Visionary State

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05
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How do we manage the landscapes we live in to sustain not only ourselves but the native species that live there, too? Tropical forests can boost the coffers of nearby coffee plantations. Forest-dwelling bees cross-pollinate nearby bushes, raising coffee yields by up to 20% and farm incomes by up to 7%. “Ecosystem conservation can benefit biodiversity and people,” says Taylor Ricketts Gund Institute Director. When the plants were further away from the forest, bees had little effect on the coffee yield. “This shows that it’s no good siting conservation areas away from people,” says Ricketts. For farmers to benefit, the forests must be close by.

How do we manage the landscapes we live in to sustain not only ourselves but the native species that live there, too?

Tropical forests can boost the coffers of nearby coffee plantations. Forest-dwelling bees cross-pollinate nearby bushes, raising coffee yields by up to 20% and farm incomes by up to 7%.

“Ecosystem conservation can benefit biodiversity and people,” says Taylor Ricketts Gund Institute Director.

When the plants were further away from the forest, bees had little effect on the coffee yield. “This shows that it’s no good siting conservation areas away from people,” says Ricketts. For farmers to benefit, the forests must be close by.

(Source: nature.com)

05
25
The goal of a Landscape Architect is to create memorable spaces. Note: a triangular-shaped courtyard Note: surrounded by colorful, health food cafes and organic retailers (via Neal’s Yard: Colorful London Icon | Land8 Blog)

The goal of a Landscape Architect is to create memorable spaces.

Note: a triangular-shaped courtyard

Note: surrounded by colorful, health food cafes and organic retailers

(via Neal’s Yard: Colorful London Icon | Land8 Blog)

05
24

Bruce Mau speaks to Harvard Graduate School of Design class of 2012 | Harvard Magazine

He trusted a strong undefined pull to create, to build something new and completely unknown: “a life against violence. A life of beauty and ideas and books and art.”

05
24
Blurred iPhone images field stripes (by HEY JO! design)

Blurred iPhone images

field stripes (by HEY JO! design)

05
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(via For Me, For You)
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24
I don’t know how I feel about this. Is this an expanded concept of art? Design You Trust. Worlds Most Famous Social Inspiration. - Part 2 (by Kelli Jo.)

I don’t know how I feel about this. Is this an expanded concept of art?

Design You Trust. Worlds Most Famous Social Inspiration. - Part 2 (by Kelli Jo.)

05
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(via OLD BRAND NEW)
05
24

"Life truly begins at the end of your comfort zone."

05
23

2D…LiFE

I am increasingly feeling the responsibility to draw draw draw. Seeing the way 2 dimensional painting and drawings translate into actual spaces, sometime identically in the case of architect Michael Graves and fashion designer Katie Gallagher, is fascinating to me: The amount of thought and time put into a single drawing can inform a totally new reality when all is said and done. My dusty, predominantly blank sketch book at the moment is looking very attractive after a too-long while of distraction and neglect. I admit this and accept my vulnerability, only to relive the past by reclaiming the future.

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Rooftop garden at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa

Rooftop garden at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa

05
16

Less but better, the aim of the future starting now

05
16
The 10 commandments Dieter Rams began to formulate his ideas about design in the early 1970s. His formal set of rules first appeared around 1975 and 10 years later became his 10 Principles for Good Design: Good design is innovative Good design makes a product useful Good design is aesthetic Good design helps us to understand a product Good design is unobtrusive Good design is honest Good design is durable Good design is thorough to the last detail Good design is concerned with the environment Good design is as little design as possible

The 10 commandments

Dieter Rams began to formulate his ideas about design in the early 1970s. His formal set of rules first appeared around 1975 and 10 years later became his 10 Principles for Good Design:

  • Good design is innovative
  • Good design makes a product useful
  • Good design is aesthetic
  • Good design helps us to understand a product
  • Good design is unobtrusive
  • Good design is honest
  • Good design is durable
  • Good design is thorough to the last detail
  • Good design is concerned with the environment
  • Good design is as little design as possible

05
12
A Real Cathedral

A Real Cathedral

(Source: vaacuum)

05
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Today, he says, more than 1,200 villages have built more than 10,000 rainwater harvesting structures over an area larger than the state of Delaware. Seven rivers that were dry most of the year are now flowing year-round. Farmers are back, there’s plenty of food, and Rajendra Singh is the best-known figure in what’s become a national grassroots rainwater harvesting movement. (via Facing water shortages, Indian farmers dig in | Marketplace from American Public Media)

Today, he says, more than 1,200 villages have built more than 10,000 rainwater harvesting structures over an area larger than the state of Delaware. Seven rivers that were dry most of the year are now flowing year-round. Farmers are back, there’s plenty of food, and Rajendra Singh is the best-known figure in what’s become a national grassroots rainwater harvesting movement. (via Facing water shortages, Indian farmers dig in | Marketplace from American Public Media)