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...they are either as feted (or as fetid) as they believe mainstream journalists to be. And as seriously as they seemed to take the conference, they don't take themselves as seriously as mainstream journalists do, either. On the conference's last day, someone brought an industrial roll of aluminum foil and dozens of attendees spent the afternoon walking around in elaborate tin-foil hats. If Judy Miller of the New York Times had thought to pack along a similar prop when she was embedded in Iraq - or practiced a similar sort of skepticism about her sources and her reporterly...
When thirteen tons of aluminum and steel have demanded a push, the type that higher powers never had in mind when they designed human bodies and charter buses, ordinary motorists have been known to get angry. Peter Brand, head coach of the Harvard men’s and women’s fencing teams, was getting there on February 12, the morning of the Ivy League tournament at Columbia. He took one last look through his bus window at the worst New York City snowstorm on record, a blizzard that dropped 26.9 inches of snow on Central Park, and grabbed...
...popular introduction at the ICFF, for example, came from renowned product designer Yves Behar, who was hired by a small, San Francisco-- based company called Fleurville to create a cool high chair. The result is the Calla chair, a pistil-shape foam-and-aluminum piece that will retail for a cool $925 and, like the Bugaboo, will come in customized colors. Similarly, Philippe Starck has applied his eye to strollers, portable high chairs and diaper bags for McLaren, the popular British stroller brand. Designers like David Netto have found their niche giving such nursery staples as cribs and changing tables...
Companies are less likely to recycle electronics than other waste, even though computers make dreadful trash. A desktop computer contains nearly 40 lbs. of plastic, lead, aluminum and iron, along with small amounts of arsenic, mercury, zinc and gold, and environmentalists are worried that the metals will leach into soil and water. But without national standards, some recyclers play fast and loose with the term. Some just shred waste. Others ship it overseas to China, Vietnam or India...
Fiber Optics Steel Tongue chair with sustainable aluminum shell, by Bannavis Andrew Sribyatta, $1,800 (projectimportexport.com) recycled aluminum Bark candlesticks, two for $159 (vivaterra.com) FLOR Heartfelt recyclable modular tile, made of natural face fibers, wool and the African plant kenaf, $14.99 (interfaceflor.com) Opposite page: Fresh Fat bowl by Tom Dixon, woven with eco-friendly Provista plastic, $565 (propertyfurniture.com) cardboard BeeBoard desk by Piet Boon for Design Within Reach, $678 (dwr.com...