A la recherche du ....Jay Shafer's 4sqm Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as Tiny House Co, Werner Asslinger's 7.25 square Loftcube and the horrible $35K dome home from Timberline timberline, elevation above which trees cannot grow. Its location is influenced by the various factors that determine temperature, including latitude, prevailing wind directions, and exposure to sunlight. geodesics are the main architectural features of Retrothing at www.retrothing.com--along with the beanbag bean·bag n. 1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games. 2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun. 3. for two, the Mathmos Space Projector, the tongue-endangering Pizza Fork/Cutter Thingy, a Marmite mar·mite n. 1. a. A large covered earthenware or metal cooking pot. b. A small covered earthenware casserole designed to hold an individual serving. 2. A petite marmite. jar, the challenging single digit led clock kit--and much, much more. This is the site for architects with a penchant for off the wall gadgets 'run by a team of renegade elves in Western Canada' who every month publish around 50 classic gizmos on this site. Actually it's a bloke called James Grahame. It's a site to make wrinklies sigh with nostalgia. Ah, Marmite. Ah the Mathmos larva larva, in zoology larva, independent, immature animal that undergoes a profound change, or metamorphosis, to assume the typical adult form. Larvae occur in almost all of the animal phyla; because most are tiny or microscopic, they are rarely seen. lamp. And there are a lot of useful links to a wide range of gadget types and possible nutty architecture. I tried 'Household and design' but got the Izek Sewing Machine Controlled by Game Boy. And then I tried the Make site. Nothing Shuttleworthy here, although there was a story on self-heating cans of latte. Sutherland Lyall is at sutherland.lyall@btinternet.com |
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