Article from my favorite new magazine, DOSSIER JOURNAL – dossierjournal.com

Long before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, there was R. Buckminster Fuller.

One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth’s resources. Doing “more with less” was Fuller’s credo. He described himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” setting forth to solve the escalating challenges that faced humanity before they became insurmountable.

The Whitney is offering a thorough retrospective of his work with the show Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. If you’re gonna be in NYC sometime before October, I suggest trying to see the show and then imagining the possibilities some combination of the ideas presented might create for your own modern dwelling and living.

Please add this to the list of WHY NEW YORK ROCKS!

Friends of the High Line is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and reuse of the High Line – an abandoned 1.5 mile elevated railway (of the former elevated freight railroad) that runs along the West Side of Manhattan. The High Line was built in the early 1930s by the New York Central and has been unused by freight service since 1980.

Presently, there are plans to turn the High Line into an elevated park or greenway, similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris. In 2004, the New York City government committed $50 million to establish the proposed park.

As of 2007, Hotel developer Andre Balazs, owner of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, is building a 337-room hotel straddling the High Line at Little West 12th Street.

This is the kind of stuff I love to see…transformation.

“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” – Picasso

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Marmol-Radziner has listed their prototype for Marmol-Radziner’s new Prefab Division which is located in Desert Hot Springs.

The list price is $1,850,000.

If you’re looking for a summer home in the desert, this new collection of Prefab homes is the way to go.

Check out the Marmol-Radzinger Prefab website for the extra extra

http://www.marmolradzinerprefab.com

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One Big Family.
One Small House.
One Ambitious Dream of Urban Domestic Bliss.

From what I have heard, the story goes like this: The Alan’s chose Architect Neil M. Denari to remodel their L.A. home after being inspired by what the architect did with the L.A. Eyeworks showroom on Beverly Blvd.

The concept for the redesign & 1000 sqft. addition of the Alan house is nothing short of INNOVATIVE: “Every Family Is A Unique Brand.”

The result is a house that is not only aesthetically pleasing to the Alan’s, but more importantly meets the unique needs of the family by focusing on family-brand attributes, strategy, and tactics. The Alan house is the perfect marriage of design forwardness + a sensitivity to family dynamics.

Check out the Alan House website @ http://web.mac.com/ericalan/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html …I’ve never seen a website like this before, especially for a residential home.

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The “PLASTIC BAG BACKLASH” has offcially begun.

In the search for the perfect reusable bag, I found the 24-7 FLIP & TUMBLE BAG.

Designed to be that one bag you carry with you all the time, the 24-7 bag lives in your messenger bag, purse, backpack, or car cupholder so that it’s always there when you need it.

What I love about the Flip & Tumble company is their philosophy:

“We are about finding those little moments to bring some joy into the mundane. We are commited to finding clever solutions that make the everyday just a little less so. We think our lives are complicated enough, so our products won’t be. Why flip & tumble? Well, that’s kind of how our bags work. Flip a couple of panels and you’ve got a bag ready to tumble along wherever you go.”

flipandtumble.com

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