INCENDIARE

THERE ARE THOSE WHO RECEIVE AS BIRTHRIGHT AN ADEQUATE OR AT LEAST UNQUESTIONED SENSE OF SELF, AND THOSE WHO SET OUT TO REINVENT THEMSELVES, FOR SURVIVAL OR FOR SATISFACTION, AND TRAVEL FAR. SOME PEOPLE INHERIT VALUES AND PRACTICES AS A HOUSE THEY INHABIT; SOME OF US HAVE TO BURN DOWN THAT HOUSE, FIND OUR OWN GROUND, BUILD FROM SCRATCH, EVEN AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL METAMORPHOSIS. AS A CULTURAL METAMORPHOSIS THE TRANSITION IS FAR MORE DRAMATIC. 

EXCERPT FROM REBECCA SOLNIT'S A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST 

ROME, ITALY SHOT BY KONACTION

CERAMICS BY NICOLETTE JOHNSON

FITZROY PROJECT BY SIMONE HAAG

CARVED BRUSHES BY ARIELE ALASKO

"QUINCE" BY ANDREA TORRES BALAGUER

CERAMIC VESSELS BY NICOLETTE JOHNSON

SPAtIAL

LOVE IS THE ATMOSPHERE THAT FILLS AND COLORS THE DISTANCE. THE FAR SEEPS IN EVEN TO THE NEAREST. AFTER ALL, WE HARDLY KNOW OUR OWN DEPTHS. 

- REBECCA SOLNIT 

CARAVAN 2.0 BY FLACK STUDIO

FONDA BONDI BY STUDIO ESTETA

ROSE DOORS VIA AXD INTERIOR

NIX DESIGNED BY ELIZABETH ROBERTS

CARAVAN 2.0 BY FLACK STUDIO

FLUID INSCRIPTIONS

THE INSTINCT TO MARK THE PLACE ONE HAS OCCUPIED IN THE WORLD IS NOT PARTICULAR TO HUMANS.

BUT IT IS, LIKE THE VERY ACT OF COLLECTING OBJECTS, ONE OF THE IMPULSES FROM WHICH CULTURE IS BORN AND DEFINED. NONE OF US CAN RESIST ANNOUNCING OUR PRESENCE, NO MATTER HOW TEMPORAL OR HUMBLE OUR DWELLING MIGHT BE; WE WRITE OURSELVES INTO WALLS AS A WAY OF PROTESTING THE RELENTLESSNESS, THE UNCARINGNESS, OF TIME. 

-HANYA YANAGIHARA

KATIE MARINAA

CANE SHELVING SOURCE UNKNOWN 

THE GORGEOUS KITCHEN AT HEATHROW

ETTA DINING BY IF ARCHITECTURE 

MIRROR MIRROR

I'M ONLY AN IMAGE OF WHAT YOU SEE. 

I'M ONLY A WOMAN IF WOMAN IS A WORD. 

I'M ONLY A FIGURE IF YOU CAN SEE MY FRAME.

FIRE WITH NO FLAME. 

- EMPRESS OF

TOLKO INTERIORS 

VIZOR INTERACTIVE BY STUDIO11 VIA YATZER

BENOÎT VIAENE

TEHNIKUM BISTRO MOSCOW

THE DIAMOND CENTER

IT IS AS IF A LARGE DIAMOND WERE TO BE FOUND INSIDE EACH PERSON. THE DIAMOND HAS A THOUSAND FACETS, BUT THE FACETS ARE COVERED WITH DIRT AND TAR. IT IS THE JOB OF THE SOUL TO CLEAN EACH FACET UNTIL THE SURFACE IS BRILLIANT AND CAN REFLECT A RAINBOW OF COLORS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCES AMONG PEOPLE ARE THE NUMBER OF FACETS CLEANED. BUT EACH DIAMOND IS THE SAME. EACH IS PERFECT. 

-DR. BRIAN L. WEISS 

PUDDLE VIA TETRA

MASSERIA MOROSETA

MUSLIM RITUAL DURING THE HAJJ VIA IGNANT

MOROCCAN VILLA BY STUDIO KO

LINEAR

REMEMBER, A LINE CANNOT EXIST ALONE; IT ALWAYS BRINGS A COMPANION ALONG. DO REMEMBER THAT ONE LINE DOES NOTHING; IT IS ONLY IN RELATION TO ANOTHER THAT IT CREATES A VOLUME. 

-HENRI MATISSE

AVENUE ROAD VIA INTERIOR DESIGN MAG

WOOLLAHRA HOUSE BY DECUS INTERIORS 

LINEAR BANQUETTE (SOURCE UNKNOWN)

PAINTING BY SHARON KINGSTON

CHANDON AUSTRALIA BRASSERIE BY FOOLSCAP STUDIO

IDENTITY

I LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH IDENTITY. THE UNITED STATES IS INCREDIBLY YOUNG IN COMPARISON TO THE CULTURAL DEPTHS OF THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND I WANT TO USE INTERIOR SPACE AS A WAY TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE. WHEN A PERSON EXPERIENCES A SPACE THERE SHOULD BE NO PRETENSES. IT IS AN AMALGAMATION OF INFLUENCES ACROSS THE WORLD THAT EXEMPLIFY DIVERSITY AND UNITY. IT'S TIME WE FIND HOPE AMONGST THE HAZE AND BRING IT INTO THE LIGHT.  

APPARATUS MILAN

VALPARAÍSO, CHILE VIA MY TINY ATLAS

BRIGHTON BOULEVARD, BONDI VIA ALEXANDER + CO.

PULITZER HOTEL, AMSTERDAM

ASPIRE

UTOPIA MEANS: DREAM, ACTION, LIFE, HOPE, INNOCENCE, NOVELTY, ENERGY, COURAGE, VISION, FUTURE. 

- THOMAS HIRSCHHORN 

FELIX FOREST FOR VOGUE LIVING

LIFE ON SUNDAYS 

VENICE APARTMENT 

BARE

WHAT YOU REVEAL, YOU HEAL. 

- JAY-Z

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK

DESIGNER DANNY VENLET'S BRUSSEL'S HOME

"WALKERS" BY FELIPE BEDOYA

PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE + SCIENCE DALLAS, TX

CONTEXTUAL

NOTHING THAT YOU MAKE IN THIS WORLD EXISTS IN ISOLATION FROM THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AND ECOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF IT. 

- TREVOR PAGLEN

THE CASCADE IN YEREVEN, ARMENIA VIA AD MAGAZINE 

GLACIERS VIA THE ARRIVALS NYC

DELTA SHELTER VIA DWELL

UGH VIA DESIGN SPONGE

LIGNE ROSET SOFAS VIA SHAPESIDE

ASSUAGE

TAME THE SAVAGENESS OF MAN AND MAKE GENTLE THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD. 

- ROBERT KENNEDY

800 A.D. STEPS OF CHAND BAORI VIA MY TINY ATLAS

LA MACCHIA BEACH CLUB VIA VOGUE LIVING

ERODE SOAPS BY UMÉ STUDIO

LA FEMME

WITH A RECENT RISE IN FEMALE REPRESENTATION, GENDER NEUTRAL INTERIORS WITH A SLIGHT KNOD TO FEMME HAVE PIQUED MY CURIOSITY. SET AMONGST NOIR INSPIRED BACKDROPS, THESE FEMININE DETAILS BRING A SENSE OF DELICATE BALANCE AND ORDER TO THE SPACE. WITHOUT THEM, THE room WOULD BE cold AND COLORLESS. 

VIA BULLSHIRT 

LITTLE KING BROOKLYN

UNTIED ROOFTOP BAR SYDNEY BY TECHNE ARCHITECTURE

VIA DESIGN PINN

AWAKE

WE NEED TO HOPE FOR THE REALIZATION OF OUR OWN DREAMS, BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE A WORLD THAT WILL REMAIN WILDER THAN OUR IMAGINATIONS. 

- REBECCA SOLNIT

CARRARA MARBLE MINE IN ITALY BY BERNHARD LANG

RESTORATION OF PI DES CATALA BY MARIA CASTELLO MARTINEZ

SURRENDER

IMPERFECTION TAKES LONGER THAN PERFECTION. GREAT DESIGN DOESN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW: IT COMBINES THEM, AND FROM IT IS BORN SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING OUT OF TIME ALTOGETHER. 

-INTERIOR ARCHITECT VINCENZO DE COTIIS + WRITER HANYA YANAGIHARA

DAR KAWA BNB MARRAKECH

PHILLIPE STARCK'S ROSEWOOD SAO PAOLO VIA INTERIOR DESIGN MAG

LIJIANG, CHINA VIA ELECTRIFY MAG

HORIZON

currently finding respite in the little things with adventure on the horizon.

17TH CENTURY PROVENCE PROPERTY BY PIERRE YOVANOVICH

"UNION" BY PEDRO REYES

BONDI BEACH HOUSE VIA DWELL

CLAY PIPES BY MIWAK JUNIOR VIA BOKETTO WELLNESS

LA MAISON MARRAKECH

ORBITAL REFLECTOR

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RICH TO SEE IT; YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TALL TO SEE IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AMERICAN. ANYBODY ANYWHERE ON EARTH HAS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING THAT GIVES HUMANITY HOPE. 

- ZIA OBOODIYAT on artist trevor paglen's orbital reflector 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY GUSTAV WILLEIT

UPSIDE

SOMEONE TRIED TO TELL ME THEY DID noT BELIEVE THERE WAS ANYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. to the contrary, I believe there ARE FAR TOO MANY PHENOMENAS THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD TO subscribe to AN ETERNAL NOTHINGNESS. PLANETARY ALIGNMENT. PAIN AND SUFFERING. OTHERWORLDLY PERFECTION IN GEOMETRY. POLARITY. AS LONG AS I HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREE THOUGHT, I CHOOSE TO KEEP MY EYES AND HEART OPEN TO POSSIBILITY and reserve the NOTION of nothing for those who have given up. 

ROAD TO AWE DB ARCHITECTURE 

BEIRUT, LEBANON MY TINY ATLAS

TERMAS DE TIBERO BY MONEO BROCK

CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE HOME DWELL

PHILIP DIXON HOUSE 

MILK + HONEY

YOU TELL ME TO QUIET DOWN CAUSE MY OPINIONS MAKE ME LESS BEAUTIFUL

BUT I WAS NOT MADE WITH A FIRE IN MY BELLY SO I COULD BE PUT OUT

I WAS NOT MADE WITH LIGHTNESS ON MY TONGUE SO I COULD BE EASY TO SWALLOW

I WAS MADE HEAVY

HALF BLADE AND HALF SILK

DIFFICULT TO FORGET AND NOT EASY FOR THE MIND TO FOLLOW

-RUPI KAUR

MARATNEVA VIA IGNANT

GLACIER RIVERS IN ICELAND VIA TINY ATLAS

PHEROMONE HOTBOX BY AMANDA CHARCHIAN

MENDENHALL GLACIER VIA TINY ATLAS 

CENTERED

LATELY I'VE BEEN FOCUSING INTENTLY ON THE HEARTH OF THE HOME. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO NAVIGATE SALVAGING A 100+ YEAR OLD BRICK FIREPLACE IN CHARLESTON, SC, AND HAVE BEEN CORRELATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIREPLACE TO RECENT POLITICAL EVENTS. WHEN THE WORLD IS TURMOIL WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TO FIND OUR CENTER AND BREATHE. CREATE AN INNER HEARTH. THESE SPACES EXEMPLIFY A RAW HISTORY PROJECTED FORWARD INTO MODERNITY, ULTIMATELY CREATING A PLACE OF UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING. 

LISA LARSON

PARISIAN ART DECO 

NATE BERKUS 

ELEMENTAL

IN WILDNESS IS THE PRESERVATION OF OUR WORLD. 

-HENRY DAVID THOREAU

STONE + GLASS RETREAT IN NEW ZEALAND VIA DWELL