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Issue 36

The Re-Fashion Issue

Blogger: Jen Trolio

Email: jen@readymademag.com

URL: http://www.readymademag.com

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In case you haven’t heard the news: Earth hour is on for tomorrow night, so no matter where you live, turn out the lights from 8-9pm (in your time zone) and join the cause…

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Jen : DIY Projects, Events, Sustainable living
March 28th, 2008

Re-inventing the water bottle

What a gorgeous, simple, brilliant idea: As part of its Greenhouse Effect exhibition, Orcadesign created the Facade Vase (find more info on the project under the site tab labeled “Concepts”)—a slipcover of sorts that transforms an ordinary plastic water bottle into an attractive bud vase…

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Jen : DIY Projects, Design IQ, Ideas We Wish We'd Thought Of, Sustainable living
March 10th, 2008

Carpet bragger

Now here’s a contest after our own heart: Aiming to keep some of the 700,000 carpet samples that ship each year away from the landfill, Ample Sample is a Macgyver-esque competition…

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Jen : DIY Projects, Design IQ, Events
March 7th, 2008

MacGyver Challenge: Luggage

{Deadline: March 17, 2008}
by Anthony Discenza
Among the woes of modern travel is the problem of luggage—the stuff we use only to schlep other stuff…

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Jen : DIY Projects
March 4th, 2008