choose & vote

Will you vote for this design →

 

(designer: Matthew Dollinger)

Or this ↓

(designer: Kazumi Tanimura & Miyuki Habiro)

It is very difficult to choose from 10 equally beautiful designs already announced by the Bombay Sapphire as part of its 2008 Designer Glass Competition as top 10 US finalists.

It is time now for the People’s Prize Award.

Bombay Sapphire now invites YOU to vote online for this prize and choose your favourite glass.

Go here to view all the 10 finalists’ designs and vote.

Voting is on from April 28 to May 26, 2008.

The  US People’s prize winner will be announced on their Web site on June 5, 2008.

show, mix-d and don’t miss

mixd is a new online-shop and a platform for designers. It will introduce every two months a new designer and a new collection.

Designer: Kaat Pype @ mixd

Show your designs, become a mixd designer if you are young and creative. Mail them here.

And don’t miss collection of interior accessories, design objects, wall art, photography, graphic design, jewellery design, et all @ mixd.

keep your house clean boxes

Young Belgian designer Kaat Pype is the first designer to show her witty and interesting collection @ mixd. I am tempted to name her collection ‘out of box - in the box’!

the Grass that binds - Vetiver

I call Vetiver grass the eco steel! 

The roots of Vetiver grass have strength of 1/6 of mild steel.

Something as simple as grass and what could be the count of applications and environmental solutions it offers - somewhere around 10,000!! (see some here)

No, I am not joking or exaggerating!

I came to know about this wonderful grass when I did this post.

And there is some great news →

The first ever National Workshop on the ‘Vetiver System for Environmental Protection and Natural Disaster Management’ is going to be held from 21^st to 23^rd February 2008 at Cochin, Kerala, India. Overseas participants are welcome.

This workshop provides the means for low cost and immediate action using a proven and tested technology. It is of great importance for people who are looking to remedy many land and water resource problems relating to climate change, resource degradation and pollution.

Please check all the details about workshop here.

urban landscaping with vetiver (floating) in China

It is organized by The Vetiver Network International and India Vetiver Network.

handicrafts from vetiver made in Venezuela

Images via Vetiver Network International.

craftworm

I love doing a lot of crafts. I call myself a simple craftisan. So there is going to be a regular column-post in my sidebar

CraftWorm

strating from today. I will be featuring near & crafty ones, my own DIY and crafts and other simple DIY.

Today is a simple tie & dye DIY project.

Click on the image to go to the site.