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modern design

Changing the Joneses

June 24, 2008

Keeping up with the Joneses is a saying that originated in a comic from the early 1900′s, or at least that’s what Wikipedia would have me believe (just confirmed by Toonopedia). The Joneses are the unseen neighbors in the comic and are often referred to with some degree of envy by the strip’s main characters. [...]

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100K House Project Updated Plans

January 8, 2008

In case you haven’t seen the new plans for the 100K House project here are a few links: Flickr Slideshow Project Page 100K House Blog Post Our architect, Interface Studio Architects (ISA), is finalizing the last changes we made in the last design meeting and should have them ready soon. We are going to open [...]

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Extending the Imagination of Architecture in Philly

December 6, 2007

There is one company in Philly that most locals know have paved the way for modern and green development in downtown Philadelphia. The company is Onion Flats and I have not been to their website in a while so decided to catch up on their projects this morning. If you’ve somehow never heard of them [...]

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Blog Action Day via FHN

November 14, 2007

Apparently I missed out on Blog Action Day last month. Check it out for some good posts related to impacting the environment from some of the most popular blogs on the net. Since I missed it I will share one of the posts that I really liked from one of the blogs I monitor – [...]

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Barcelona Pics

November 7, 2007

Here are some pics from my recent trip to Barcelona of some cool, modern design elements that caught my eye. I didn’t get to spend as much time exploring as I’d have liked as I was on business but it was still a lot of fun. I love exploring the modern cities of Europe as [...]

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"The Remodern Movement" – Are we reaching a tipping point?

September 10, 2007

Greg La Vardera had a great post last week on his LamiDesign Modern House Plan Blog about whether or not modern home design is reaching the tipping point of breaking into the mainstream of American housing. Greg observes that over the past few years we have seen a surge in modern design publications like dwell, [...]

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