Who wouldn't want to live in this enchanting Swedish microhouse?
Pack your bags--but not with too much stuff!--we're moving to Sweden.
Pack your bags--but not with too much stuff!--we're moving to Sweden.
[Video Link] Here's a quadcopter video tour of a treehouse somewhere in BC, Canada. (Via Llyod Kahn's blog)
Former Disney artist Arthur Millican Jr., maker of "exciting fairy house manors" built this excellent storybook style playhouse from found materials. It reminds me of the "witch's house" on Carmelita street here in Los Angeles.
If the storybook style appeals to you, here's a book about it that I like: Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties. — Read the rest
From Llyod Kahn's blog:
— Read the restRobin Wood makes a nesting set of bowls to commemorate the death of the 'last bowlturner' George Lailey who died 50 years ago. Inspired by Lailey's tools and lathe in the Museum of English Rural Life, Robin recreated the lost craft fifteen years ago and now makes his living as a bowlturner.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for this year. Here's the list:
— Read the restLIVING:
* Willard Boyle, George Smith: Charge-coupled device
* Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn: Internet Protocol
* Robert Gore: ePTFE, known by the GORE-TEX® brand name
* Ali Javan: Helium-neon laser
* Robert Langer, Jr.: