You’re in for a thrill. A low rise building in a dead end street in Greenpoint Brooklyn, a staircase, a rooftop … and here lies the whole of the Manhattan skyline in front of you. The setting is as unexpected as spectacular. You won’t find the usual cocktail bar or Zen gardens on that rooftop [...]
Worldwide city design tour for the other 90%: a topical exhibition at the U.N.
20 December 2011 - posté par Clémence
This is not a slum. Appearances have changed in the favela of Praça Cantão in Rio de Janeiro since artists engaged community members to paint the building exteriors in their neighborhood, calling international media attention to their need for improvement. Obviously the initiative was successful considering that it has become the exhibition poster for the [...]
Mast Brothers: Brooklyn Grand Cru organic chocolate sets off to Paris
19 October 2011 - posté par Clémence
The landmark Brooklyn institution is embarking on a new journey: Paris will be the new destination for this chocolate “Grand Cru”. No doubt it will win the taste of those French people so well versed in gourmet food, like it did with the White House. Seduced by its original flavor, we followed the chocolate track [...]
EKYOG: a little taste of things to come this fall…
17 June 2011 - posté par Julie
Fall, whaaaat ?!! Summer has not yet sprung and here we are, daring to mention the word Fall?! No fear readers ! Rest assured, we are of course totally hyped about the impending summer holidays, which organic sun cream to pack, how to offset carbon emissions from our travels, which eco-destination to go for etc, [...]
Interview of Sass Brown : sustainable fashion, luxury and sustainable development… the author of Eco Fashion tells you everything!
9 February 2011 - posté par Julie
We’ve already talked about Sass Brown here, at the occasion of the publication of her book « Eco Fashion », which has become our new bedtime reading on this topic… Lucky us! We met her recently and were able to ask her our questions. A very nice and interesting chat! And here is the video, just for [...]