tools/wares

Topography of Tears: Like Aerial Views of Emotional Terrain

Useful Things: Really Big Cotton Dish Towels

A Simple Way to Make Your Phone Less Addictive: Go Gray

An Invitation to Slow Down with Something Different: James Turell’s Beautiful Skyspace 2 Ways

Taking ‘Keep Warm with Layers’ to a Chic Extreme

Endlessly Useful, Morphable, Stylish Photographer’s Apple Boxes

Your Clothes Embellished with Simple Stitching

Solar Lanterns Make Lunar Magic, Sensual Bubbles and, in the end, Stars

What to Eat When Hiking Naked and Other Essential Info

Simple Ways to Create Private Space with Fabric Room Dividers and ‘Slung Cloths’

Make Your Mark with Sculptural Drawing Chalk

Simple Furoshiki Cloth Becomes a Carry Bag, Apron, Kitchen Towel, Scarf…

Brandless’ Will Deliver Some Seriously Good $3 Bargains, and Ideals, to Your Door

Paper Shades Give a Community Soup Kitchen a Noguchi Touch (That We Love at Home as Well)

Makeshift Mortars and Pestles Make Sublime Walnut Pesto (and Other Delicious Things)

Computer Screens are Hurting Our Eyes; Trees Can Heal Them

How to Stretch Those Too-Tight Shoes You Love (Really Works)

Test-Driving Portable Coffee Systems: Brux vs Makeshift Thermos and Cone Rig

Facebook Made Me Stand in the Corner, Echoing Michael Druks’ Prophetic Artwork

What Writing Scripts for AI Taught Her About Humans and Art

Unique, Cheap, Full-of-Wonder Last Minute Gift: Improvised Life

Improvised Life’s Not Shopping Holiday Gift Guide

Rocks and Stones Make Endlessly Useful Tools and Beautiful Objets

Courage in a Bottle and Elsewhere…

Annals of Bad Design: Bigbelly Garbage Can

Halloween: Inspiration, Scary Stuff, Song

Metallic Makeup Becomes Ephemeral Jewelry

Annals of Everyday Invention: Magnet Pin Cushion Sculpture

Scraps, Wilt & Leaves: Sublime Trash Cooking with a Michelin Chef

Hi/Low: Round Porthole Mirrors for a Haiku-like View

Apparel for Living: Roz Chast’s Survivalist Cargo Pajamas

Live Rose Jackets and Other Lovely Flower Apparal

The Value of Objects I Can’t Afford

Solar Eclipse: How to Experience the Awesomeness + Free Safety Glasses

Beauty You Can Carry on a Bicycle (Loes Heerink, Emily Dickinson)

Unleash Your Inner Beast (Theo Jansen, Ted Hughes, Luo Zhihai)

How to Live Wisely With Your Phone

A Cheap Chic Black Bag to Rival Ikea’s and Balenciaga’s Tote

Honey from a Weed: Simple Rice or Risotto with Dandelion (or other Greens)

Drape Stuff, Like That Scrap of Beautiful Fabric or Vintage Rug

The FlexiSpot Sit Stand Desk Changed My Life

We’re Not Advertising Anything, Damn It!

Catalogue of Possibilities and Very Cool Tools

HomeMade Modern: Smart Stylish DIY with a Mission

Essential for Powerful Emergency Fixes, Plumbing + Otherwise

‘Crisis is a Hair’ (Hair Poetry, Visual and Otherwise)

Find: Red Steel Bookends (via FIT)

Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies via David Bowie

Trompe l’Oeil and Conceptual Art Necklaces DIY

Size Matters: Jumbo Paperclip as Liberating, Minimalist “Purse”

Divine Roasted Sesame Oil + Down n Dirty Ginger Scallion Sauce

Last-Minute, Inexpensive, Artisan-Made Gift (They Won’t Throw Out)

Gift: Spring Bulbs for Effortless Blooms + Magic

Saying NO to Holiday Gift-Giving Guilt (Mira Keras)

Gift: The Essential Rumi’s Poetry and Wisdom

Improvised Life’s Thoughtful Un-Gift Guide

String Light Wreaths, Trees and Freeform Decorations

Overpainted Nails (Why Stay Within the Lines?)

Simplest Possible Curtain Tie (And Hotel Room Strategy)

Tasting Spoons: Essential Kitchen Tool and Welcome Gift

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