Why a lack of porosity in homes and urbanism is making people sick (studies) by Nicolás Boullosa on May 1, 2024 We like to think of ourselves as independent entities capable of forging our own paths. But we are born into …
Precise lighting amplifies affordable, indoor/outdoor Athens flat by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2019 When Werner Maritsas found a dated and cramped 34-square-meter apartment (366 square feet) in Thiseio, a neighborhood near the Acropolis, …
Athens tiny flat expands with built-in furniture & garden by Kirsten Dirksen on January 14, 2013 Werner Maritsas is an Athens-based designer who used built-in furniture (kitchen, desk and storage), plus choreographed LED lighting and an …
Tiny matchbox apartment hides closet & bathtub in drawers by Kirsten Dirksen on July 16, 2012 Micro-apartments are common in historically dense cities like Paris and Barcelona, but architect Valentina Maini wasn’t interested in typical small …
Global warming fashion and plantable packaging by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 “More companies are realizing that they can make their clothes and still be kind to the environment,” explains Nyssa from …
Green shopping: how to build an eco-clothing store by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 When you open an eco-friendly, fair-trade-supporting, sustainable-materials-based clothing store, what you put into your storefront matters, or what you don’t …
Fashion guide II: greenest fabrics by Kirsten Dirksen on March 12, 2008 Put a bit of hemp in a shirt and call it eco-fashion, but is it? Beyond the hype of alternative …
Fashion guide I: Slow Fashion by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2008 We’re wearing more clothes, more often and throwing them away. Wardrobes don’t even last a year. But fast fashion is …
I like to watch kids play baseball in the park by libby on February 26, 2008 I completed a short and sweet program in landscape architecture once where they taught that bamboo is an infestation plant. …
Not all trees are created equal: an ode to cork by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2008 What if you could harvest a wood product for flooring without killing a single tree and at the same time …
