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...Kala,” is an ode to modern originality. Each song is a tenuous marriage of world sounds—Baile Funk, hip hop, rock, and many more. To some, these tracks may sound like no more than an amalgamation of other people’s prefab music. What M.I.A. creates, however, isn’t simply an amalgamation or a composite; it’s synthesis, and a personal kind of synthesis at that. It’s innovative music. You might not be as familiar with Santogold, née Santi White. A former punk band singer...
...conventional publishers in the past, but as a small business, she didn't want to wait years to accommodate publishing's long lead times. "I thought, This is the book we've been wanting to do," she says. She spent two months pulling together the content to create Prefab Green--100 glossy pages of text, color photos and detailed floor plans--sent it off as an electronic file and had a stack of hardcovers to give to clients in less than two weeks...
Conventional book publishing, of course, has marketing and distribution muscle that no self-publisher can match, and Kaufmann hasn't ruled it out. In the meantime, a replica of her "Glidehouse" remains on display at the National Building Museum in Washington. On sale at the museum's bookstore: Prefab Green...
...surprisingly, San Francisco's new bank appeals first to customers who have already earned their green credentials. "We want to be working with people who have similar ideals," says Michelle Kaufmann, an architect known for her stylish prefab homes made from environmentally sound materials...
...architecture firm Marmol Radziner in Los Angeles, sustainable prefab homes are on the rise, and while the factory-produced modules are made of recycled steel frames and covered with environmentally sound paints, the custom layouts bring nature and the landscape into the home, and interiors are made of wood and stone with all of their natural blemishes. "We spend most of our days in front of a computer screen. What you do touch you want to be as authentic and least processed as possible," says design principal Ron Radziner...