Design concept: glass house

Do you really like the Apple store on New York's 5th Avenue? I mean, like really... Like you want to live there.

Well, today is the day your dreams come true. Enter simplicity, the design concept by Italian architecture studio Santambrogiomilano. Yes indeed, it is a glass house.



Okay, so caveat the obvious privacy, insulation and stone throwing limitations -- it's still a pretty cool concept. And the views must be gorgeous. Plus imagine the stargazing opportunities.

Via Apartment Therapy, which also has a bunch of pretty pictures of the building.

Naughts illustrated

Happy new year, and happy new decade! That is, if you're one of those people who start counting at zero. But considering that we already ushered in the new millennium one year too early, and that the past ten years (the Naughts, is that what we're calling them?) have been pretty dismal overall, I think we're all ready to start afresh.

The millennium is growing up, hitting puberty, soon to be an awkward and unruly teenager. Who knows what we can expect?

In the meantime, enjoy the New York Times' pictorial recap of 2000-2009 in matrix form. See where we're been, and how far we've come: from IM-ing to crowd-sourcing, from Enron to stimulus packages, from Pokemon to Lady Gaga.



See the full image here.