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Consumption is a word used to describe acts of acquisition – generally, the acquisition of things, in exchange for money.

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Unconsumption means the accomplishment of properly recycling your old cellphone, rather than the guilt of letting it sit in a drawer.

Unconsumption means the thrill of finding a new use for something that you were about to throw away.

Unconsumption means the pleasure of using a service like Freecycle (or Craigslist, Goodwill, or Salvation Army) to find a new home for the functioning DVD player you just replaced, rather than throwing it in the garbage.

Unconsumption means enjoying the things you own to the fullest – not just at the moment of acquisition.

Unconsumption means the pleasure of using a pair of sneakers until they are truly worn out – as opposed to the nagging feeling of defeat when they simply go out of style.

Unconsumption means feeling good about the simple act of turning off the lights when you leave the room.

Unconsumption is not about the rejection of things, or the demonization of things. It’s not a bunch of rules.

Unconsumption is an idea, a set of behaviors, a way of thinking about consumption itself from a new perspective.

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Original by Contained: All things container

11:05 am - Thu, Jun 23, 2011: 83 notes

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Via contained:

As if Austin weren’t cool enough:

Coming soon: Austin’s first bar built from recycled metal shipping containers.

Container Bar, located on Rainey Street on downtown’s southeastern edge, will feature 10 containers — each 40 feet long and 10 feet high — stacked on top of each other and arranged around a courtyard.

The interiors will be new, but the exteriors will retain their industrial look.

Austin architect Jay Knowles designed Container Bar, which will feature stacked containers at its 30-foot entrance. Each four-ton container will include bathrooms, air conditioning and LED lighting, and is big enough to hold 24 bar stools.

With construction starting next month, Container Bar is scheduled to open in January.

It will be the fourth and last Rainey Street project for nightclub entrepreneur Bridget Dunlap . Her other bars on the street — Lustre Pearl, Clive Bar and Bar 96 — have served as a cornerstone for the burgeoning entertainment district on downtown’s eastern edge.

Read the rest: Next Rainey Street bar will be built from shipping containers.

(Spotted on Twitter via Jeremiah Russell, @ronestudioarch.)

Austin container-based businesses mentioned previously on Contained include sushiBox restaurant and La Boite cafe.