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Bios - a funeral urn - is made of vegetable fiber and cellulose containing the seed of a tree. When the urn is planted the seed germinates  - cemeteries become forests.

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salone internazionale del mobile

images have commenced appearing on the net however there is a lot more to come. For a preview of Tord Boontjie, Ross Lovegrove and Kita Saruyama, Naoto Fukasawa, Capellini and others go to MoCo loco's Flickr site Designboom promises extensive up-dates in the ensuing weeks.

scoot to boot

For something a little more up-to-date scoot - a project undertaken by dutch design agency GRO design to develop an electric scooter that has been designed for people who want a product that offers style and simplicity.

Currently being exhibited at the Milan design week 06.

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Streamline design

Harold L. Van Doren John Gordon. Rideout Skippy-Racer
Scooter. Designed c. 1933. Eric Brill Collection.

The most comprehensive exhibition on streamlined design focusing on 1930s to 1950s

China nurtures futuristic urban visions

This is a unique housing project in southern China by dutch firm MVDV in the industrial city of Liuzhou.