Scientists Discover How to Turn Ordinary T-Shirts Into Body Armor

by Jasmin Malik Chua
A Hanes Beefy that can deflect bullets may sound like the stuff of comic books, but scientists have developed a way of bulking up an ordinary T-shirt to create wearable armor. http://www.ecouterre.com/15824/scientists-discover-how-to-turn-ordinary-t-shirts-into-body-armor/

In Focus: Leonardo Finotti

In Focus is Archinect's new series of features dedicated to profiling the photographers who help make the work of architects look that much better. What has attracted them to architecture? How do they work? What type of equipment do they use? What do they think about seeing their work in blogs?


In this feature, we talk to Brazilian-Portuguese photographer Leonardo Finotti. http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=97428_0_23_0_M

Enveloping Experience

You have a little less than a month to get over to the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Presented there is the exhibit ‘Envelopes’ which is a wonderful and must-see exploration of new and sustainable potentials of the architectural surface both in terms of the skin of a building and as a sensorial space that envelops the body. http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/1957/enveloping-experience/#more-1957

Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People

Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People

By Emily Pilloton
Foreword by Allan Chochinov
http://www.artbook.com/9781933045955.html

The Color Green is Toxic to People, Contaminates Recycling

by Bridgette Meinhold

Green is the color of nature, the environment and sustainability, but ironically the pigments used to create the color are not all that healthy or environmentally friendly. http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/04/05/ironic-twist-of-fate-the-color-green-is-toxic/#more-101858

Libraries and the Preservation of Early Photography

By Larry J. Schaaf

Much of the important photographic record of nineteenth-century life entered libraries through books with original prints and has thus survived almost by accident. http://www.themagazineantiques.com/articles/libraries-and-the-preservation-of-early-photography/

UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010

With just one month to go until the opening of Shanghai Expo 2010, the largest Expo ever held, the UK is releasing exclusive images of its acclaimed Pavilion.
More pictures here:  http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/04/uk-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010-by-thomas-heatherwick-more-images/