Tag Archives: custom design

Slow Design: A Quick Primer

Posted on September 19, 2009 by ecoDomestica

Lately, I’ve been really intrigued by Slow Design, which is a cousin of the Slow Food, traditional skills, and voluntary simplicity movements, and the Zen Buddhist concept of wabi-sabi. The published Slow Design Principles (Strauss and Fuad-Luke, see www.slowlab.net) are … Continue reading →

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How To: Upcycle Dated ‘Art’ into a Corkboard

Posted on July 26, 2009 by ecoDomestica

Lately, I’ve been inspired by cork. Why, you may ask? Well, I found a huge, huge stash of wine corks at the fabulous ReUse Centre run by the City of Edmonton. Nearly half of them were those horrible plastic-and-foam abominations … Continue reading →

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How To: Make Upcycled Pendant Lamps

Posted on April 19, 2009 by ecoDomestica

I’m excited to have recently added handmade pendant lamps created from upcycled materials to my portfolio. (Most materials are “downcycled”, degrading in quality and value, as they are recycled into new products – an oft-cited example of downcycling is the … Continue reading →

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