My paper bag Written on June 26, 2009, by Ingeborg.

A homeless person in the tram inspired Ramon Middelkoop to make a durable version of the brown paper bag. He saw the dirtiest bag ever, but it kept its charm. The biologically tanned leather bag is handmade in India. Towards becoming Cradle to Cradle certified, the distributor takes the bag back once you’re fed up with it.

Brick in the wall Written on June 25, 2009, by Ingeborg.

Jan Vormann quietly goes about his task of repairing walls one Lego at a time. I assisted him in Amsterdam. For him holes aren’t eyesores but opportunities to add colour to the city. The event is part of Platform21=Repairing, that investigates repairing as a way of thinking, a culture in itself almost, designed to cater to short term needs of both industry, politics and society.

Rem still can Written on June 24, 2009, by Ingeborg.

Nice to see good old hero Rem Koolhaas still has his Archigram touch. The pavilion he made for Prada in Seoul (Korea) deals with heaps of money spent for just one exhibition. Turn the Prada Transformer over with a crane and up comes a new use of the building. This way there’s four uses to one temporary building.