Design Your Life

	'The Coolest Mobile Homes You�ve Ever Seen' 2010-01-21 16:32:55 When it comes to humble living accommodations, mobile homes are among the humblest. The modern incarnation of mobile living took off after WWII to accommodate returning soldiers and the baby boom. Today mobile home communities � also known as trailer parks � are generally considered undesirable and relegated to low-income sectors of the population. However, innovations in architecture are...

	'Will An Award-Winning Carafe Get Londoners Off The Bottle?' 2009-01-02 13:01:00 The tap water in London is among the best tasting and cleanest in the world. It is 500 times less expensive to drink than bottled water. It generates 300 times less carbon during its production process than bottled water. And of course, it doesn�t clog the UK�s landfills with those ever-present plastic water bottles. But despite this overwhelming amount of evidence in...

	'Calvin Klein Creates a Christmas Dollhouse' 2008-12-29 11:47:14 Every year around this time, tourists and locals flock to the streets of Manhattan for the ultimate in free entertainment � checking out the elaborate holiday window displays at NYC�s many upscale department stores and boutiques. And while one of this year�s top offerings can hardly be described as �Christmas-y� at all, it offers an incredible array of seasonal delights for fans of...

	'Election Style 2008' 2008-11-26 17:05:39 His Al Gore t-shirts caused a sensation � and raised a pile of money to fight global warming. Unfortunately, if you're looking for design superstar Marc Jacobs to provide a stylish souvenir of America's most historic presidential election�well, ever�you'll be looking in the wrong place. It's not that Mr. Jacobs doesn't have a pick � after all, the guy displays a...

	'Thinking Small � the Tiny House Trend' 2008-12-10 01:27:48 Since 1970, the average size of the American home has grown by 50% -- a trend exemplified by the so-called "McMansions" seen sprouting up in suburbs across the country. The more money people made, the bigger their houses grew, until this trend even spawned a counter-trend, in the form of Sarah Susanka's 1998 book on living smaller called "The Not So Big House." With...