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The Biggest Sites In Social Publishing info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about), buzzfeed.com The goal for websites, more than ever, is to get content to go social. These are the ones who are succeeding. Update: More data added below. Image by Beck Diefenbach / Reuters One way to measure how well a website is doing is by the… http://flpbd.it/TZ1H5…
Handmade Desks, “Breathing Rooms,” And Gross Happiness: Take A Look Inside Etsy HQ fastcocreate.com Beyond just quirk, crafty marketplace Etsy offers employes a green (B Corp certified) place to work where happiness is measured and learning is encouraged (two words: therapeutic doodling). Seven years into its existence, the online handmade a… http://flpbd.it/39vka Related articles Crafty…
Tradesy Brings New Life To Your Closet By Helping You Sell It To Others By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com The secondhand fashion startup is streamlining the process of putting items up for sale to help you make more money in less time. Tradesy, an e-commerce mobile app and website that launches today, is attempting to take…
How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One) fastcocreate.com Freelancers share their best practices for being their own boss, and why you should so totally just do it. When talking to creative freelancers, there’s one phrase that’s often repeated: “I don’t mean to sound cheesy or cliché but…” What… http://flpbd.it/Mtogd…
Lidija Grozdanic, inhabitat.com Read the rest of Cocoon Tree: A Lightweight, Spherical Treehouse for Sustainable Living http://flpbd.it/dw1zk Cocoon Tree: A Lightweight, Spherical Treehouse for Sustainable Living Related articles Innovative Upcycling (creativefolkdesign.wordpress.com) Stilts: Inhabitat Monkeys Around in Sustainable Kenyan Treehouses (inhabitat.com) Cocoon Tree Tent (werd.com)
Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Bensonwood’s Unity Homes features four distinct home styles that are 2 to 4 bedrooms and range in size from 1,113 to 2,452 sq ft. The home styles are called the Tradd (a classic Tall Cape), Xyla (American Bungalow), Värm (Swedish… http://flpbd.it/xGx3f Related articles Sunmodo…
Super Tiny Whittled Down Caravan Home Comes with a Cat Observation Deck inhabitat.com We saw an array of amazing home-made things at this year’s Maker Faire NYC, but one of the most impressive by far was the Whittled Down Caravan, a super tiny home on wheels. Built from scratch on top of a 4’ x…
Shipping Container-Inspired Homebox is a Tiny, Movable 3-Story Vertical Home Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Han Slawik based his Homebox on the shipping container model for its transport capabilities, universal dimensions and usefulness. But at the same time, wear, repair and maintenance of steel materials is costly, not to mention… http://flpbd.it/cSdov Related articles Starbucks Opens Drive-Thru Made…
New Electric Touring Trike From Germany Very Speedy Nino Marchetti, earthtechling.com Electric bicycles are quite common these days. Electric trikes though? Not quite as much. It is a category though seeing some activity, such as the recently unveiled Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec which, quite frankly, looks to be an… http://flpbd.it/sqnfU Related articles Scuddy, the Electric Trike…
Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home Sami Grover Design / Green Architecture October 19, 2012, treehugger.com Next time you hear someone complaining about today’s youth, or moaning about a culture of entitlement, tell them the story of Austin Hay. We already posted one video of Austin Hay’s project to build a tiny house on…
Zendome: Gorgeous Geodesic Domes Create Flexible Spaces | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your electricity bill. But did you know that…
By Mark Frauenfelder, makezine.com This summer the folks who produce Dark Rye, the online magazine for Whole Foods Markets, came to my house in Los Angeles, and shot a video profile of my daughters and me working on different projects. We made a guitar out of a metal… http://flpbd.it/MGnTr Whole Food’s Dark Rye profiles MAKE…
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