"If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity
that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.” David Suzuki
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A thin veil separates the interior from exterior, the old land of birth from the new land of immigration, the nostalgia and inheritance of the past from the forward-looking aspirations of the future.
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Opening the windows and allowing fresh air to come in periodically ensures the oxygenation of indoor air meets the higher demands of more people in the same space for a longer period of time.
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Reality is systemic, inter-connected, and ever-changing, and it does not take place in a vacuum. Design methods produce solutions that reflect that.
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The beautiful tradition of colouring eggs is laden with meaning. Its history can be traced to the very beginning of creation. Spring is a flame that took the shape of myths, legends and religions across time. Believers hold it as the reaffirmation of faith. Non-believers cherish charismatic rebirth customs in many of its forms.
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Casa Nicolae is part of a new wave of mini hotels that Europe and the World are increasingly populated with. Five aparthotels occupy a typical Transylvanian small-town home of Austro-Hungarian decent, an L-shaped structure with internal courtyard and gated to the street.
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How you choose to define mental health is now left more and more up to you. Bombarded by definitions and opinions of all kinds, we tend, in health, to follow those whom we admire and respect. Like in all other.
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Chosen by over 340,000 public voters, 'Goblin mode' is the Oxford dictionary 2022 Word of the year. This February marks the one-year anniversary since this unlikely candidate sprouted out of obscurity and launched into public view.
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Social climates have the power to remap the earth. As we've erased meaningful cultural signifiers, we have forgotten the importance of communication as a perpetual, reciprocal transmission. We used to communicate with Gods, mother nature, plants, and animals. We used to use our thoughts, gestures, posture, and rituals. We must re-learn how to tell, think, listen and share as a planet.
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Have 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.
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Of all the moments I pause and ponder over, the ones that tend to slide between my fingers like fish underwater are those of unrecognizable joy, abundantly flowing, unexplainably taking over my being.
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Design 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.
The ease with which we move within our imagination is quickly dismissed when a good reality is cast upon us. Sometimes, we become content and relaxed at the expense of not seeing the next step that can take us even further. Vibing well is an awesome ride to catch upward, not something to bathe in like a stagnant pool after a summer's shower rain.
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Biophilia has recently broken through into the cultural mainstream. It has the full momentum needed to establish itself as a new norm and increase awareness of the importance of living closer to nature. Buildings like these are like bodies. Infused with the right materials, they live and breathe with us. And we, as biophilia teaches us, want to be close to their hearts.
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The most reinvented room in your home is the kitchen. By far. Because of that, following the kitchen trends can be very insightful in what new living patterns are concerned. Here are some of the ones that I’ve spotted with my keen (22-year and counting) professional eye that I’m sure will fill in the 2023 design pages:
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When you go and buy something, you have it in your hand. When you go and rent that holiday villa, you're in it, living the life. When you have kidney stones, and the doctor tells you how to get rid of them, you can measure the value-add through instant comfort.
Things get fuzzier when what you buy is talking, testing, thinking and the agony of decision-making with thousands of options floating around.
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Ditch the packaging! Leave the plastic and cardboard food containers at the store, take the time to take the lettuce out of the box and leave the box.
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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.
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Winding up the hill in the fairytale of winter where forests filled with the chirp of sparrows line up the long, asphalted roads peppered with few cars and happy ski-goers heading for the slopes, the pure, unadulterated experience of nature only slightly adjusted by humanity, not enough to pollute but good enough to get us around. This was then; a generation or two ago.
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