Journal
Notes on the houses that matter — how they work, what they use, and why the objects last.
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Magis
The art of the ordinary: Morrison & Fukasawa
Why the most radical thing a chair can do is look completely familiar.
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Magis
Konstantin Grcic, and design as engineering
Chair One, the Bell Chair, and the quiet beauty of a problem solved.
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Magis
Magis: industrial design, made to last
On a house that turns engineering into everyday objects.
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Hem
Material honesty
Max Lamb, Hem, and letting a thing be what it is.
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Audo Copenhagen
Why we list the designer, the year and the wood
The case for treating furniture like collectible objects.
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Zaozuo
New from the East
Why we're watching Zaozuo and Ziinlife.
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Form & Refine Denmark
Form & Refine — materials with a return address
House 05 — Denmark, est. 2018. Danish ash from the Damsbo forest, ceramics from Alcobaça, alpaca from the Bolivian highlands.
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FRAMA Copenhagen
Frama — a design house inside a 19th-century pharmacy
House 04 — Copenhagen, St. Pauls Apotek, 1878. Natural materials, simple geometry, and rooms you can smell.
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Time & Style Tokyo — factory in Higashikawa, Hokkaido
Time & Style — from log to lacquer under one roof
House 02 — Tokyo, with its own factory in Higashikawa, Hokkaido. Traditional Japanese technique, evolved for modern life.
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Emeco Hanover, Pennsylvania
Emeco — the chair commissioned to survive a war
House 01 — Hanover, Pennsylvania, est. 1944. The 1006 Navy Chair: ~80% recycled aluminium, 77 steps by hand, tested to last 150 years.
