Emergency Response Studio

The idea of a self-contained, sustainable mobile artist's studio that originated in 2006 is being constructed in Socrates Park in Astoria, NY these days. I talked to the artist, Paul Vilinski, and his idea was to transport his studio from New York City to New Orleans for a period of several months to create his art.


You can find more about the artist and his project at his web page www.emergencyresponsestudio.org.


Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Recycled-Container Chic

New York Times posted a story about Live THE Box competition in their Real Estate section today. Here is an excerpt:

"THE idea came to Christopher Stone as he was looking out the window of his office near Newark Liberty International Airport one day, and his eye fell on shipping containers. Lots of huge, empty industrial containers stacked up high, row after row.

'It seemed like they were just waiting there for some new purpose,' said Mr. Stone, an architect. He thought, 'Why not create something with them that would benefit people?' And, 'How about housing for the poor?'"

You can read the whole story here.