Reenchantment: Autumn’s light, solitary huts & the art of seeing afresh by Nicolás Boullosa on October 22, 2025 What if a text read like a slow walk? The truest form of luxury is not online but contemplative. Autumn …
Entropy fighters: on maintenance + Andy Campbell’s car (1.2 million km) by Nicolás Boullosa on August 13, 2025 Why paying attention to the small, unseen work makes the difference between collapse and endurance. From solo sailors to your …
Creation & self-actualization for artists, architects, & builders of all sorts by Nicolás Boullosa on September 4, 2024 Houses are square, and all that matters is functional, he was told. But James Hubbell had a different vision, building …
Young architect’s Fairy-Tale home inspired by Nature’s spirals: awe inside 🐚 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 4, 2023 The Bloomhouse seems to erupt or grow from the ground, leaving no straight lines. It was actually hand-sculpted over the …
End of shop class, and what it means for (most-needed) manual trades by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2022 In the summer of 2006, Mathew B. Crawford had the urge to explain what was happening to “shop class” across …
Designing stuff that matters: on quality, tools, and Nature by Nicolás Boullosa on September 8, 2021 Around five years ago, Kirsten received an email from many related to potential stories on whimsical houses, high-yield organic farms, …
We needed simple furniture. This is our Spartan transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
Went homeless. Done Guerrilla Grazing by choice ever since by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2021 Aaron Fletcher has grazed his sheep and lived off the land as a traveling shepherd for 12 years. He calls …
The Call of the (DIY) Wild: tips on achieving wood mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on February 27, 2021 For photographer/woodworker Andrew Szeto, it all started with skateboarding. As a semi-pro, he was getting injured a lot and wanted …
Ancient church becomes unique home-studio for Basque artist by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2020 When Tas Careaga first saw his 16th-century church it was advertised for sale as a “land plot with building in …
