J.N. Taylor and Co.: Something from Nothing + Best of The Web By: Sabrina Smelko

Friday, June 12, 2015

Something from Nothing + Best of The Web By: Sabrina Smelko

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As I browsed the web this week, I couldn’t help but be reminded of one of my favorite books as a child, Phoebe Gilman’s Something From Nothing, a fictional classic somewhat similar to the modern-day One Red Paperclip. I found myself shaking my head with disbelief and amazement at the endless possibilities and opportunities there are to make something from nothing in an effort to better your life and/or the world around you. We live in an age where you can buy a travel-friendly living essentials kit (pictured above), build a house in the trees from free lumber you find at the side of the road, and one where you can practically invent your own career thanks to the internet. It really is the age of ‘anything is possible’ where you can build something from practically nothing, so on that note, Happy Friday and cheers to an inspired weekend!

Below is a summary of this week’s highlights from D*S and around the web:

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Turn practically anything flat into a piece of trendy furniture with these snap-on legs
Don’t throw away your food scraps! Here are four vegetables you can regrow in one week
Mike McQuade turns old paper and found images into beautiful works of art and illustration.
With a few accessories and smart placement, simple canvas cots become home furnishing staples.
Jim Bachor’s popsicle pot-hole mosaics transform a neighbourhood nuisance into art
Samuel Bradley transforms the mundane and everyday into beautiful photographs.
From grass to grand: 5 tiny backyard additions to inspire.
SUPERLIFE creates lifestyle products that double as life-saving objects in case of emergencies, such as a pencil holder that becomes a breathing mask.