A lamp made out of plastic drinking cups. That goes straight into the: why didn't I think of that file.

We've all wanted to live in cargo containers, now we have a handy resource telling us how to design and build our very own cargo container homes.

Another installment in my "I love LED lights" series: easy to make temporary LED garden lights. Take twenty minutes do do this for your next garden party or bar b q and you'll be the envy of all your friends. Making does not get any easier than this.

There has been a lot of hype lately about Banksy and street art. This to me is a simply stunning work that although it is decidedly contemporary in its' social commentary proves that there is real substance to the street art hype. I think I can hear a collective sigh of relief from all the hedge fund managers collecting street art. Or was it the last vestiges of that pretentious sentence rushing out of me?

The thumbnail above by the way leads to a hilarious picture that you too can take if you're in Barcelona(last time I checked anyway). To me it has a much more left leaning and anti-establishment feel than most of the contemporary street art stuff. Could it be that street art went from being something practiced by rebels who positioned themselves against society to court jesters who ridicule it from within?