California’s First Molten Salt Solar Energy Project Gets Green Light

California’s approval process for renewable energy projects ... http://inhabitat.com/californias-first-molten-salt-solar-energy-project-gets-green-light/

Ruth Gurvich for Nymphenburg

The Paris-based Argentine sculptor Ruth Gurvich works in a most fragile medium: paper. Her angular yet organic, light-as-air objects are usually for visual consumption alone. Now, discovered by Nymphenburg, her vessels have been handcrafted in gossamer-thin porcelain... http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/a-very-foodie-christmas-ts-picks-part-one/

Nature-ization Takes Command

Nature, the state of the environment, the crisis of the natural landscape: are there more profound sources for meaningfulness — for questions as well as answers — in architecture today? http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=21149
Essay By: David Heymann

Mulberry New Bond Street Store

London firm Universal Design Studio have completed the interior of a shop on London’s New Bond Street for fashion brand Mulberry. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/12/09/mulberry-new-bond-street-store-by-universal-design-studio/

Russian billionaire spends $400 million on island-based art museum project

A Russian oligarch has paid almost $400 million as part of an ambitious plan to create an art museum and commercial center on an island in the heart of St. Petersburg. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101208/ts_yblog_thelookout/russian-billionaire-spends-400-million-on-island-based-art-museum-project

Studio Ve's Manifold Clock

Check out the Manifold Clock, by designers Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger (collectively known as Studio Ve). http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/studio_ves_manifold_clock_renders_time_3d_18080.asp

CONFETTISYSTEM Decks the Halls

By Ken Miller 
In just a short couple of years, design duo CONFETTISYSTEM has grown from creating DIY runway displays and window decorations for New York stores and designers to manufacturing displays for all of J. Crew's stores nationwide. http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/fashion/2010-11-29/confettisystem-j-crew/