Join me and the crew over at the West Bank Social Center for a reading by Joni Tevis. Joni's book The Wet Collection was one of my favorite books of 2007. She'll be reading from that book as well as excerpts from a forthcoming book about ghost towns and atomic frontiers.Hope to see you there!--Jay … Continue reading Joni Tevis at the West Bank Social Center

We get a lot of questions about our upstairs neighbors. They're a design firm called mono, and they have some pretty snazzy digs. Charlie Lazor--of Flatpak house and Lazor Office--worked with mono co-founder Chris Lange to design the second floor space. You can tour their office--virtually, that is--courtesy of officesnapshots.com and see the results.--David E

Dutch design magazine designboom is back with a rocking chair that powers its own reading light. Says the designer, Rochus Jacob, "Advanced nano-dynamo technology which is built in to the skids of the chair and more efficient light sources such as the newly developed OLED generation makes it possible to build a rocking chair with … Continue reading Reading Green