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“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

—Dalai Lama

02.

ARCA.

Corinna Dean established ARCA, the Archive for Rural Contemporary Architecture, which explores interpretations of global landscapes that focus on often marginal and overlooked places. The archive creates a multi-layered reading of sites and an appreciation of the bleak, the sometimes failed and the uncomfortable. Corinna’s photographs and installations have been exhibited at Margaret Howell, RIBA and the Sheerness Library.

—via ARCA

03.

British Standards.

Two decades after successfully establishing Plain English as one of the most highly-regarded kitchen companies in the world, Katie Fontana and Tony Niblock launched British Standard in response to a growing demand for affordable cupboards. In 2015, the British Standard team were approached by Justin Hooper and his wife Charlotte Seddon to work with them on a new kitchen, utility and cloakroom for HMS Owl, a striking former Royal Navy Air Squadron control tower, standing close to the shores of the Moray Firth in the Scottish Highlands.

—via British Standards

04.

John Hollington Design.

John Hollington Design is a small award-winning designer maker studio whose designs for lighting and garden objects are inspired by the careful minimalism and geometrical forms of modernist art & architecture. His pieces sell direct to architects and interior designers, particularly for boutique hotels and modern residential refurbishments. John also enjoys working on commissions and collaborations.

—via John Hollington Design

05.

Transustainable House. Tokyo, Japan.

Japanese studio Sugawaradaisuke mixed powdered iron with plaster to give this Tokyo house a rusted exterior that will weather over time. The house aims to respond to the 4 features of urban housing - small building site, diverse style of living, endlessly updating townscape and artificial thermal environment. The interior responds to the transitions of the residents' lifestyles, while externally, the structure’s weathered iron envelope changes over time, lending the house a permanent and fixed quality. The house responds to the nature of the urban landscape, presenting a new solution for sustainable residential architecture that is able to evolve over time.

—via Sugawaradaisuke

06.

Forest Wool.

Every year 600 million pine trees are cut down in the EU alone. But there is more to the tree than just wood. Designer Tamara Orjola researched the potential use of the billions of pine needles that go unused and found them to be a great alternative for all kinds of fibers. Using standard manufacturing techniques they can be transformed into textiles, composites and paper, extracting essential oil and dye in the process. An elegant series of completely biodegradable and compostable stools and carpets made of nothing but pine needles, shows that this ecological material also has a high-quality look and feel to it.

—via Tamara Orjola

07.

Reasons To Be Cheerful.

Created by the Shayler family, Reasons To Be Cheerful hosts an inclusive collection of talks, blog posts and conversations that give us all reasons to be cheerful. Borne from an annual one-day event held at The Good Life Experience the premise is simple - to spread good cheer and hope in a world that can sometimes feel bereft of both. A series of guest blogs and recordings from Mark’s weekly Monday Communion Zoom chats, the site is a platform for ordinary people to tell ordinary stories. Except they’re actually extraordinary.

—via Reasons To Be Cheerful

08.

Road to 70.3.

Follow the 10-month journey to racing an Ironman 70.3 on December 5th, 2021. Ryan Willms of Into the Well leads this mindful experience into creating conscious habits, identity transformation and endurance with purpose. The aim? To explore who we really are, what are we capable of and how can we be our best Self in connection to community, nature and our hearts.

—via YouTube / Instagram

09.

Don’t Forget Frank.

Most are familiar with the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. His houses feel a century ahead of time as they happily converse with nature. But few are aware of the remarkable interview he did with Mike Wallace back in 1957.

—via Hyde + Hyde Architects

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