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12.07.2012.10.20
House Diary #3: Some Design Details

House Diary #3: Some Design Details

I share three design features of the house: circular windows, fiber cement cladding, and wooden screen. Plus, a progress update.

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12.06.2012.06.20
House Diary #2: The Act of Building

House Diary #2: The Act of Building

At the age of 23, Mariah Hoffman, had set out to build a house from scratch. “The process of building a home is a process back to self.”

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12.05.2012.06.20
House Diary #1: Doors as Psychological Entry Ways

House Diary #1: Doors as Psychological Entry Ways

I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea that doors are not just a division of physical spaces, but of psychological states.

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10.15.2010.15.20
The Phenomenology of Spaces

The Phenomenology of Spaces

First update of the house we’re building. I also list 5 books that I’m reading tied loosely around the phenomenology of spaces.

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07.10.1803.15.20
Emil Ruder on tea and typography

Emil Ruder on tea and typography

Emil Ruder wrote an essay called “On drinking tea, typography, historicism, symmetry and asymmetry”

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06.28.1803.11.20
Sophie Walker on the meditative quality of gardening

Sophie Walker on the meditative quality of gardening

This summer, I’ve been really enjoying taking care of my modest little garden (if you can even call it that) and a few houseplants.

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06.27.1810.14.20
Minka: My Farmhouse in Japan

Minka: My Farmhouse in Japan

A short review and discussion of this book, which comes with it’s own beautiful & moving New York Times documentary.

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06.18.1803.11.20
Inspired by Clarisse Demory

Inspired by Clarisse Demory

“I love not having a hierarchy between materials. For example, I find plastic bags so precious somehow”

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