Architect Craig Steely has partnered with Jeepney Projects Worldwide to conceive of and design an Ecolodge in Mindanao. His vision includes these beautiful prefabricated ecopods…
The Nendo Bird Apartment is a an unusual treehouse designed by Japanese design firm Nendo for the Ando Momofuku Center, a facility devoted to promoting and increasing access to nature activities. The facility is located in a forest in Komoro City in Japan’s mountainous Nagano Prefecture. Nendo’s treehouse is designed to be collective housing for many birds and one person. (more…)
Neoshed, who makes prefab garden sheds in various sizes also makes handcrafted birdhouses and bird feeders based on those very sheds. If they sound familiar, I wrote about them in 2008, but at that time the birdhouses and bird feeders were still in the prototype phase. (more…)
Designer Monique Engelund designed this stunning bird house and feeder for Menu, inspired by the famous 1929 Barcelona Pavilion, designed by the legendary German architect Mies van der Rohe. (more…)
Freelance shoe designer Kobi Levi turns shoes into art for the feet. My favorites of his many impressive designs are his interpretations of birds into fine leather footwear for women. The high-heeled shoes are imaginative and yet, attractive. Each piece is hand-made in his studio. (more…)
Game heads, birds, fish, other animals and fire are just a few of the subjects of Shawn Smith's contemporary artwork. But unlike the many artists…
Metal sculptor Joseph Papendick creates beautiful outdoor birdhouses and bird feeders. The collections I’m sharing with you here are his modernist and cubist designs. Made of steel and treated with primer and 2 coats of bright and beautiful enamel colors, they are available in the colors shown or any color combinations you’d like. (more…)
There's only a few more days to visit this amazing art exhibit/installation at the San Francisco Electric Works gallery. Borderland Birds, works on paper by…
David Montgomery, an artist who studied landscape painting and sculpture in college, has had a varied artisan career. He's created scenery, design models and props…
Neoshed makes architecturally stunning prefab sheds for use as an office or pool house or whatever you'd like. Equally attractive are their birdhouses and bird…
