Homebrew of fermentation: preparing food for your microbiome by Kirsten Dirksen on May 5, 2014 Intrigued by her grandmother’s traditional pickles and sauerkraut, Jennifer Harris first started fermenting foods ten years ago. A couple of …
Paris’ maison-stairwell stacks 4 floors in 25 sqm (269 sqft) by Kirsten Dirksen on April 27, 2014 When Alban Diner moved into his tiny Parisian apartment, the rooms were cramped and dark; the only source of direct …
Minimal tree tents, sky chairs, tree boats: learning by doing by Kirsten Dirksen on April 21, 2014 Jodie helps run the Vertical Horizons treehouse resort and believes in getting into the canopy of the trees any chance …
Converted chicken coop as small home for NorCal family by Kirsten Dirksen on April 13, 2014 When Chris and Tanya bought their property in Petaluma (California) 15 years ago, it was what most people would have …
Trashformation: furniture & dwellings from recycled cardboard by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2014 The Barcelona-based collective Transfodesign believe that anything, even trash, can be given a second life so for the past few …
Prototyping cardboard dwelling for off-grid Australian outback by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2014 When Link Knight saw the sturdy cardboard that came as packaging for his propane freezer, he began to wonder if …
3 shelters homestead: small home, simple cabin, & treehouse by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2014 After several decades as an airline executive (including Delta president, Virgin America CEO, and Lufthansa president & CEO), Fred Reid …
Monitoring indoor air quality with a DIY sensor by Kirsten Dirksen on March 24, 2014 Tim Dye has been measuring our environment since he was a kid with his own weather station and a member …
Creating pop-up neighborhoods & installs with containers by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2014 James Alfandre comes from a family of real estate developers (his maternal ancestors helped settle the Salt Lake Valley). He …
Skinny Portland prefab home stacks space to fit family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2014 When Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee bought a half-sized lot in Portland, Oregon, instead of filling the reduced area with …
