The 139 Shelter was designed by Future Systems in response to a famine in Ethiopia. All the people who were trying to get food aid were being exposed to the harsh elements, scorched and dehydrated during the day and freezing at night. I think this shelter in particular is really cool because its design is based off the concept of an umbrella. Its ( Read more... )

I've been having a good time visiting with family in Huntsville, but I found a little time to update my blog. I searched livejournal and found a couple other cool blog entries that pertain to the issues we've been discussing in class--concerns about the environment, sustainability, and generally the world's problems (economy, US government, etc).

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I've been thinking about the different ways "trash" can be used as art. Although my art project for this class isn't nearly as cool as these, I turned litter into an art piece and I think this is a really interesting concept (this is the first time I've made a mixed media piece with litter, but I've been making "found object" jewelry for the last ( Read more... )

I'm excited about the raised garden idea! With it we can avoid some of the issues we were having procuring pots, including price and where they were made and out of what materials, etc. It would be really cool if we could use some of the brick Maintenance has laying around! But who knows...anything could happen!


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I talked with my dad about the concrete benches. I don't remember if we talked about this in class, but the bench that I found with the wooden legs that we liked so much has a support frame--there aren't just wooden legs stuck inside a concrete slab. It's also a lot smaller than the benches we want to make. In this picture, the legs and skirt are ( Read more... )

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Confederate Jasmine


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