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What happens when old building are renovated with newer, safer fixtures? A New England collector-turned-artist recycles them into art.
New Hampshire resident David Random has been collecting antique mechanical and architectural parts for years. He loved the shape, detail and utility of typically-ignored fixtures like heating grates, lawn fixtures and kitchen utensils. After a while, he started to notice the some of these items almost seemed like they were meant to be joined together in artistic way.
Read more and see pictures of Random's sculptures: http://ow.ly/4SkXDWhat happens when old building are renovated with newer, safer fixtures? A New England... more
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As part of its ongoing expansion, has the People's Liberation Army signed up Goose and Maverick? Chinese bloggers are accusing state broadcaster CCTV of using repurposed footage from the 1986 film Top Gun for a story on a recent air force drill. "Ministry of Tofu" explains:
In the newscast, the way a target was hit by the air-to-air missile fired by a J-10 fighter aircraft and exploded looks almost identical to a cinema scene from the Hollywood film Top Gun.
A net user who went by the name “??” (Liu Yi) pointed out that the jet that the J-10 “hit” is an F-5, a US fighter jet. In Top Gun, what the leading actor Tom Cruise pilots an F-14 to bring down is exactly an F-5. Looking at the screenshots juxtaposition, one cannot fail to find that even flame, smoke and the way the splinters fly look the same.
Assuming the above screen shots are genuine, the rip-off seems pretty clear. In related news, CCTV recently aired footage of the Chinese Olympic volleyball team at their secret training facility.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/27/did_chinese_tv_pass_off_top_gun_footage_as_a_military_drillAs part of its ongoing expansion, has the People's Liberation Army signed up... more
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Artists use whatever tools or media they have at their disposal to create. Skater and artist Haroshi uses old skateboard decks. Haroshi spent years skating and, over time, collected a room full of boards he had used, each with special meaning to him. Not wanting to toss out these memories, the skater/artist decided to repurpose them as artwork.
Read more: http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=450Artists use whatever tools or media they have at their disposal to create. Skater and... more
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This is a very different and exotic t-shirt that’s also eco-friendly. A reused t-shirt done by Stay Vocal. Great thing to keep up with our motto of reduce reuse recycle!
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Good office space can be hard to come by, and even then it doesn’t come cheap. Orange County printing company MVP found a creative, affordable and convenient alternative – they turned part of an industrial warehouse into office space. Of course, being a warehouse, it wasn’t equipped with fancy things like private offices, climate control, and break rooms. MVP’s solution? They grouped ten 20-foot shipping containers inside the warehouse to serve as offices.
http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=332Good office space can be hard to come by, and even then it doesn’t come cheap.... more
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The New York Times reports that about 10 percent of electricity generated in the United States comes from fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, mostly Russian. 'It's a great, easy source' of fuel, said Marina V. Alekseyenkova, an analyst at Renaissance Bank and an expert in the Russian nuclear industry that has profited from the arrangement since the end of the cold war. But if more diluted weapons-grade uranium isn't secured soon, the pipeline could run dry, with ramifications for consumers, as well as some American utilities and their Russian suppliers.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/business/energy-environment/10nukes.htmlThe New York Times reports that about 10 percent of electricity generated in the... more
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Last spring, Manon Slome was walking down a street in New York City when she noticed something odd: "Store after store was closed. When stores are empty it's like, 'What's going on?' It was a feeling of siege."
Plenty of people in America could make the same observation. Nationwide, 10% of shopping center stores sit empty, according to the real-estate analytics firm Reis. That's the highest percentage of vacancies since 1992 — what you get when you mix a bad recession with a commercial real estate bust (thanks to years of overzealous building).
(See pictures of Americans in their homes.)
Slome is now among the people doing something about it. After her springtime walk, the museum curator started contacting building owners, suggesting they let her use their empty space for art exhibitions. She landed her first storefront in June: a former tackle shop was soon home to photographs, paintings and videos on the bad economy and — in homage to the space's former use — fishing. Says Slome: "It's art coming in to fill the vacuum."
The repurposing doesn't stop there. Around the country, property owners and managers are trying out new uses for empty stores. Spaces that used to house Radio Shacks and Linens 'N Things now serve as libraries, auction houses, TV studios, even block-long billboards to advertise other stores and brands.
Such endeavors are not going to solve the retail real estate glut. Only a realignment of supply and demand for long-term leases will do that. But in the short-term, getting creative with commercial space keeps storefronts filled, which helps keep properties secure and community spirit intact, and may even bring in a little money for would-be landlords to offset costs like utilities, taxes and maintenance.
...More...Last spring, Manon Slome was walking down a street in New York City when she noticed... more
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In the grand tradition of Jeff Foxworthy, here's a list of tell-tale signs that you might in fact be living the life of a greenie -- hopefully, you'll get a few chuckles out of it. If you can think of one or two additional ideas to add, feel free to do so!In the grand tradition of Jeff Foxworthy, here's a list of tell-tale signs that... more
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If you're a greenie, you probably already have a "thing" for recycling and can get preeeee-tty creative with empty cans and plastic bottles.
In spite of your imaginative repurposing skills, something tells me that you never considered doing what artist Jan Fabre has done for YEARS with beetles.
Talk about being a feast for the eyes....If you're a greenie, you probably already have a "thing" for recycling... more
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"One man's trash is another man's treasure." For an artist, those words ring very true and can become the foundation for an extraordinary and prolific eco-art career."One man's trash is another man's treasure." For an artist, those... more
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