Month: September 2016

Tapestry Room with Rippling Steel Installation

50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A medieval tapestries. Created through his studio Layer, foil is a 20 metre long kinetic sculpture running down the London museums elongated tapestry room.

How to Grow a Forest in Your Backyard

Forests do not have to be far flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are even in cities. Eco-entrepreneur and TED Fellow Shubhendu Sharma grows ultra-dense, biodiverse mini-forests of native species in urban areas by engineering soil, microbes and biomass to kick start natural growth processes. Follow along as he describes how to grow a 100-year-old forest in just 10 years, and learn how you can get in on this tiny jungle party.