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Why Design Matters

A designed object is one whose makers worked long and hard to get it just right. Most of the world has sadly not been well-designed. But good design does matter. Far from being a luxury or an add-on, it is central to a good society. We feel like and are, in a sense, quite different people depending on what’s in front of our eyes.

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The Usefulness Of Speaking Your Feelings To An Empty Chair

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The Usefulness Of Speaking Your Feelings To An Empty Chair

One of the simplest and most useful exercises that psychotherapy has gifted to us is known as the Empty Chair…

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What Goes With What

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What Goes With What

When it comes to design and clothing, almost without noticing, we tend to operate with a strong background sense of…

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The Beauty of Komorebi

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The Beauty of Komorebi

It is one of the most charming aspects of Japanese culture that it offers up a specific word for what…

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On Flying Too Close to the Sun – And Not Flying Close Enough

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On Flying Too Close to the Sun – And Not Flying Close Enough

We are - most of us - likely at some point in childhood to have been told the story of…

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Eight Rules to Create Nicer Cities

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Eight Rules to Create Nicer Cities

In almost no area of modern life are the potential solutions simpler and our attachment to our errors greater than…

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The Past Was Not in Black and White

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The Past Was Not in Black and White

It’s a sign of how much photography influences our sense of what the past looked like that it’s hard not…

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