How to Create a Cozy Reading Nook for Winter

7/24/2026 Air, draughts, orientation

Before the system, there is the design. A home that knows how to move air stays liveable in summer with very little energy.

7/17/2026 Inhabiting the temporary

A holiday home lives on a few things, well chosen. It is an exercise in subtraction that teaches a lot about the everyday home too.

6/12/2026 Colour in the Room: When to Choose and When to Step Back

Colour isn't a decorative choice. It's a decision about volume, light and emotional temperature — and getting it wrong costs you every time you walk into the room.

5/15/2026 The Smell of Dwelling

Honest materials, real scents: a home is felt before it is seen.

4/24/2026 Water, Flows and Rituals: Kitchen and Bathroom Where Design Is Really Tested

Kitchen and bathroom are where the home meets water every day — preparation, cleaning, care, rest. That is why they are also where the gap between beautiful in rendering and sustainable in use shows first: droplets at joints, twisted paths, light that lies about the face, surfaces that demand obsessive cleaning.

4/17/2026 Micro-Outdoor: Balcony, Loggia and Terrace as a Room (Even a Small One)

In the city, those few square metres beyond the door are often the only truce between the flat and the noise outside. They are not a decorative extra: they are a border — different light, different wind, different rules. Yet too many balconies stay storage for crates, folding chairs and rushed tiles, as if design stopped at the glass.