2663 Urban Tumbleweeds — An MSLK Art Installation
At MSLK we’ve been thinking a lot about sustainable design and what we can do – both as designers and as a studio – to make this world a better...
The Lettuce Isn’t The Only Thing That’s Green
This past Sunday, The New York Times ran an article entitled, "Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler" about the environmental impact of America's mass consumption meat industry. Some of the green statistics are...
Sustainable Social Swiss Design
These belt buckles are made out of old bike license plates. They are part of an amazing collection of wearable and home accessories made by long-term unemployed persons. The Social...
Macabre Beauty
While doing some research on sustainability, I came across Chris Jordan’s amazing photographic art. His work is both appealing and alarming. Unsparingly depicting American’s mass consumption, his imagery portrays the...
Better Than a Brown Bag
If I were six years-old, you can bet that I would be rocking this lunch bag at school. And though I don't personally know anyone between the ages of four...
Repurposing Styrofoam
A while back Apple sent me new laptop. I hung onto the Styrofoam sheets in the box because I loved the circle pattern. Today I was cleaning and about to...
One Man’s Trash
On may way home from work yesterday, I found this beauty sitting in the trash! And since dumpster diving is a hot industry in Brooklyn, there was no time to...
Hey Rockefellers, Make an Eco-friendly, Fake Tree
Have you heard of the term "greenwashing"? That's what Rockefeller center has been doing with the media. I'm seriously sick of hearing about how the Rockefeller center Christmas tree went...