ISO: Clean Design Blogs
December 12, 2015 2:19 PM Subscribe
Looking for blogs that focus on clean design, in both/either sense: aesthetically clean lined and clean in terms of low VOCs, easy to keep clean, etc.
I am looking for the antithesis of the all too easy to find Scenery Porn/Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless type stuff that seems suffocatingly everywhere.
My ideal home would be on the small size (probably under 1300 sq. ft.), off-grid, passive solar design, no forced air heat, no cloth upholstery (leather is okay in small amounts), no particle board, and no curtains or carpets. We are talking real wood, real stone, metal and glass, not too cluttered or fussy. If it looks like Rococo, it is a big fat no.
It can be architecture, furniture and any other related home/residence type topic. When paper magazines were the norm, this category was called shelter magazines. That included magazines about interior decorating, house blue prints, kitchen and bath magazines, remodeling magazines, etc. So Shelter Magazines for the digital age, with a spartan, clean lined, organic, sustainable bent.
Also, on the small size. I have cooked in gargantuan kitchens. It is usually a real headache. I probably wouldn't want a giant kitchen even if I were ridiculously rich.
I also am interested in things like Zeer pots. I need electricity for the computers I am addicted to, but I would be fine with using passive solar design for most heating and cooling and daylighting for most light and otherwise being a new age hippie, basically.
Beam me up!
Thanks!
I am looking for the antithesis of the all too easy to find Scenery Porn/Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless type stuff that seems suffocatingly everywhere.
My ideal home would be on the small size (probably under 1300 sq. ft.), off-grid, passive solar design, no forced air heat, no cloth upholstery (leather is okay in small amounts), no particle board, and no curtains or carpets. We are talking real wood, real stone, metal and glass, not too cluttered or fussy. If it looks like Rococo, it is a big fat no.
It can be architecture, furniture and any other related home/residence type topic. When paper magazines were the norm, this category was called shelter magazines. That included magazines about interior decorating, house blue prints, kitchen and bath magazines, remodeling magazines, etc. So Shelter Magazines for the digital age, with a spartan, clean lined, organic, sustainable bent.
Also, on the small size. I have cooked in gargantuan kitchens. It is usually a real headache. I probably wouldn't want a giant kitchen even if I were ridiculously rich.
I also am interested in things like Zeer pots. I need electricity for the computers I am addicted to, but I would be fine with using passive solar design for most heating and cooling and daylighting for most light and otherwise being a new age hippie, basically.
Beam me up!
Thanks!
Best answer: Not every post at Apartment Therapy is what you're looking for, but a lot of them are.
posted by ob1quixote at 8:34 PM on December 12, 2015
posted by ob1quixote at 8:34 PM on December 12, 2015
Best answer: Thomas Moser makes Shaker-inspired furniture. Beautiful, well-made, and expensive.
For minimizing environmental impact, used goods are a great idea, and are likely to be affordable. I have several courthouse chairs that will last a couple more generations if someone wants them to. The most expensive one was 75, the least expensive one needs re-caning, and cost a buck. My table is an oak library table, left behind by a tenant. Antiques can be other than fussy.
There are facebook groups for everything, try Natural Building. There's a builder in my area who is environmentally
conscious, look for them where you live. There may be a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, or a green builiding supply company; they're a good resource.
In dry California, the zeer pot and swamp coolers make sense for cooling.
posted by theora55 at 10:58 AM on December 13, 2015
For minimizing environmental impact, used goods are a great idea, and are likely to be affordable. I have several courthouse chairs that will last a couple more generations if someone wants them to. The most expensive one was 75, the least expensive one needs re-caning, and cost a buck. My table is an oak library table, left behind by a tenant. Antiques can be other than fussy.
There are facebook groups for everything, try Natural Building. There's a builder in my area who is environmentally
conscious, look for them where you live. There may be a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, or a green builiding supply company; they're a good resource.
In dry California, the zeer pot and swamp coolers make sense for cooling.
posted by theora55 at 10:58 AM on December 13, 2015
Best answer: Green Building Adviser is good, although I think you may have to sign up to access some of the articles. Lots of technical info. Building Science is another very technical resource primarily focused on saving energy (vs offgassing or green building materials).
Fine Homebuilding has a surprisingly (to me anyway) strong emphasis on sustainability, and a good amount of content available on their website.
For eye candy, I like ArchDaily and Pinterest.
posted by sepviva at 7:27 PM on December 19, 2015
Fine Homebuilding has a surprisingly (to me anyway) strong emphasis on sustainability, and a good amount of content available on their website.
For eye candy, I like ArchDaily and Pinterest.
posted by sepviva at 7:27 PM on December 19, 2015
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