While it might not be quite hot enough to melt us humans into bubbling piles just yet, summer temperatures can make us feel like our skin is literally falling from our bones. These groovy Melting Sunglasses by Anna Ter Haar feel our pain and they illustrate it perfectly.
The faux-drips of plastic add a touch of ironic hipness which goes unmatched by most other designs.
When I think of farming, I think of rural, “Oh my god, it’s so flat I can see the next state” kind of land. What I definitely don’t think about is a high rise building. These Vertical Farms, proposed by Columbia University environmentalists would provide a year round harvest.
Because of its indoor setting, the climate can be controlled, offering optimal conditions at all times. Since the land stacks vertically, it offers a lot more space than say an average plot of land. And as the proposal says, “We cannot go to the moon, Mars, or beyond without first learning to farm indoors on earth.” — Andrew Dobrow
