Rogan for Target

Target is heading back to the airport to pick up another designer for their Go International line. However, their eleventh designer didn't travel far. Rogan Gregory, a NYC based designer, has boarded Targets flight of distinguished designers with a summer line splashed with animal prints. Not only is the line cute but it's also organic and eco-friendly!!! [[I'm an advocate for green things!]] Organic and sustainable fibers along with animal prints relay his overall nature theme. Check out some pics of the upcoming line. I can't wait until the lines arrival, May 18. But don't wait too long to check it out, our dear green designer will only be visiting us for a limited time. His flight departs June 28. What better way to shop...my favorite store, designer clothes, and lower price points. If you have the funds you can always shop Rogan, but as a college student I'll have to settle for Target [[for now]].

Photo provided by the Fashion Windows website

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sQuba: Car of the Future

This car is crazy. I don't know if it really works, but it premiered at the Geneva Auto Show this month. I would like to try it, but I am a little scared at the same time [[not that I have or would ever have the opportunity to]]. I just wrote a paper on Green Design and new innovations, hence my recent posts. However, check out the video of the car [[which displays its full features, you'll understand after watching]]. The car was created by a Swiss company called Rinspeed and was inspired by the James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. Without further ado, [[drumroll please]]..... The sQuba [[hint, hint]]


So what do you think? I don't know...is it just me or is this crazy? totally futuristic... Do you think we'll see the day when everyone is driving around in a sQuba? At least if I crash into water I should be safe...

Check out some other innovative cars on the website.

ART-chitecture

This building, the Santa Monica Civic Center parking garage, is the first LEED parking garage.











The garage at dusk. The garage uses photovoltaic [[PV, a type of solar energy panel]] arrays on the top of the garage and recyclable materials.









The Beijing Olympic Stadium also known as the Birdsnest.











A Birdsnest view at night...












Sustainable Botanical Garden












...in Medellin, Colombia














photos provided by Inhabitat blog and Andy Ryan