From taking a look at the boldest emerging fashion and design trends to a coffee in Paris with Angelina, my fictitious traveler so in tune with her surroundings, this issue gives you a small glimpse at the subtle changes that are so easily missed if we are too busy taking care of the things that we're expected to take care of, as opposed to observing the world we're in while doing them.
Read MoreSimple changes like draping a classic chunky knit throw over an armchair can transform your space for the fall season. These subtle additions in the form of layered decorative accents create a sense of warmth and coziness for the colder months.
Read MoreIn winter 2025, My2 Cents will find its home in the Land of Dochia. To my dedicated subscribers and those yet to join, your presence is eagerly awaited in this next chapter.
Read MoreLet's celebrate the awakening of nature, the burst of colors, and the promise of new beginnings. Infuse our lives with positivity and energy, reminding us that like nature, we too can bloom anew!
Read MoreWhen in 1946, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed Mental Health as an actual discipline, it globally validated the field and closed the last loop on what human health is. That was two thousand years since Hippocrates linked psychological disorders to biological causes and broke the pre-existing belief that mental illnesses were fuelled by supernatural intervention. With that, the rest was history.
Read MoreIntangible, fluid, still under the sun, torrential at times, water is the make of our minds, the power that drives our spirit. When we feel something, it often comes in fluid form, liquifying thoughts along the way, building up waves of emotion, pushing forward into each crevice of the mind.
Read MoreThe one question that we all ask – mostly of ourselves. Having it easy seems to always be of the past or some distant future. A distant future where we assume that after we perform many tribes and tribulations and do them properly, things will eventually pay off, and the easy time will come.
Read MoreDesign is about the process of marking up, redoing, and marking up again! 📐✏️ We explore different scenarios through the process of renderings, drawings, sketches and material sampling. Through the review process we embrace the iterative nature of creation and develop new ideas and resolve design dilemmas.
Read MoreThe amount of books that promote the value of lists is unsurmountable, and they still pile up one writer after another, telling you how to take the time to put it down and then follow through. What time? You say. I barely have time to shower, when can I make a list and then also get the things on it done? There is never time; that’s the problem.
Read MoreEthereal, I lift from the ground up, my parts loosening up, floating away, like off a spaceship out in the universe, as I spread myself thin in the air of my home. I land on familiar surfaces that hold me gently. My fingers on the paint of the walls, my foot slightly touching, my mind, decomposed, recomposed skimmed out thin like jam on hardwood floors, for others to step onto, and as I learn their knowledge, my mind hardens and reshapes itself above, gulping down everything and spitting it out again. Making and remaking myself every day.
Read MoreAssertiveness and individuality are not to be reckoned with. In design, we see how secondary hues are combined in non-traditional ways. As we turn our attention more and more to who we are and what we genuinely like, we disentangle from norms set by others and find our own path.
Read MoreEcosystems are not only "nature" and separated from us. People are an active part of them, and more. Homes themselves are ecosystems in their own right, and living in tune with our surroundings - and with ourselves - has never been easier.
Read MoreHave you ever been in a situation where you looked at a piece of art or a building that has been praised in the industry's literature, yet you thought, why on earth will this be as valuable as they make it to be? They don't know what they're talking about; this is complete gibberish? Then you know what I'm talking about.
Read MoreDesign and science are equally important
Reality is systemic, inter-connected, and ever-changing, and it does not take place in a vacuum. Design methods produce solutions that reflect that. They are environment-sensitive, bio-responsive and non- destructive to both the human subject and the environment. Science, in an unnatural way, validates everything through experimental isolation. Equally valuable truths stem from both approaches; science just had the stage for longer.
Almost any property can be converted, from a three-bedroom home to an entire apartment building. In France, the concept has taken on. Fully furnished apartments are provided with or without other amenities, while some options come with tailor-made services for tomorrow's digital nomads.
Read MoreHome-lovers and house-users are two kinds of homeowners that look at things very differently.
The home-lovers cherish their homes dearly; the house-users have a non-emotional go-about their day, move tomorrow if a better gig appears type of sentiments. There is nothing wrong with either; however, if you’re in the house-user camp, something is to be said about losing some opportunity here for a better self.
Read MoreDelve into the Selftropy manifesto, discover a dreamy hotel in Barcelona, explore the beneficent relationship between music and our minds and unearth so much more!
Read MoreDecember 2022 marks the month of our first digital magazine, Land of Dochia. Head over to get your does of all-in lifestyle gulp of design, tips and entertainment in a fun and non-conformist way... After all, if you know us... different is our middle name and innovation our motto.
Read More📌 Watch out for our upcoming Land of DOCHIA virtual magazine - 1st online edition set to soft-launch on ISSUU this December ✨Everything starts with art and creativity!
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