Design by nature: the best projects of five continents “ Design by nature ” is a stream about beautiful and functional design-solutions in the architecture, transport and infrastructure of different countries based on the principles of biomimics. Biomimicry (from the Greek. BIOS - life and mimesis - imitation) - this is the direction of design that uses natural mechanisms as an example to create innovative solutions.

Bicycles, the fight against garbage, salvation from traffic jams-The Village has collected 8 Internet resources that help to make life in the city better. The Internet as a platform for urban activities began to be used relatively recently. Now in every large city there are sites and services that attract citizens to the initiatives from below, in no way related to the activities of official authorities. Their users successfully fight landfills and traffic jams and force utilities to work.

The Transport Committee has published a diagram of bus routes that will be introduced during the closure of the Petrogradskaya metro station, and asks citizens to propose options for improving it. The Transport Committee has published a diagram of bus routes that will be introduced during the closure of the Petrogradskaya metro station. Now officials are waiting for proposals from citizens to improve it. Ideas can be sent until the end of November by email: savchuk@transport.gov.spb.ru .

On Artplay, you can now buy clothes from the famous London markets Spitalfields, Camden and Portobello. On October 20, the Grow Vintage vintage clothing store will open on Artplay. The co -owner of the store and Bayer is the Englishman Richard Bens, who has been living in Moscow for six years. Since July, the store worked in test mode, with breaks and preliminary agreement. Now you can get to Grow Vintage every day, except Monday.

The largest social network in the world has lost its vice president of global communications, Joe Lockhart, and four other managers. Facebook continues to lose top managers. This time, Joe Lockhart, vice president of global communications and former adviser to Bill Clinton, announced his resignation. Officially, he is leaving because he does not want to move from the east coast of the United States to California, where Facebook is headquartered.

Digest of the city events of this week: the exhibition of Robert Frank, a concert of a 16-year-old American star and five more events from The Village calendar. Moscow Design Week CDH and other sites October 9-14 200 rubles Add to the calendar The design week for the third time will present Muscovites with the latest developments of domestic and foreign companies. Most of the events of the week will focus on the Central House of Sciences.

The art studio in the Chinese style with a minimum amount of furniture, the simulator zone and propaganda posters from the PRC. The writer Anton Friedland bought a two -room apartment in the old house on Artyom Street five years ago. After traveling in China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos the interior for his home, the owner decided to arrange in the Asian style. His friend, architect Ilya Kabalov, helped Anton to realize the plan.

The Korean company has more models and lower prices There has been a revolution in the tablet market in Russia. As Vedomosti writes, citing a report from the analytical company GfK , in August 2012, Samsung surpassed Apple in sales. The share of the South Korean company increased to 28%, and the American one decreased to 26%. The main reason for Samsung's success is the price: flagship models cost on average 30% less than the iPad.

Videos promoting Moscow as a safe city will be commissioned for international TV channels. The Moscow Tourism Committee will shoot a series of videos positioning Moscow as a safe city, the Izvestia newspaper writes, citing the head of the department, Sergei Shpilko. Moscow authorities intend to dispel the idea of ​​the Russian capital as a criminal city. Foreign viewers will be told about the new video surveillance system and hotel safety passports.

How to saline a lemon, make beetroot caviar and roll on the banks of Patissons - The Village found out from cooks, farmers and gardeners, how they prepare seasonal products for wintering.

An incubator for small businesses began work in the city of Pikalevo, Boksitogorsk district of the Leningrad region. Now the incubator premises are already rented by 10 small companies, and in total about 30 can move in there. An incubator for small businesses began work in the city of Pikalevo, Boksitogorsk district of the Leningrad region. It has 27 premises for young companies, which are offered for rent with a discount of 40% in the first year of operation and 60% in the second.

H&M announced the start date of the joint collection with Maison Martin Margiela. The Maison Martin Margiela for H&M capsule collection will be on sale on November 15. The cooperation of Maison Martin Margiela with one of the largest brands of the mass market became known in June 2012. The collection will include women's and men's coats, dresses, jackets, shoes. Prices have not yet been reported. Earlier in Moscow and St.

The Moscow authorities decided to abandon the escalators of the St. Petersburg plant of ZAO ELES. Moscow authorities have announced a tender for the purchase of escalators for the Moscow Metro, the Izvestia newspaper reports .

What is happening on Moscow streets, what they write on Facebook and Twitter, as reported by newspapers and news agencies - all the most interesting in Moscow this morning. Follow the online broadcast of The Village As usual, from 9 to 12 in the morning, The Village correspondent Anna Busygina tracks all the most interesting, new, unexpected and curious that is happening in Moscow.

The Foreign Ministry advises Smolny to rename the Bukharestskaya metro station due to the fact that Romania supports NATO. The Foreign Ministry advises Smolny to rename the Bukharestskaya metro station, which should open before the end of the year. The name refers to a state that is not friendly to Russia and supports NATO , representatives of the ministry said in an official appeal to the administration of St. Petersburg.