box office

The 12 unit office complex located in providence rhode island is made using repurposed shipping containers that have been stacked on top of one another. the building was designed by joe haskett of distill studio and built by stack design build.
the building up-cycled 160 tons of steel that would have been otherwise wasted. in addition to finding a use for all 32 shipping containers, the building is 25-30% more energy efficient than the building code requires. the unit was assembled in an astounding 4 days using the pre-cut containers that were transported to the site on trucks. the building is the first commercial structure made using repurposed shipping containers and is set to be complete this spring.
http://distillstudio.com
http://www.stackdb.com

Planet of the Apps

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1379597365&play=1
Inside the applications explosion, somethings to take into consideration!

LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible ...

LIFE - influid, invisible, inaudible ... :: ryuichi sakamoto + shiro takatani from bacteriasleep on Vimeo.

installation - ryuichi sakamoto + shiro takatani (2007)

Social Networking Goes Beyond The Grave

This first iteration of Swedish startup MyWebwill.com gives users the ability to edit their online profiles after they are gone: deleting accounts, editing status, removing blogs, and even emailing last messages to family and friends. Social media experts anticipate a new digital phenomenon: More and more people will use online sites to dispatch messages to one’s "personal village"… even from beyond the grave.
OMG!

Obscura Day in Detroit: March 20

Discover the offbeat treasures of Detroit, or any city around the globe, March 20 on Obscura Day. Sponsored by Atlas Obscura, a source for rare urban findings, the highlights for Detroit include the Heidelberg Project, the underground salt mines and Edison's last breath at the Henry Ford Museum.

New Campaign Has Subaru Going To The Dogs

More than 77 million dogs are owned by people in over 45 million households in the US. That's a statistic advertisers like Subaru have noticed. In fact, half of Subaru drivers own a pet.

moleskine

moleskine has released a series of unique MSK templates for all moleskine users to download and insert into their notebooks. through MSK, users can also transfer digital content such as contacts, events or original associations of images and text for further personalization of their sketchbooks. the MSK wizard can help create a personalized template for any area of interest
including local art exhibits, social events, or theater productions. meanwhile the events page allows you to upload the events you will be attending and the contacts page lets you upload your contacts from outlook, plaxo or a mobile phone. in doing this, moleskine hopes to make their sketchbooks even more personalized and functional for individual needs.