OPEN THE WINDOW BEFORE THE WATER FLOODS IN
FLOAT TOWARDS THE LIGHT
AS remnants FADE TO AN INKY BLACK
MEDIAN BY APPARATUS STUDIO
EMAUELE FARNETI'S OFFICE VIA CHRISTIANE LEMIEUX
THE BRIDGE
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
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
CANE SHELVING SOURCE UNKNOWN
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
VIZOR INTERACTIVE BY STUDIO11 VIA YATZER
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
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.
ASPIRE
UTOPIA MEANS: DREAM, ACTION, LIFE, HOPE, INNOCENCE, NOVELTY, ENERGY, COURAGE, VISION, FUTURE.
- THOMAS HIRSCHHORN
FELIX FOREST FOR VOGUE LIVING
BARE
WHAT YOU REVEAL, YOU HEAL.
- JAY-Z
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
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
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
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.
