http://vimeo.com/55035364

I love this idea from http://www.dwell.com/post/article/stop-motion-video-shape-shifting-house :

A STOP MOTION VIDEO OF A SHAPE-SHIFTING HOUSE

Architecture firm Olson Kundig is known for designing homes that allow residents to be as integrated or removed from nature as they'd like to be. For example, a writer's retreat in Washington features shutters that fold down to reveal floor-to-ceiling glass walls; an office building boasts massive hand-cranked doors; and Idaho house's pièce de résistance is a retractable glass wall. Photographs can capture the various states of flux, but this stop-motion video by Kevin Scott of Röllerhaus Pictureworks and Design Co. and Seattle-based composer Joshua Kohl of the Shadowboxx house on Washington's San Juan Islands show just how amazingly adaptable Olson Kundig's designs can be—kind of like kinetic sculptures built for living.

How To Help People Thrive In a Contracting Economy.

In a thriving economy, business is good and it is considered to be operating at peak performance. Workers are mostly salaried or full-time, business is expanding, and investments are being made. People are buying houses, cars, planning vacations, and basically spending their discretionary income. But what happens when the economy begins to contract and the economy goes into a downturn?

Why You Should Take Your Lunch Hour.

On a beautiful day, it struck me as insanely odd that co-workers were choosing to eat lunch in the basement of our building. For four hours, we slaved over work and here is our chance to break free for one hour to eat, clear our mind of chatter, and recharge. Yet, they crowded around a table in the basement talking about whatever while I basked in the warmth of the sun with the coolness of the air on my skin. How could they choose to pass this up?


As I sat outside peering through the green leaves into the sky, I arrived at a realization:  How a person spends their lunch hour speaks volumes about their mental state.


Personal life and work life are connected because they affect one another. Many people define themselves by their occupation, others just work in a field they enjoy for income, while some just work to live. But most people will arrive home tired and exhausted from work and continually fade until it's time for bed. They have become so out of tune with nature and their place in nature that they only experience the resulting stress from working in a fabricated and stale environment of man-made materials for the better part of their waking hours. They cannot even get enough sense to remove themselves from this environment to eat healthy and think on their own for an hour lunch.