazine as the second-best place to live in the United States. Occasionally we will get sent information on homes for sale on this lovely island. We wanted to pass along one particular contemporary cottage redesign that caught our eye. T[...]

Amazing 500-Horsepower Plug-In Porsche

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Porsche has just unveiled their newest concept car, and this one is electric! This is the first plug-in hybrid car ever, and was released at the Geneva Auto Show. It is being called the 918 Spyder, and this amazing Porsche is not just green, but also has a sleek and stylish design worth of this blog! The 918 Spyder gets 78 miles per gallon, has low emission[...]

Beautiful Home on Bainbridge Island

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This amazing 4 bedroom, 4,000 square foot house has recently gone on the market and is a beautiful example of the mix of modern architecture in a natural environment. The house was recently built by the architectural firm BUILD llc and is located on Washington state's beautiful Bainbridge Island.  The home was designed to be both modern and beautiful, but t[...]