What We’re Reading on the Web

As usual, we’ve read the Internet cover-to-cover and rounded up some of the most interesting reads out there for your perusal. Enjoy!

It’s always fun when the rest of the CDFL team gets in on the web surfing, and lucky for our dear readers, two team members passed along links this week. The first is an article on an unusual construction resource and is from the mouse of intern architect Kwayera Franklin. Take it away, K!

This kind of innovation comes about in times of scarcity, and it speaks to the possibility of how simple ideas and materials can fulfill a variety of needs. This, to me, is reminiscent of the work of Sam Mockbee in his Alabama Rural Studio. Practical, yet aesthetic in its own right, the use of shopping palettes as a building material invokes ideas of sustainability, economy, and minimalism that teaches a lesson about the true meaning of green design.

Architect Colby Dearman, recent graduate of Leadership Greater Jackson (yay!) shared this link on 10 Trends Taking Over the Design World in 2015.

If you’re impressed by urban landscaping or a fan of Brooklyn’s High Line, get a load of this: Rotterdam-based firm MVRDV has developed a plan for a Seoul sky garden that is beyond anything else of its kind. Amazing!

It’s well documented fact that designers love coffee and a well-composed picture, so it is with that in mind I present our new favorite Instagram account: Coffee Cups of the World. [via]