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Home as a den: why we have lost the sense of refuge
An intimate editorial on the home as a refuge for the body before the soul. The shell, the hollow, the den are spatial archetypes that our primitive brain still recognizes, the inheritance of millions of years of mammalian evolution. And yet thirty years of open-plan aesthetics have produced oversized, undifferentiated homes where the nervous system never relaxes. Returning to the den isn’t about renovating; it’s about recognizing what the body has always asked for.
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ANITÆ Handwoven Velvet Bag – Midnight Blue
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Ten ways to make breakfast special (and not only on the weekend)
A special breakfast does not depend on the free time of the weekend; it depends on the attention we bring to it. From east light to the wheel-thrown ceramic cup, from the Viennese tray to the linen napkin, this guide gathers ten bio-architecture gestures for the home that turn the first fifteen minutes of every weekday into a ritual, even one that lasts only a few minutes.

Where the camera stood: another way to travel
Some archives do more than record where a film was shot; they place the original frame beside a photograph of the same spot as it looks today. From Davinotti in Italy to ReelStreets in the United Kingdom, and from L2TC in France to Scouting NY, these tools suggest a different way to plan a trip: a few stops, chosen shot by shot, and observed with the eye of someone who notices the details.

Vienna, Schiele, and Rubens: how I put the pieces of my memory back together
A return to Vienna to say goodbye to Erni Mangold becomes a journey into the objects that describe us. From Egon Schiele's personal display cabinet to the Rubens drawings at the Albertina, Isabella Goldmann explains why a true souvenir is bought only for love, and why those who travel with their senses wide open bring home colored tiles for the mosaic of our memory.
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