Suburban Nation A Book by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk & Jeff Speck www.goodreads.com A system for livingThe five components of sprawlSubdivisionsAn unmade omeletBeauty and function+12 More The quality of the dayDrawing pictures of cities urbanismcities
Domestic Cozy An Article from Ribbonfarm by Venkatesh Rao www.ribbonfarm.com Millennials and Gen. ZA squeezable nugget of comfortPremium Mediocre vs. Domestic Cozy A Brief History of the Digital Garden
A squeezable nugget of comfort I was waiting for the perfect image to start blogging the idea, and last week supplied one: the Celestial Buddies plush toy that rode on the Crew Dragon test flight. The symbolism is perfect: an oddly satisfying little squeezable nugget of comfort within the disorienting, weird domesticity of a spaceship. Domestic cozy is in an attitude, emerging socioeconomic posture, and aesthetic, that is in many ways the antithesis of premium mediocrity. Unsurprisingly, it takes its cues from the marginal shadow behaviors of premium mediocrity. culture