Handcrafted minimalist studio inspired by Japanese & shaker design by Kirsten Dirksen on August 6, 2023 When Sebastian and Celine Parker bought their San Francisco home, they needed to turn the space above the garage into …
Finding a purpose in today’s world: Elias from “Märzengrund” by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2023 Some people turn away from the doctrines of a profit-oriented society and decide to live a simpler life in tune …
Simplicity: lives dedicated to focusing on the fundamentals by Nicolás Boullosa on May 18, 2022 “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, …
Life high in the mountains, primitivism & simple living by Nicolás Boullosa on November 3, 2021 In 1905, a 24-year-old artist who had decided to leave Barcelona for Paris at the turn of the century in …
4x Quonset home-studio: 40 years of artistic simple living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2021 In the desert of Joshua Tree, Bobby Furst’s home/studio/compound is an artistic wonderland built from 4 Quonset huts, 3 Airstream …
Our definition of “home,” place, & belonging (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 16, 2021 Wanting to examine the meaning of home in a reference point for Western Civilization, our family of 5 boarded a …
Jack Kerouac’s boarding-house now co-living for creatives by Kirsten Dirksen on November 7, 2020 In 1953 Jack Kerouac stayed here for part of the spring, but when Sara McEre bought the former 19th-century boarding …
Nautilus houseboat: German functionalism, golden ratio shape by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2020 The Nautilus houseboats are modeled on their namesake, the spiraled-shell mollusc, to fit seamlessly with the natural world. Nautilus Hauseboot …
Habitat 67 stacks 354 prefabs that get urban/suburban balance by Kirsten Dirksen on January 12, 2020 Habitat 67 was a 1960s experiment in dense, downtown housing that tried to combine the best of urban and suburban …
Turning a garage into an in-law unit as empty nest alternative by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2019 Stacy Lince’s family of four and her widowed mother, Lee Reich, were paying a collective $4,000 per month (and rising) …
