I've often wondered what true passion is. As a teenager, I believed it was love. As an adult, I believe it is a carrier. Later on, a hobby. It is all and none of these.
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Why does everyone think they can do this profession of ours? Why is it that, to the public, it appears so easy to practice that almost anyone with a bit of aesthetic eye can do it? That all interior designers do is nudge a few things just a bit better than the able amateurs? And especially, that all the adjacent construction-related professions are considered designers?
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In a world where fields and context are as important as physical boundaries, the notion of skin as the limit of our bodies is obsolete.
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A modern home on a quiet Toronto street; living inside, one of the many kinds of regular families: two parents, two kids; life split between work, time together to listen and share, and the time apart to do the beautiful things we do for ourselves and our souls.
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Assertiveness 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.
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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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Ecosystems 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.
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"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.