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Published on Feb. 9, 2025, 3 p.m.
It begins with a luxury we now mistake for a basic right: a locked door. For most of human history, the acts we confine to the …
Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 3:48 p.m.
### We spend over 2,000 hours a year sitting. A deep dive into the century-long battle between our bodies and our chairs—and ho…
Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 1:54 p.m.
Look down at your own body. Notice the angle of your hips, the curve of your spine, the way your feet meet the floor. Chances a…
Published on Feb. 7, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
In the hallowed halls of Down House, amidst a chaotic collection of specimens and books, Charles Darwin conducted his life’s wo…
Published on Jan. 30, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
The rooms we live in are shrinking. This is not a new anxiety. Over a century ago, in a cramped San Francisco apartment, a man …
Published on Jan. 30, 2024, 6:40 p.m.
We begin with a problem of geometry and desire. The room is small—a familiar constraint for millions living in the dense heart …
Published on Jan. 31, 2024, 9:18 a.m.
There is a silent conversation happening in your home. It’s a dialogue between your body and the space you inhabit, a negotiati…
Published on Jan. 31, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
There is a peculiar silence that settles into a small city apartment late at night. It’s a silence filled with the low hum of t…
Published on Jan. 31, 2024, 7:40 p.m.
Our homes have become the unwilling epicenters of our lives. They are no longer just places of rest, but also our offices, cine…
Published on Feb. 2, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
We have entered into an unspoken contract with our chairs. We offer them the majority of our waking hours, and in return, they …
Published on Feb. 2, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
It began, as many revolutions do, not with a bang, but with a quiet squeak. In the 19th century, inside his study at Down House…
Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 9:24 a.m.
It’s one of the most curious artifacts of modern digital life. In millions of bedrooms, home offices, and streaming studios, yo…
Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 10:40 a.m.
For most of human history, the chair was a symbol of power. It was the throne of a king, carved from ivory and gold, an object …
Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
We live in a world built on a paradox. We have engineered marvels of comfort and efficiency, chief among them the chair, an inv…
Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 4:59 p.m.
It sits in the corner of millions of rooms, a silent partner to our work and play. The modern chair is our throne, our cockpit,…
Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 6:20 p.m.
On the sprawling digital marketplace of Amazon, a 3.7-star rating is a fascinating purgatory. It’s a sign of profound division—…
Published on Feb. 22, 2024, 12:42 p.m.
There is a quiet battle being fought on your patio. It’s a relentless, slow-motion war waged against scorching ultraviolet rays…
Published on Jan. 28, 2024, 4:31 p.m.
Our living rooms have become battlegrounds of compromise. We crave comfort and space, yet the realities of modern urban life of…
Published on Dec. 21, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
We all feel it. That primal, end-of-day craving for a sanctuary. A place to decompress, to fold into ourselves, to let the worl…
Published on Dec. 21, 2024, 3:25 p.m.
There is a primal human craving for a place of refuge. In a world of open-plan offices and ever-pinging screens, we seek corner…