Modernist chicken coop

Cool chicken coop built by architect Mitchell Snyder. 

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Beer bottle temple

They take reincarnation seriously at Wat Pra Maha Chedi Kaew(litery means temple of glass). Used beer bottles had been giving a new life over here in Thailand's Sisaket province, about 600 km (370 miles) northeast of Bangkok.

The monks began collecting the bottles 20 years ago with help from local authorities. People had sent them over millions bottles of Heineken and Chang(Thai beer). They now have built 20 buildings include temple, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist bathrooms and several small bungalows.

photo by Chaiwat Subprasom via asia one, telegraph, treehugger

Typewriter key necklace

Finally some jewelry made for typography nerds. These keys are from vintage typewriter keys. Way to recycle!

 

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Gary Anderson, creator of the recycling symbol

Anderson was a 23-year-old USC Architecture graduate when he entered the Container Corporation of America’s design contest to create what would become the universal symbol for recycling. From Wikipedia: The 500 entries to the competition were judged by designers recognized as world leaders in graphics and industrial art, including Saul Bass, Herbert Bayer, James Miho, Herbert Pinzke and Eliot Noyes. According to Anderson: “Angela Davis had just shot up the courthouse and the Manson murders had just happened. I wanted to move away from that, from the Haight-Ashbury poster art with its amorphous organic shapes to create something simpler and cleaner.”

1970 Gary Anderson (right): creator of the recycling symbol
via waxinandmilkin 

Bamboo Stool

Bamboo stool found here

Bamboo is a popular choice of material these days, because of its high sustainability. Growing up in Asia it's hard for me to imagine that a typical thing like bamboo furniture could be this modern. This stool is simple yet well constructed. I don't know if they got inspiration from dim sum steamer or not, but this makes me hungry looking at it.

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Cut n' Paste tea cup

Cut'n paste
design by : beyza paksin from turkey  

image via designboom

What a great idea! Designer, Beyza Paksin is bringing postmodern back in the most tasteful way, of cause. Plus it's good for the environment. Instead of tacky 1990s office mug with cheerful quotes of the day, classic green glass beer bottle was recycled to make this cup. I would make a taller version and turn that in to a beer glass as well. Cheers!