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curbly flickr group
By catinajanefor fans of this site and to further the pool of visual experience
i started a curbly fan group on flickr for posting all your photos
and sharing thoughts and projects..
you won me over quickly curbly!!
go join , if you like!!
Thinking Outside of the Shipping Container
By gregoryjohnson Okay, so some people are in love with shipping containers. They're colorful. They're stackable. They look like big LEGOs. But now these "container huggers" have gone too far! They are living in them, stacking them up, and building cities of shipping containers! See for yourself, if you dare... www.ContainerCity.com. Warning: The preceding website contains graphic urban images of colorful shipping containers.
FLATTER
By designspotterA swarm of silver butterflies creates a fairytale-like atmosphere. FLATTER reflects light in a colourful and playful way on a white surface and thus artfully displays accessories such as handbags and jewelleries. The combination of stainless steel and its illuminative back gives the Display its unique charism. The Accessory-Display is designed in 2 different sizes and available in 3 other illuminative colours such as orange, green and blue.
Design » READ MORE
Big News About Micro Compact Homes (m-ch)
By gregoryjohnson The Swiss bank UBS are using the micro compact home for the launch of «wohnen hoch drei», a new advisory event series on the topic of 'house and garden'. Read more here.
Happy Belated World Usability Day!
By brunoDon't know how we missed this, but Monday was World Usability Day
Do You Know the Password?
By brunoNo. (Sorry, obscure reference to a book in which the protagonist is trying to hack into a computer, tries eleven-thousand combinations, and then out of frustration realizes that the password is 'No').
Anyway, you know how combination locks are infuriating because you never remember the combination? Well, this word-based combination lock from Staples looks a lot more promising. And since the stuff you keep behind a combo-lock is never that import » READ MORE
Hiya
By ckilgore
Hey there curbly-ites. Curblers? Curbly-ians? You people ...
I wanted to slap something up to share my other website that people may like - Christy's Modern Links.
If you like modernist accessories, design, etc. you may want to give it a browse.
The Look of the 50s
By brunoIf retro/modern is your thing, you should definitely check out this video: "The American Look: A Tribute to the Men and Women, Who Design".
via Paper Lily
Start Seeing Art
By benmooreJohn Alspach of Shiny Robot and Rosalux helps me understand what makes a "found object" become art, and how to starting seeing it.
So John, what is your artistic specialty?
Turning garbage into gold!
You mentioned to me that you have a DIY approach to art. Please explain.
I dropped my college art major because I felt I could do more on my own. I've been doing it more or less ever since. You don't need to be initiated into the mysteries of the a » READ MORE
Amy Rice Answers 5 Questions
By benmooreWhen I saw Amy Rice's interview on MoCo Loco, and that she was from Minneapolis, I knew I had to invite her to Curbly! She was kind enough to accept.
And with all the discussion on Curbly about how to get great art into your home, it only seemed appropriate to ask an expert.

Here are a few random questions for our fellow Curblier, Amy Rice:
What place in Minneapolis that inspires you most?
The Spectrum ArtWorks Studio located in the Phillips neig » READ MORE
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