You’ve probably noticed that I don’t write much about design topics, housing or otherwise. I think that space is well-filled by a multitude of others. However, this TED presentation, while dealing with design, really has to do with our assumptions and beliefs around housing (and our larger relationship with all consumables) that have been culturally ingrained on us whether we consciously realize it or not.
It doesn’t matter where you’re at in the home ownership spectrum (building new, renovating, status quo, don’t own a house, live in a cave) check out this slyly subversive, funny and transformative presentation by Dan Phillips. He builds new homes using 70 to 80% recycled materials. As he describes it “I feature blemish. I feature organic process.”
ps. Don’t judge the man by his ponytail….