Tag: Living With Less - Page 6
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Tiny Off-Grid Float Cabin Becomes Dream Retirement Home
For one couple, retirement means living way off-the-grid in a water-access-only floating cabin in the wilds of British Columbia.
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Small is Sexy: Lessons from European Cities
Australian architect on what he learned while travelling in Europe.
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Simple Sliding Doors Create a Transformer Apartment
Inspired by Japanese homes, this apartment uses very basic sliding doors to create multiple configurations.
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Buy Your Own (Official) Hobbit Hole
A small family business is selling replicas/interpretations of the homes made famous by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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A Place For Everything In The Tiny Shrine By Sigurd Larsen
It's like a little house for all your little stuff. It even has a secret room.
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We Love Tiny Houses and Apartments, But 16 Square Feet Is Just Too Small.
It is both a parody of the real estate business and a shocking exposé of Hong Kong Housing
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Naked Value. 6 Things Every Business Leader Needs to Know About Resources, Innovation & Competition (Book Review)
A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.
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Clever Desk Design Assembles In Seconds, is Held Together With Ratchet Straps
For people in a hurry and on a budget, ratchet straps are all the rage.
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Tiny, Rundown Attic Space Becomes Stunning Rooftop Apartment
This Barcelona apartment shows that a little vision can create luxury in the unlikeliest of spaces.
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Top Airline Executive Creates Tiny, "Treehouse" Home
A leading airline executive builds a tiny, rustic retreat with no electricity or running water.
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Seventies Back-to-the-Land Pioneer Explores the Tiny House Movement
A former shelter editor for the Whole Earth Catalog discusses the new wave of the tiny house movement.
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The Tiny House Movement Gets Its Own Documentary
A chance encounter with the Tiny House movement led one film maker to spend years in this "alternate universe". Now, she is telling her story.
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Hot or Not: Lamps Made Of OSB (Survey)
We love designs that use simple, basic materials. But can you be too simple and basic?
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How the Law Stops Us Sharing, And What We Can Do To Change It
The sharing economy is getting more and more attention, but laws drawn up for traditional business don't always adapt well to informal sharing or collaborative consumption.
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Graham Hill's Full-Size, Fold-Flat Thin Bike
TreeHugger founder Graham Hill doesn't own a lot of stuff, but what he does own is usually pretty cool. Like this lightweight, foldable "Thin Bike" he designed for small urban spaces.
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N1 Kitchen System Is Designed For Outdoors, But Would Look Good Anywhere
Kyle Thacker's design has some clever ideas for a folding portable kitchen. He should bring it inside.
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Corniche Pedestals are a Minimalist Shelving System
We have said that shelves aren't just for book anymore, but these might barely hold your e-books.
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Stunning Vietnamese Townhouse Is Only Ten Feet Wide
The terracotta tile walls give it a warmth and character, and it seems much larger than it is.
