Coder’s 96-sq-ft, handbuilt zen microhome from the ’70s by Kirsten Dirksen on March 22, 2012 When Loren Amelang bought some land in the California back country in the 1970s, he had intended to use as …
Farming mushrooms as Slow Food, medicine, bioremediation by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2012 In the past few years, mushrooms- and the vegetative part of the fungus, mycelium– have been elevated from the underworld. …
Mad Max hypermiler hacks 2-ton truck & doubles fuel economy by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2012 Bakari Kafele runs his hauling business out of his truck, but the 1983 full-sized pickup (with 8 cylinder diesel engine) …
Vernacular treehouse built on holm oak, leaves it intact by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2012 When an extended Spanish family decided to build a treehouse for their 5 grandchilden on their estate in Extremadura, they …
Slow Fashion entrepreneur: morphing clothes = simpler closet by faircompanies on March 6, 2012 Mireia Solsona studied architecture in Barcelona and pursued fashion as a hobby. Then the housing market crashed and with little …
Salvaged pallet tiny home has IKEA-style assembly guide by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2012 Architects Suzan Wines and Azin Valy were trying to come up with the ideal building material for refugee housing in …
Mortgage-free tiny home on a housekeeper’s salary by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2012 Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20,000 per year (he works as a housekeeper, as well as, a gardener …
Airstream-inspired apartments as affordable tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2012 Patrick Kennedy is a housing developer who likes to build small. His vision is to build the housing equivalent of the …
Dyes from your kitchen & garden: “permacouture” howto by Kirsten Dirksen on February 13, 2012 Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste (coffee grounds, avocado pits, and onion skins) to …
Good old city-fence redwood becomes tiny cottage studio by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2012 When San Francisco artist and builder Jay Nelson sees someone tearing down a redwood fence in his neighborhood he asks …
