3:16 am in artists, arts, bees, birds, Cattle, crafts, Culture & Celebrity, Design & Architecture, designers, exhibits, materials, rivers, science, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger
Photo Credit: Gerard Moliné
When I entered the
Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery space, made up of thick earthy colours and rough textures. I wasn't sure what exactly I was looking at until
Gerard Moliné himself told me the story of how, when he was 7 years old in his village in the Catalan country side, he placed
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3:32 am in 100 mile diet, agriculture, awards, birds, Design & Architecture, eggs, food, Food & Health, food miles, local food, organic agriculture, spain by TreeHugger
Image Credit: Lluís Serra Pla
In and around Barcelona
slow food and local delicatessen have become quite the thing lately. Projects like the slow food
restaurant Fastvínic or
the happy pig farm Finca del Saüc are popping up like mushrooms. Via the blog
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2:55 am in concepts & prototypes, dematerialization, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, furniture, interiors, less is more, living room, small spaces, spain, tables by TreeHugger
Photo Credit: Daniel Gantes.
This designer from
Valencia in Spain believes that even if you have little money and/or space, a dinner for two should always be possible on a decent table.
Daniel Gantes designed
La Cool Vie Bohème so that couples with a minimum wage can still have a romantic dinner....
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3:18 am in appropriate technology, compact fluorescent light bulbs, cool but ugly, decorating, Design & Architecture, energy efficiency, incandescent bulbs, interiors, LED, lighting, Science & Technology, spain, Take Action by TreeHugger
Photo: Petz Scholtus
On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume.
According to Wikipedia, the interior is the longest nave in Spain, and is lavishly decorated, with a large quantity of gold evident. Also evident are the
CFLs propped upon time-honoured lighting fixtures......
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8:00 am in arts, barcelona, Culture & Celebrity, gardening, photography, spain by TreeHugger
Images: Courtesy of The Plant Journal.
A story on New Yorker's stubbornness to grow in the least traditional spaces, a special report on how to take care of a
Staghorn Fern, and a tale of a trip to a mysterious nursery in Buenos Aires are some of the articles that you'll find at
The Plant Journal: a new magazine coming from Barcelona that hopes to explore the bonds of creative people with plants.
One of its founding editors, Cristina Merino, spoke with TreeHugger about the endeavor an...
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4:05 pm in agriculture, alternative energy, animals, biomass, Business & Politics, Cattle, farming, food, Food & Health, organic agriculture, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger
Image Credit:
Ecosalgot
If
shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not
pigs? For all the
weekday vegetarians and
omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plen...
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5:31 am in contests, economics, ethical, finances, games, gifts, Interact, kids, spain, Take Action by TreeHugger
Unlike Monopoly, where the goal is to buy more and more houses, hotels and entire streets, in
Ethica, the best family and best bank wins. The best are those groups who obtain the most points in 3 sectors: the financial, social and environmental one. Ethica is the ethical finance board game designed by
Barcelonya in Spain. So gather 6 or more players and roll the dice!...
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Tags: education
9:44 am in 100 mile diet, bathroom, composting, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, energy efficiency, food, Food & Health, food miles, green building, interiors, leed, local food, materials, recycled building materials, restaurant, shelving, spain, storage, toilets by TreeHugger
Image Credit: Fastvínic
The other day I had a delicious
local sandwich in the fabulous new space
Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where
fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the menu? Sandwiches. What's around you? Beautiful <...
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9:56 am in bedroom, designers, living with less, spain by TreeHugger
Photos credit
Alfonso Herranz with permission from
kawamura-ganjavian
Bucky Fuller used to practice Dymaxion Sleeping, where he claimed that he only slept 30 minutes every six hours. He had to give it up, according to
Wikipedia, " because his schedule conflicted with that of his business associates, who insisted on sleeping like other men." Perhaps he should have designed something like the
Ostrich from Spanish Architects
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It seems there is not shortage anymore of books covering eco products and sustainable architecture but when it comes to graphic design related to sustainability, this is the first book of its kind that I have come across. The cover of the book 
