This year, put as much love into labeling your gift as you did buying it. Gift tags are one of those things we think ab…
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Places & Spaces: Tubohotel, Mexico
The Tubohotel in Mexico features salvaged concrete tubes as sleeping spaces. If a cast-off, concrete tube measuring six …
8 Ways Scandinavia Impressed Us This Year
Scandinavia was consistently inspiring in 2011. After looking back on a year of Shelter posts, we realized that our obse…
Lustables: Chalkboard Tablet
Jot this down: reclaimed oak and leather, chalkboard paint, natural tung oil. Handmade in Philadelphia, this chalkboard …
heARTbeat: The Art of Wolfgang Laib’s Meditation in Rice & Pollen
ColumnWolfgang Laib’s work nourishes the heart with the mind of an artist and the soul of a monk. Wolfgang Laib…
iClutter: 13 Accessories You Really Don’t Need for Your Apple
A dozen plus ways to waste money on Apple gadgets this holiday season. What do you get for the Apple enthusiast who has…
Lustables: GrowBottle Upcycled Hydrogardens
One more way to reuse a wine bottle. Just when you thought companies had exhausted every possible option for reusing a b…
Design Inspiration: Tricking Out the Corners
The modest corner takes center stage. Ralph Emerson said, “If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modes…