
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Café America sightings...

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
More photos form Ctrl+Alt+Design!

Above is a chalkboard paint covered pig by Ladies & Gentlemen.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Opening night of Ctrl+Alt+Design...
Above is a handmade paper lamp shade by LiT. Below is a Tyvek bag by Meet Me Here. The following is a lighting installation by Brite Collective, Jason Neufeld's ceramics (on the pedestal), two clock designs by Stanley Ruiz, a standing lamp and chalkboard paint animals by Ladies & Gentlemen, and our Café America chair and Ty Recyclable Shower Curtain poking out from behind the crowd.
There was so much great work to see that we are definitely going back to spend a calm afternoon taking it all in. Big thanks to JOIN: Design Seattle for all hard work that went into making this show happen!
UPDATED 06/17/09: Here's a link to some great photos from opening night taken by Erik Johnson of Hankbuilt.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Ctrl+Alt+Design on Cool Hunting!!

UPDATED 06/16/09: Also see a nice post about the show in the Seattle Metropolitan magazine blog, Who What When, written by Laura Cassidy here.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Bellevue By Design

Bellevue By Design is a three-week, college prep/intensive exploration for local teens passionate about art, design, and architecture. Participants will engage in the public and private identity-building processes of their hometown. Through meetings with local artists and community stakeholders, guided field work, and studio art making, teens will have the opportunity to reshape their city with a rich (and unexpected) array of tools and information. A final presentation of the teens’ research, process, and design solutions will be publicly presented at Open Satellite or at a Bellevue partner organization.
To learn more about the program please contact Laura O'Quin at laura@opensatellite.org or 425.454.7355.
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Café America on Contemporist...

Grain presenting at GreenDrinks June 18th

The current Open Satellite exhibition is Vehicle by New York-based artist Seth Kinmont. It is an amazing installation of in-process electric cars and is not to be missed!
Friday, June 05, 2009
Bazaaro
Tomorrow, Saturday June 6th 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, my little brother/budding entrepreneur, Tyler, will be "manning the booth" with some of his friends from Woodward Middle School. Come by after the Farmers Market and check out all the local wares!
UPDATED 06/09/09: Below photo is of our "sales associates" working the booth.
Ty on the Mother Nature Network!

"Here’s a new PVC-alternative shower curtain that’s recently crossed my path and should appeal to those, dudes or not, looking to green-up their bathrooms: The Ty Recyclable Shower Curtain ($30) from Bainbridge Island, Washington-based, Rhode Island School of Design-founded sustainable design firm Grain. It’s made from HDPE, the petro-based but highly recyclable plastic found in shampoo bottles and the like. The Ty is, of course, PVC-free and doesn’t off-gas. It does breathe, slowing down the mold and mildew growing process and giving it a longer life. It's also ethically made in the U.S. and packaged minimally in recycled paper. In terms of design, there's not much to look at (only available in white) but I still (think it is) super cool.
Also available from Grain are two slightly more pricey but no less intriguing green items for the home: Café America ($600), an indoor/outdoor chair made from recycled chain link fencing and a bench ($500) made completely from scrap wood and clamps.
I’m looking forward to new developments from the folks at this brainy, grainy green design collective from the Pacific Northwest."
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Reminder: Ctrl+Alt+Design June 12th - July 12th

From Seattle, WA: Brite Collective, Heath Bultman, Dreamlets, Forty-Five-09, G.S. Gartrell, Grain, Greypants, Iacoli Mcallister, Jeff LaCoste, Meet Me Here, Ladies & Gentlemen, Paul Pitacitelli, Submaterial, Urbancase
From Milwaukee, WI: Misewell
Chelsea, MA: Timothy Liles
Providence, RI: Elisa Werbler
New York, NY: Andre Claire, Charles Constantine, Sallyann Corn, Martin Gloeckle, Joe Kent, Kiel Mead, Jason Neufeld, Stanley Ruiz
The opening is June 12th, 6:00-7:00pm (all ages), 7:00pm-Midnight (21+), at Ouch My Eye 1022 1st Avenue South in Seattle. Hope to see you all there!!
Blu in USA Today!

At $135 - $175 a square foot we think that you are going to be reading a lot more about Blu in the near future! Above is a rendering of their Blu Origin home design. Read the full article here.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
More Model Citizens...

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