The other day in Central Park, I saw I guy lying in a hammock under the sweeping branch of an ancient tree. Nearby was heavy-duty dolly that he’d used to haul a hammock stand to the beautiful spot.
It got me thinking about personal rigs people devise for getting OUT unfettered by any ideas of embarrassment or propriety.
Annals of Bad Design: Swing Day Bed + Wilcox’s GREAT Swing Chair
Years ago, we clipped this image from a design blog thinking: How lovely that looks, in its minimalist setting. Then we imagined lying on a swinging bed hung in a nook so near to a wall and could feel how jarring it would be if/when the suspended bed actually hit the wall. Much better it be…
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Over the last three years, an anonymous artist has wandered around the streets of New York City finding random pieces of urban infrastructure, from trash to fire hydrants to street lights and parking signs, and turning them into something useful. The 23 “interventions” are inspiring because they are great examples of innovative thinking about everyday…
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