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I have figured out what you have to do to succeed as design blogger these days: set your watch on London time so that you are awake when Marcus and Rose ofDezeenput up their posts. This cute little number is probably around the corner from me in Toronto but gets published in London first. I google the designer, Nicko Björn Elliott, and there are already three full pages of design websites that have picked it up. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The clear polystyrene barrels of 347 Bic pens let the light shine through. Photo via theScience Museum.Crafted by Spanish design company enPieza “as a tribute to a classic plastic design,” this limited-editionchandelieron display at the Science Museum is London is equally a testament to clever recycling — it’s made from 347 polystyrene Bic Cristal pens and 347 paperclips….Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images viadesignboomfrom H3AR architecture and design

Hugon Kowalski of Polish architecture firm H3AR does well in competitions; we loved his firm’s third place proposal for theNew London Bridge.Now he has created an “instant house” for a student competition in Milan.Designboomwrites that it is made from lightweight styrofoam concrete tubes coated in Titanium Dioxide to reduce air pollution, and that in five yea…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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TreeHugger lovesgreen walls–they are beautiful, environmental and good for nature and the world. Suddenly they are popping out all over in London.

The American storeAnthropologiejust opened and they have installed a 3 storey high, 1500 sq. ft. living wall made of 14,000 plants and 15 varieties. Designed byBioTecture, it is meant to represent a piece of plaid woven fabric.
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