Hello All,
You may have noticed the recently the SuperForest logo changed. We added the words "A Catalogue of Sustainable Achievement."
This phrase is very important to us. We feel that SuperForest is in its essence a celebration of sustainability and sustainable behavior.
The other night, a friend came up to me and said: "If your whole thing is about sustainable achievement, then why are you always posting silly little trifles from around the web?"
"Because," I said "humans making humans laugh, smile, and think is the most sustainable behavior of all."
Love to all,
Jackson and Team SuperForest
Showing posts with label SuperforestNYC. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Calling All Writers and Contributors! Join Team SuperForest!
Good Morning All,
We need contributors and writers!
If you read this blog, perhaps as you go through your day you see things and think: That is so SuperForest.
Well here is a chance to bring those wonderful things to everyones attention.
SuperForest NYC needs writers and contributors to post inspiring and positive news and ideas.
Could this be you? We certainly hope so.
If you are interested in a life of high glamour, fame, and intrigue, so far ahead of the curve that you become the curve itself, send an email to: superforestnyc@gmail.com. We will promptly reply.
Come and join the Team!
Awesome.
Love to all, and have a great day.
Team SuperForest
We need contributors and writers!
If you read this blog, perhaps as you go through your day you see things and think: That is so SuperForest.
Well here is a chance to bring those wonderful things to everyones attention.
SuperForest NYC needs writers and contributors to post inspiring and positive news and ideas.
Could this be you? We certainly hope so.
If you are interested in a life of high glamour, fame, and intrigue, so far ahead of the curve that you become the curve itself, send an email to: superforestnyc@gmail.com. We will promptly reply.
Come and join the Team!
Awesome.
Love to all, and have a great day.
Team SuperForest
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Din-ink Cutlery
(via inhabitat)
This is great.
Neat little tips you can put on your pen and have a little lunch with.
"If you associate the affordable and ubiquitous ‘Bic pen’ with disposable, throw away office culture - think again, as Zo-loft design has added a whole new dimension to desktop utility. Their “Din-ink” series of Bic pen style tops allows you to instantly convert your writing tools into ready made cutlery. With one easy step that trusty chewed-up pen of yours can become a sleek spoon, fork, or knife for that classic dining ‘al desko’ experience.
Din-ink designers, Andrea Cingoli, Paolo Emilio Bellisario, Francesca Fontana, and Cristian Cellini, went the extra measure to insure that the set of tops were 100% biodegradable, non toxic, and hygienic. They are cleverly made out of renewable resources like natural starch and fiber (GM free corn and potato) and come in compostable and heat-sealable packaging, too. Din-ink tops are also heat resistant to 105 degrees C. That’s hot! (Even cooler, they used vegetable-based ink for all of their product printing)."
Sustainable is tasty.
Here's the original post: Din-ink on inhabitat.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Papercraft Round-up!
I just found a link to an incredible blog: snuffykin's journal.
This wonderful blogger has scoured the Truth Box and found some amazing sites dedicated to papercraft. Most of the site have free pdf's that you can print out and assemble yourself. What a great way to be creative, recycle paper, and play with your kids!
Check it out: Snuffykins' Papercraft Round-up.
New Museum NYC
(photo via airoots.org)
Cripes!
Have I been asleep, in a cave, with my head under a rock?
How did I not notice this?! How did I not notice this ravishing, thrillingly wonderful building? And the fact that this incredible building is an art museum?!
I'm slipping.
This is the New Museum on Bowery. Easily one of the tastiest buildings in Manhattan.
"On December 1, 2007, the New Museum opens its first freestanding, dedicated building. Conceived as a sculptural stack of rectilinear boxes dynamically shifted off-axis around a central steel core, this innovative structure has a variety of open, fluid, and light-filled spaces, with skylights created by the setbacks between floors. The exterior is clad in a seamless, anodized aluminum mesh, which emphasizes the volumes of the boxes while dressing the whole building in a delicate, softly shimmering skin. The elegantly rough structure suits both the New Museum’s character as well as its neighborhood. The edifice appears as a shimmering beacon, visually mutable and dynamic, animated by the changing light of the day—a perfect metaphor for the ever-changing nature of contemporary art. Inaugural exhibitions include “Unmonumental,” an international group show in four parts, as well as exhibitions and special projects by YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Ugo Rondinone, Jeffrey Inaba, and Sharon Hayes."
You'll notice in the first picture the rainbow neon sign on the front?
This building screams "Hell Yes!", and I wanna scream "Hell Yes!" right back.
Here's their intel: New Museum Site
Look at their mission statement, it's four words!:
I love it!
iBand
A very interesting demonstration of how wonderfully flexible the iPhone is.
I call mine the "content machine."
It allows me to constantly document and create.
I've even got a little song I sing, to the tune of the Spiderman theme song from the old cartoon:
"Content machine! Content machine!
It's the best toy that's ever been!
I can make.. videos, everywhere that I goes!
Look out! Here comes the content machine!"
I am a huge dork, also.
-J
SFNYC Assignment 2: Update
Good Morning All,
Alright, here is me turning in Assignment 2.
This is an image I created called "War and Peace."
I made it by taking two pictures:
Then, in Photoshop, I combined them and traced over them.
That's right, I straight up traced.
Do whatever you got to to make your dreams come true, baby.
I was really inspired by the forms of the two hands, and I let them take me on a little journey.
And all of those led up to this:
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"War and Peace."
Create something, or snap a pic of something you've already created, and share it with us! Please.
And if you like these images, please use them. In fact, if you'd like the .psd files with the separate layers for each hand, email: superforestnyc@gmail.com, and I'll send 'em on over.
Love to all.
Be excellent to each other.
-Jackson
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SuperForest Assignment 2
Hello All!
Okay, perhaps we were overreaching on SF Assignment 1, (create an ad for a fictional solar company), so to atone, we present Assignment 2!
Ready for this?
Make something. Anything.
Take a picture of it.
Send it to: SuperForestNYC@gmail.com with a brief explanation of how it was made.
That's it!
Love to all,
SFNYC
Okay, perhaps we were overreaching on SF Assignment 1, (create an ad for a fictional solar company), so to atone, we present Assignment 2!
Ready for this?
Make something. Anything.
Take a picture of it.
Send it to: SuperForestNYC@gmail.com with a brief explanation of how it was made.
That's it!
Love to all,
SFNYC
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Michael Pollan @ TED
Michael Pollan. Soooo awesome. Look at him awesomely steeple his fingers!
Have you read "The Omnivore's Dilemma"? It's an incredible read.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Taylor's Viddys!
Hello All,
My friend Taylor from Texas has gotten in touch with SuperForest with a wonderful selection of inspirational videos. Here they are:
Thank you, Taylor for curating this tasty selection!
Taylor Vieger, you are today's Good Person! Good on you, sunshine!
Be excellent to each other.
Love,
J
My friend Taylor from Texas has gotten in touch with SuperForest with a wonderful selection of inspirational videos. Here they are:
Thank you, Taylor for curating this tasty selection!
Taylor Vieger, you are today's Good Person! Good on you, sunshine!
Be excellent to each other.
Love,
J
Stephen Wiltshire - Human Camera
Ah, the incredible capabilities of the human mind.
Pure inspiration.
Here's Stephen's wiki entry.
And, here is his site.
Turn a Candle Into a Radiator!
Are you cold? Great little link here that shows you how to turn an ordinary candle and flowerpot into a very energy efficient space heater.
SuperSmart!
Check out heatstick.com
They've got three cool projects up: a candle heater (that could also be powered by a 60 watt halogen bulb,) a year-round insulated greenhouse, and a passive solar water heater.
Looky here:
All of these items are for sale on the site, but the D.I.Y. spirit is plainly visible, and the pictures practically beg you to make your own versions.
Love to all,
-J
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Plasti-Fab Projects! (slice, loop, & roll)
Hello Hello Hello!
It's been a busy couple days!
Apologies for not posting more strenuously, but I've been calf-deep in new projects and ideas. Like coffee, projects and ideas need time to percolate, (preferably unjostled), and that's what we've been doing: percolating!
So, to recap:
On Friday of last week, I asked my fellow SuperForesters to please bring in all of their unused plastic bags. As I'm sure you can imagine, they were only too happy to comply, and by mid morning I was happily sitting on a couch, converting plastic bags into plastic loops, and plastic loops into plastic yarn.
Here's how:
1.) Get a bunch of plastic bags.
2.) Cut the top handles off, as well as the bottom seal. Then you've got a plastic tube.
3.) Slice the tube into as many 2 inch loops as you can. Each bag will yield approximately 6 loops.
4.) Tie each loop together by simply looping one end through the previous loop and pulling it tight. Now you should have a long line of strung together loops. This is your plastic yarn.
5.) Roll your yarn into a ball.
Still confused? Peruse!
Congratulations! You've got a big ball of plastic yarn! What next?
Make more yarn.
That's what I did for the first part of the day: slice, loop, and roll. I wanted a lot of yarn.
It took some time, as I was still trying to work smoothly and efficiently, and I've never really, er... woven.
Which is what I did next: I wove.
For my first attempt, I took a two foot length of yarn and taped both sides to a cardboard tube. Then I made 32 more 2 foot strips and looped each one around the first length. This sounds confusing... I'll do another drawing. Hold on.
Looky here!:
Here's my first attempt. You can see how I started off weaving pretty loose, but then got tighter and tighter as I went along. I used a big stack of Gristedes and Whole Foods bags. It felt very satisfying.
The main problem I had with the first attempt is that all the Whole Foods bags look identical as they hang down and it was easy to get lost, drop a piece here and there, and generally make a mess of things. No matter, that's what practice is all about.
On to my second attempt:
Here you can see that my technique is improving, still not perfect, but far better than the first. For this piece I laid the top cross piece down on a table and then attached the "hangy bits" laying flat. I also wove while the piece was flat like this, whereas the first one I wove while it was hanging off of the back of a chair.
Weaving is much easier job when things are neat and orderly. What also really helped was that for attempt #2, I used yarn that was multi-colored, which made it easier to keep track of where I was and which piece came next. So multi-colored and textured bag are a big plus here.
This all leads up to a big question: Why?
What could one do with several big chunks of woven plastic fabric?
Oh ho ho! Sooo much!
Firstly, let me extol the amazing physical properties of plasti-fabrics.
1.) Strong as the dickens.
2.) Lasts forever. (Alright, not forever, but for as long as you'll be alive, that's for sure. Plastic is incredibly hardy stuff.)
3.) Looks cool. (Like part of a tribal costume, or samurai armour, or a fishnet. Woven plasti-fabric has an otherworldly quality too it. Like it's so obviously man-made, but machined at the same time. Hard to describe, but believe me when I say it is a joy to look at and feel.)
So, you've got some cool, strong, ultra-long-lasting fabric, that you made with your own two hands out of something that otherwise would've either gone into a trash pile or gone out to sea to choke a dolphin, or whatever.
What to do with it? Another drawing, please!
You can do anything with it!
You're limited solely by your imagination.
Ponchos! Punchin' Bags! Picture frames! Perambulators! Purses! That's just the P's!
And to think, they just give bags away for free! An incredible and long lasting resource, yours for the taking. Just think of the wonderful things you can create!
Enjoy it while it lasts.
So, look around you, see if there's anything you've got a lot of, that otherwise would get trash piled, and see if you can think up something rad to do with it.
If you do think up something rad, tell us about it! Email: superforestnyc@gmail.com
Love to all.
Be excellent to each other.
-Jackson
It's been a busy couple days!
Apologies for not posting more strenuously, but I've been calf-deep in new projects and ideas. Like coffee, projects and ideas need time to percolate, (preferably unjostled), and that's what we've been doing: percolating!
So, to recap:
On Friday of last week, I asked my fellow SuperForesters to please bring in all of their unused plastic bags. As I'm sure you can imagine, they were only too happy to comply, and by mid morning I was happily sitting on a couch, converting plastic bags into plastic loops, and plastic loops into plastic yarn.
Here's how:
1.) Get a bunch of plastic bags.
2.) Cut the top handles off, as well as the bottom seal. Then you've got a plastic tube.
3.) Slice the tube into as many 2 inch loops as you can. Each bag will yield approximately 6 loops.
4.) Tie each loop together by simply looping one end through the previous loop and pulling it tight. Now you should have a long line of strung together loops. This is your plastic yarn.
5.) Roll your yarn into a ball.
Still confused? Peruse!
Congratulations! You've got a big ball of plastic yarn! What next?
Make more yarn.
That's what I did for the first part of the day: slice, loop, and roll. I wanted a lot of yarn.
It took some time, as I was still trying to work smoothly and efficiently, and I've never really, er... woven.
Which is what I did next: I wove.
For my first attempt, I took a two foot length of yarn and taped both sides to a cardboard tube. Then I made 32 more 2 foot strips and looped each one around the first length. This sounds confusing... I'll do another drawing. Hold on.
Looky here!:
Here's my first attempt. You can see how I started off weaving pretty loose, but then got tighter and tighter as I went along. I used a big stack of Gristedes and Whole Foods bags. It felt very satisfying.
The main problem I had with the first attempt is that all the Whole Foods bags look identical as they hang down and it was easy to get lost, drop a piece here and there, and generally make a mess of things. No matter, that's what practice is all about.
On to my second attempt:
Here you can see that my technique is improving, still not perfect, but far better than the first. For this piece I laid the top cross piece down on a table and then attached the "hangy bits" laying flat. I also wove while the piece was flat like this, whereas the first one I wove while it was hanging off of the back of a chair.
Weaving is much easier job when things are neat and orderly. What also really helped was that for attempt #2, I used yarn that was multi-colored, which made it easier to keep track of where I was and which piece came next. So multi-colored and textured bag are a big plus here.
This all leads up to a big question: Why?
What could one do with several big chunks of woven plastic fabric?
Oh ho ho! Sooo much!
Firstly, let me extol the amazing physical properties of plasti-fabrics.
1.) Strong as the dickens.
2.) Lasts forever. (Alright, not forever, but for as long as you'll be alive, that's for sure. Plastic is incredibly hardy stuff.)
3.) Looks cool. (Like part of a tribal costume, or samurai armour, or a fishnet. Woven plasti-fabric has an otherworldly quality too it. Like it's so obviously man-made, but machined at the same time. Hard to describe, but believe me when I say it is a joy to look at and feel.)
So, you've got some cool, strong, ultra-long-lasting fabric, that you made with your own two hands out of something that otherwise would've either gone into a trash pile or gone out to sea to choke a dolphin, or whatever.
What to do with it? Another drawing, please!
You can do anything with it!
You're limited solely by your imagination.
Ponchos! Punchin' Bags! Picture frames! Perambulators! Purses! That's just the P's!
And to think, they just give bags away for free! An incredible and long lasting resource, yours for the taking. Just think of the wonderful things you can create!
Enjoy it while it lasts.
So, look around you, see if there's anything you've got a lot of, that otherwise would get trash piled, and see if you can think up something rad to do with it.
If you do think up something rad, tell us about it! Email: superforestnyc@gmail.com
Love to all.
Be excellent to each other.
-Jackson
Monday, February 11, 2008
Calder's Circus
This is darn near perfection.
To think of getting bundled up and trudging with your amour through the chill of a Parisian Winter, to Sandy Calder's flat, and there to sit on his floor, sip a cognac, and watch as the man himself took you on a delightful, handmade trip to the circus, while Mrs. Calder sat on a chair, playing accompanying music.
Oh, for a time machine, and a star to sail her by...
Enjoy.
-Niki
(Yay! My second post!)
To think of getting bundled up and trudging with your amour through the chill of a Parisian Winter, to Sandy Calder's flat, and there to sit on his floor, sip a cognac, and watch as the man himself took you on a delightful, handmade trip to the circus, while Mrs. Calder sat on a chair, playing accompanying music.
Oh, for a time machine, and a star to sail her by...
Enjoy.
-Niki
(Yay! My second post!)
Sunday, February 10, 2008
100 Drummers - Ages 1 to 100
This is fabulous.
I love #'s 15, 40, 53, 93, and 96.
People Aged 1 to 100 Bang on Drums
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Enjoy.
-J
Who's your fave? Post your answer in the comments.
I love #'s 15, 40, 53, 93, and 96.
People Aged 1 to 100 Bang on Drums
Add to My Profile | More Videos
Enjoy.
-J
Who's your fave? Post your answer in the comments.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Busy Day.
Hello All,
Today I have been playing with plastic bags.
We talk a lot here at SuperForest about plastic bags and ways to re-use them, so today I've spent the day getting to know them.
I'm right in the middle of something, so I'll keep this brief...
There are a great many things you can do with a heap of plastic bags.
And I'm hard at work learning about them.
I'll post tomorrow about what I've been up to.
Hope y'all are well!
Love,
SF
Today I have been playing with plastic bags.
We talk a lot here at SuperForest about plastic bags and ways to re-use them, so today I've spent the day getting to know them.
I'm right in the middle of something, so I'll keep this brief...
There are a great many things you can do with a heap of plastic bags.
And I'm hard at work learning about them.
I'll post tomorrow about what I've been up to.
Hope y'all are well!
Love,
SF
Thursday, February 7, 2008
G'Obama!
Barack Obama has SuperForest all in a tizzy!
The man is pure excitement.
Look at this:
Can you imagine any other candidate inspiring a piece of art like this? I can't. And I can imagine a lot.
Hooray to progress!
Hooray to peace!
And hooray to the good people of these United States!
love to all,
J
Honda: Problem Playground
I just saw this incredible ad on swissmiss.
Right on, Honda!
This ad exemplifies the SuperForest spirit in every way. Let's join forces, identify "problems," and work together to turn those problems into opportunities.
Brilliant.
And special thanks to Tina Eisenberg for consistently bringing new and exciting media our way. If you've never been to swissmiss; run, don't walk.
Right on, Honda!
This ad exemplifies the SuperForest spirit in every way. Let's join forces, identify "problems," and work together to turn those problems into opportunities.
Brilliant.
And special thanks to Tina Eisenberg for consistently bringing new and exciting media our way. If you've never been to swissmiss; run, don't walk.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Our 201st Post!
Two hundred and one posts! Tasty.
And an especially tasty SuperForest welcome to Niki B! Our first guest blogger!
The SuperForest grew a little bigger today!
Read her very first post right here!
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