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Private Residence Visit: How We Balanced Walnut Wood and Brass in a 120-Square-Meter Modernist Apartment
Private Residence Visit: How We Balanced Walnut Wood and Brass in a 120-Square-Meter Modernist Apartment
There is a common misconception in modern interior design that space is a mathematical equation: the larger the square footage, the more "sophisticated" the design can be. We are conditioned... Read more...
Weekend Reading: 5 Classic Books That Changed the Way We Experience Space
Weekend Reading: 5 Classic Books That Changed the Way We Experience Space
Weekend Reading List: Five Books That Changed How We See Space Five enduring books on why a room is never merely a room—and why light, touch, memory, habit, and material... Read more...
Wabi-Sabi: Why We Love Those Plastered Walls with the Marks of Time in French Vintage Style
Wabi-Sabi: Why We Love Those Plastered Walls with the Marks of Time in French Vintage Style
The Architecture of Time: Why We Long for the Marks of Imperfection Step into a developer’s model home or an apartment meticulously curated for the endless scroll of Instagram, and... Read more...
Interior Design Formulas for Non-Mainstream Collectors: The Restrained Aesthetics of Less is More
Interior Design Formulas for Non-Mainstream Collectors: The Restrained Aesthetics of Less is More
Objects Are Not Prop Sets: Why I Buy What I Want, Not What Fits There is a specific kind of humiliation that comes from staring up at a massive, multi-tiered... Read more...
When the Needle Falls: Why We Remain Devoted to Vinyl Records and Analog Sound Amidst the Noise of the Digital Age
When the Needle Falls: Why We Remain Devoted to Vinyl Records and Analog Sound Amidst the Noise of the Digital Age
I would rather spend an entire night listening to the same vinyl record—the same track—over and over again than drift aimlessly through millions of disposable songs. Sometimes I wonder: do... Read more...
How to Transform a Room with a Single Lamp: A Guide to Lighting and Composition
How to Transform a Room with a Single Lamp: A Guide to Lighting and Composition
The Anatomy of Shadow: How a Single Light Changes the Soul of a Room We spend an inordinate amount of money trying to fill our spaces with things—objects of high... Read more...
From Braun to Swaroevan: How We Find Warm Memories of the Analog Era Amidst the Cold Rationality of industrial rationality
From Braun to Swaroevan: How We Find Warm Memories of the Analog Era Amidst the Cold Rationality of industrial rationality
From Functional Clarity to Luminous Memory Braun, Swaroevan, and the Afterlife of Analog Design A hand turns a Braun dial. The movement is small, almost insignificant, yet it produces a... Read more...
Why are Bauhaus tubular steel chairs still stylish half a century later?
Why are Bauhaus tubular steel chairs still stylish half a century later?
Many people view the Bauhaus with a kind of revered aura. I. On comfort: "Furniture serves people, but was Bauhaus really comfortable?" But as an ordinary person accustomed to nestling... Read more...