Spotted Appeal: places

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

a box within a box

"Tacklebox first wanted to help their friends create a comfortable space in which they could both produce and sell their olive oil soaps, but they also wanted to make an environment that would enhance the small company’s identity. Instead of a storefront, the new site had a warehouse feel, so Tacklebox made the space more intimate by building a 'box within a box.' Using reclaimed wood from a disassembled barn, the shop portion of the new headquarters is a large scale wooden box, with the workshop behind."

Source: Inhabitat

Thursday, June 23, 2011

detroit

While it's easy to proclaim our love for big metropolitan cities like New York, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, or Los Angeles, ask anyone and they'll say that it's difficult to have that same sort of lovin' feeling for Detroit.

"Whatever you read about Detroit...you will always find the words ghost city, bankrupt, dangerous, crimes and so on...I made a stop there while I was on a road trip to check if people dramatize the whole thing or if the future of Detroit is really that horrible. When I arrived I was kinda shocked cause everything I heard was true."

Despite the sad reality, there are some people (like my roommate!) who can peel away the destruction and find the beauty that still exists in this city.

Source: MyModernMet