Google furthered its quest to build an alternative energy infrastructure this week with a $168 million investment in a massive California solar farm. Google announced this week that it has committed $168 million in funding for what will be the world’s largest solar power tower plant, which is currently being built in California’€™s Mojave Desert. The massive alternative energy project, spearheaded by BrightSource Energy, will reportedly generate 392 grow megawatts of clean energy, enough to power 140,000…

Since everyone around kept commenting about the show “Mad Men” and it happened to be on Netflix I decided to give it a try. I spend most of my time skipping around to the furniture in his office and drooling. Also, I appreciate the suits and fedoras; I’ll always love that classic big city style. It’s incredibly formal yet so casual…Inspired, I took a break from the CMYK project to make the above. There is something so old school and elegant about the heavy wooden pubs…

Today Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson unveiled a gorgeous new pendant lamp at the Milan Furniture Fair that is completely powered by light energy absorbed from ambient sources. Dubbed the ‘Trap Light’, the cord- and battery-free lamp utilizes special photoluminescent pigments to scavenge “waste energy” from surrounding light sources such as CFL and LED bulbs. At night, the lamp springs to life with a soft, ambient glow…

Sheeee’s back! Gwyneth Paltrow will back on a new episode of Glee next week. Paltrow is back on the hit Fox show next week and she’ll be singing Turning Tables from Adele’s new album, 21. Paltrow has a recurring role as Holiday Holliday on the show. She’s very funny. Not crazy about her singing and/or performing though…

What is better than spending somebody’s else’s money? Nothing that I know of! I’m shopping around and sharing some amazing photos and blogs with my clients. Today You Inspired Me is one of the blogs that I’ve emailed to them. I’m excited about the opportunity to help turn someone’s abode into a cozy and chic place. I’m up for the challenge! A good sofa is so key, non?…

How many movies passed the Bechdel Test this year so far? Yes, sure, it’s a black/white, pass/fail set of criteria, which means that plenty of unconcerned products pass. So this year: From Prada to Nada and Bridesmaids both pass, which…might be sort of besides the point, or might be a related but more capitalist point? Jane Eyre squeaks under the wire. Briefly, Red Riding Hood too, which, uh. On a technicality, Paul. And Sucker Punch—though it’s also castigated as the most misogynist film in ages.

Logos are designed to reflect the visual attributes a brand wants consumers to perceive that they attain (and also what they offer). After viewing the evolution of many iconic logos this idea becomes prevalent as these organisations have acted accordingly throughout their history to adopt their brand as their business changes. This could not be more evident with the evolution of the Apple logo above. Logos have moved from static images to three-dimensional formats…

I’m certainly not whipping up cocktails in my kitchen every night, but alcohol or not, I do enjoy toying with ingredients in my drinks- whether it be adding apple pie spice to hot cocoa, or putting grapefruit juice in my gin and tonic (though there must be a name for that). With an abundance of limes on hand, I decided to make homemade limeade…

I couldn’t resist. I was totally that girl in the tiny supermarket in the huge line buying 4 jars of Nutella tonight. I mean, these limited edition Nutella Esperienza Italia 150 glasses were cute when they came up on NOTCOT.org, but renders are one thing. These are even more awesome in person! Fun glasses for just about anything… filled with nutella… celebrating Italian unity – specifically DESIGN, Arts, Landscapes & Architecture, and History! On fun design week souveniers, the design themed €1.79 glass of nutella is pretty sweet (even AFTER you eat the nutella)… The story? “Nutella wanted to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of italian Unity together with millions of Italian families and asked ARC’s. to interpretate the project in four themes: Arts, Design, Landscapes & Architecture, Historical topics. Through the “Esperienza Italia 150” limited edition collection, Nutella ideally embraces all italians, from the South to the North, as a sole big family.” Above is a render of the 4 glasses in the set from ARC’s… but on the next page, take a peek at close ups of them all!

My friend Avril just finished up another showing at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto, and I’m confident that these awesome paint chip placemats would be loved as much by others as I loved them. There are a bunch of different colour options, and are just so vibrant that you can’t help but invite them into your home. It’s like inviting spring over for dinner. Take a look at her other colours!