The kore car & the terracotta soap dish: humble objects we attach meaning to by Nicolás Boullosa on September 26, 2026 A 30-second drawing at Back-to-School Night, a ceramics studio, and the broken roof tiles that followed us from Barcelona to …
The shade we gathered in: on losing trees, and what they leave behind by Nicolás Boullosa on June 19, 2026 Two English trees died this year: one loved to death by crowds, one felled by vandals. What their afterlives, and …
Capturing the vanishing, learning to let go: on aura, photography & being present by Nicolás Boullosa on November 13, 2025 Walter Benjamin warned that machines would steal the “aura” from art. Between a celebrated old travel-photography archive and every other …
When a friend dies, the algorithm falls silent: friendship & grief today by Nicolás Boullosa on July 11, 2025 We live amid digital echoes and fading connections. Yet when a friend dies, the quiet truth breaks through. Social media …
Until it’s gone syndrome: seeing home through the eyes of distance by Nicolás Boullosa on June 27, 2025 From a forgotten Mediterranean hillside to the streets of Paris and Barcelona. On presentism, memory, and the clarity that comes …
Book launch dispatches: In praise of unrushed stories & Life-Changing Homes by Nicolás Boullosa on May 29, 2025 Step inside homes that transformed lives. Discover stories that linger, not scroll past. It is a book for readers who …
Poetics of dead leaves & tree landscaping as best thermostat around by Nicolás Boullosa on October 30, 2024 As of now, leaves change their color and fall around us. In a fragmented reality, the slow shift of seasons …
Dual role of wood in human history: a blessing & a curse by Nicolás Boullosa on May 30, 2024 Old wood-clad houses know how to age, drawing inspiration from ancient woodworking. But why does modernity feel uneasy with weathered …
Designing homes that age well & adapt to life’s different stages by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2024 From the sandwich generation to the boomerang generation, homes undergo makeovers that don’t seem aligned with life’s events. This can …
An amateur’s take on building a cob house that ages well by Nicolás Boullosa on June 15, 2022 “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road,” has …