A modular system to redesign our context, furniture to bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2017 Grid Beam is a kind of LEGO, or Erector Set, for grownups who want to build real things. Its creators, …
Top-ranked kayaker builds “Hobbit Van” for life on the road by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2017 When Canada’s top-ranked whitewater kayaker Ben Hayward decided to pursue his Olympic dream, he began a life on the road …
Furniture meets robotics: superpower to show/hide what’s used by Kirsten Dirksen on August 21, 2016 Robotics-engineer-turned-entrepreneur Hasier Larrea wants to give furniture superpowers. In response to rising rents and populations in global cities, he has …
Adaptive space-saving bed snaps into ceiling when not needed by Kirsten Dirksen on May 1, 2016 At the beginning of the 20th century William Murphy patented an idea of a “disappearing bed” (among others) and the …
#vanlife with no filter: couple records work/life on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on February 15, 2016 Shelby and Simon are wedding photographers from Ottawa, Canada who had become enamored by the hashtag vanlife. “We started getting …
Converted van as full-time home for nomadic Canadian couple by Kirsten Dirksen on May 23, 2015 Mat and Danielle spent their first date bonding over Lloyd Kahn’s book “Home Work” and discussing their ideas for simplifying …
Japanese-inspired wood-clad (legal) tiny home in Ohio town by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2015 When Alex Melamed and his wife moved to the tradiational brick and mortar town of Yellow Springs, Ohio they built …
Life on the road: converted budget van as free camping home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 9, 2015 At 25 years old, Robin Raindropcatcher had never owned a car and didn’t have a driver’s license, but he dreamed …
Shared tiny space: how 4 people could live/work in 700 sq ft by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2015 Having lived in cities like London and Barcelona, where rents and turnover are high, Mike Davies of Studio P10 wanted …
Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro lofts by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2015 The Providence Arcade is nearly 2 centuries old, but when Evan Granoff bought it was considered one of the city’s …
