target's pill bottle

a nice example of how the most familiar and universal designs can be turned on their head, in this case quite literally.

another ingrained design concept I've been thinking and reading about lately is pre-fab housing. The past several years have seen some good innovations in this area. people are rethinking the idea that pre-fab structures need to look like houses. treehugger.com has had good coverage of it. I'm dreaming about this one made from stacked shipping containers: