‘green school’ by PT bamboo pure, bali, indonesia all images courtesy of green school after meeting in indonesia, john hardy and his wife cynthia conceived of the ‘green school,’ an educational village community amongst the jungle and rice fields of bali, to spread their sustainable altruistic message through an alternative education system to locals and foreigners alike. they called on balinese p

‘booktree’ in tineo and ebony finishees by kostas syrtariotis venice-based designer kostas syrtariotis presents ‘booktree’ at milan design week 2011 as part of the kidsroomzoom event. exactly as the name indicates, the shelf takes on the shape of a tree in which its outreaching branches climb the wall, providing space in which to store books and other small items. made from solid wood of either as

‘tray’ by robert and matthew swinton the ‘tray’ concept device by american designers robert and matthew swinton is a shortlisted entry among over 3000 participants from our recent designboom competition ‘a life with future computing‘, organized in collaboration with FUJITSU. designers’ own words: ‘tray’ is a simple personal computer that contains a wireless keyboard and flash memory, along with a

‘flexbook’ by hao-chun huang ‘flexbook’, a concept device by taiwan-based designer hao-chun huang, offers portable, multi-use computing within a single device. the concept was shortlisted from over 1000 designs in our recent designboom competition ‘a life with future computing‘, organized in collaboration with FUJITSU. with a waterproof keypad and 21:9 screen, ‘flexbook’ is designed for portabilit

one model offers the entire color palette of the spacephone in a single phone in the age of hi-tech smartphones, russian cellphone company just5 has developed ‘spacephone’ as a means of simplifying the mobile phone to the very basics – to make calls, receive and send SMS and catch one’s attention. available in five neon-fruit colors: deep space, pink space, orange space, lime space and menthol spa

‘iCade’ by ion audio, in collaboration with atari and thinkgeek based on a concept originally posted as an april fool’s prank on thinkgeek.com, the iCade, developed by ion audio in collaboration with atari, brings a retro gaming experience to digital media. the portable cabinet is designed to mimic the shape and appearance of old arcade machines. iPads and other tablets can be slid into the iCade

japanese atelier TNA architects has sent us images of ‘ginza natsuno building’, a long and slender structure in the shopping district of tokyo. standing on a plot measuring just 5 meters by 8 meters, the eleven-storey flagship store sells specialty chopsticks, japanese ceramics, and tableware. all images courtesy TNA architects the structure largely consists of exposed steel framing with perpendic

‘teshima art museum‘ by tokyo-based architect ryue nishizawa and japanese artist rei naito recently welcomed visitors of the 2010 setouchi international art festival held on seven islands in the takamatsu port area, japan. hugging a hilly site on the island of teshima, the museum resembles a droplet of water caught in the middle of gliding across the land. exterior view | image © iwan baan | see m

‘le monolithe’ by MVRDV all images courtesy MVRDV dutch firm MVRDV have completed ‘le monolithe’, an energy efficient mixed-use urban block located in the development area confluence at the southern tip of lyon, france. the structure with a total surface of 32.500 m2 combines social housing, rental property, a residence for disabled people, offices and retail. in 2004, ING real estate developers h

taichung echo wind tower by off architecture all images courtesy off architecture paris based off architecture have sent in images of their proposal for the taichung echo wind tower project, an expressive green tower. overseeing the taichung basin, the taiwan tower is the observatory of the central taiwan ecosystem ranging from the central mountain range to the south china sea. the tower’s envelop

HASSELL: ANZ centre best interiors and fit out project at WAF 2010 all images courtesy hassell photographer: earl carter (unless otherwise noted) australian architectural office HASSELL has won the best interiors and fit out award at this year’s world architecture festival with their project, ‘ANZ centre’. located on the waterfront of melbourne, australia, the banking headquarters is designed to b

‘mason lane farm operations facility’ by de leon & primmer in goshen, indiana all images courtesy de leon & primmer architecture workshop ‘mason lane farm operations facility’ by american practice de leon & primmer architecture workshop is an entry into this year’s world architecture festival for the production, energy and recycling category. located in goshen, indiana, the project is a new comple

mapping project on frank gehry’s IAC in new york as a part of the vimeo film festival image courtesy jose moran moya for this year’s inaugural vimeo film festival and awards, london-based arts and technology collective seeper put on a projection mapping show on frank gehry’s iconic IAC building in new york city. the building, which houses the video-sharing website’s headquarters, was transformed i