The Not So Resolute Desk
November 30, 2020The 5&1 Step-back
November 15, 2020Trunkism
November 10, 2020Bigorexia (DFM)
November 9, 2020Bigorexia is a subtype of the obsessive mental disorder muscle dysmorphic disorder. The (mostly) men suffering from it have a delusional sense of being too small and insufficiently muscular, despite often already having exceptionally big and muscular bodies. Bigorexians spend inordinate time, attention and resources to gain strength…
The Dwarf and the Giant
October 27, 2020Tsimtsum
October 25, 2020Tsimtsum is a Hebrew term meaning contraction, constriction or condensation. In the Kabbalah it is used to explain how God initiated the Creation by a process of contracting from his infinite omnipresence. Within the resulting space mankind could come into existence. So basically God actively shrunk…
Abundance Fantasies: Friedeberg’s Hand Chair
October 24, 2020Rafting Monkeys
June 7, 2020The Peruvian Variant
May 30, 2020David and Goliath
March 24, 2020Kohrisms
March 15, 2020The Austrian economist and political scientist Leopold Kohr opposed the “cult of bigness” in social organization. He inspired the movement for a human scale and the Small Is Beautiful movement. His most influential work was The Breakdown of Nations. In 1983, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award. In the…
The Zooms: The Feynman Zoom
March 13, 2020Rod at Dawn
March 2, 2020Mayan Dwarf Liminality
February 23, 2020Short-statured people, dwarfs and people with achondroplasia play a significant role in Maya mythology. It was believed that dwarfs lived together with the gods long before humans even existed. This presumed divine proximity and intimacy gave the small-statured status. Dwarfs knew something that the taller…
Down with the Dead Puck
January 31, 2020Guts for Brains
January 12, 2020Height Blind
January 8, 2020Adaptive Size
November 28, 2019Architecture studio Wallgren Arkitekter and Swedish construction company BOX Bygg created the design tool Finch which can generate floor plans adapted to the constraints of a site. It allows architects to understand the potential of a specific building site, especially in terms of size and configuration. The Incredible…