David Thorne & elysian
I recently interviewed artist and cook David Thorne about an event space and occasional restaurant he’s running in Los Angeles: elysian. His background includes farming in Vermont and working with the famed Bread and Puppet Theater, as well as participating in the Whitney Independent Study program and producing very interesting work with his wife Julia Meltzer (among [...]
New Windowfarms!
Creating your own Windowfarm is about to get a whole lot easier. Last week, the cool Brooklyn-based organization that creates vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible indoor window gardens, succeeded in meeting their Kickstarter goal. Now they will be able to manufacture new Windowfarm systems that look great and are easier to use. The new [...]
MAKING
World AIDS Day, is December 1, 2011 and this year, it will be 20 years since the start of the red ribbon campaign. In the next two weeks at homes, cafes, subway cars, offices and institutions people will be coming together to MAKE the red ribbons with the updated version that includes a button. The [...]
Buenos Dias
Sometimes surf shops come with a certain cliqueish ‘tude that can feel unwelcoming for non-tribe members. When I visited Buenos Dias—a new surf, art and vintage clothing store—in Montauk this summer, I was ready for some Ditch Plains ‘tude but instead met the sweetest people. Yaan Pessino, the surfer, photographer and vintage clothing collector who [...]
Waiting for Waves
EndlessBummerNyDotCom from Todd Stewart on Vimeo. I love this moody short by the NYC crew at Endless Bummer.
Perhaps more fun than surfboarding, and more democratic?
George Greenough is a pioneer in surf photography. Always against existing conventions, he invented and developed other forms of surfing—kneeboarding and surf-matting, in the long-board reining 60′s.
Dumpster Design
New Jersey-based recycling and upcycling design studio, TerraCycle, recently renovated their offices using all sorts of trash. Walls were built from old bottles. Chairs were re-covered in Capri Sun pouches. And, yes, a ticking clock made from pregnancy tests. See more images and the full story here.
Surf Book Review
There are only a handful of non-fiction surf books that I’m excited about and Surf Survival, the Surfer’s Health Handbook by Andrew Nathanson, Clayton Everline and Mark Renneker is one of them. The canon of essential surf books has long been missing a comprehensive resource to cover the myriad of potential threats surfers deal with [...]
Motor on Mongol Rally
Like adventure? Love roughing it? Want to travel more than a third of the Earth’s surface at a frantic, manic, exciting pace? Then sign up for the Adventurist’s Mongol Rally race.
Shipbuilding
i can see why noah was so famous for building a boat with no nails or screws. jesus. i just moved into a new space in downtown LA. I miss new york – i never read here because there’s no subway and unless i get a job as a taxi driver i’m not going to [...]
Wood is Good
The beauty of natural, sustainable wood surfboards have propelled Grain Surfboards to the forefront of a growing market. The company is committed to building and riding hollow wooden surfboards. They also offer kits for the DIY crowd (my 10′ Waterlog is nearing completion!)
Barefoot on Grass
I just came across this via Inhabitat (so those of you who are all “up-to-the-minute” on the internet are rolling your eyes) — but what a perfect thing. If only they could somehow make one with that great Playa Guiones sand; those of us in NYC could pretend we were back by the Harmony Hotel’s [...]
Spin for Your Life
Lloyd Godson won Australian Geographic’s “Live Your Dream” prize and launched the BioSUB project with the money. The sub is powered by surface level solar panels. He generates his air by pedaling a bicycle — think about that in your spin class — while plants gobble up the CO2 he and the photographer make. Lloyd, [...]
The Site
There are other pics (including overheads, I think) on the site. The corn has long been harvested and now the project is all about finding green solutions for the land.
Not a Cornfield!
So, when I got to LA this time I rang up my friend, artist Lauren Bon and said “Let’s catch up! What are you up to?” Lauren sent me a link to Not a Cornfield. Lauren has embarked on a project that is part earth sculpture, part experiment and part urban healing. 32 acres of [...]
Valentines and Doing-It-Yourself
A woman named Marian Bantjes hand-drew over 150 valentines for her friends. Who needs Hallmark’s when you’ve got yourself?
