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The coat that outlived four apartments
The coat that outlived four apartments

A secondhand wool coat, three zippers and the quiet case for owning fewer, older things.

Mira OkaforMira Okafor
Oct 1, 2026
2 min read
What a dinner table is for
What a dinner table is for

Why the most useful piece of furniture in a flat is the one nobody uses on weekdays.

Mira OkaforMira Okafor
Sep 28, 2026
1 min read
A short history of the paper map
A short history of the paper map

Before the blue dot, getting lost was a skill, and finding your way was a conversation.

Mira OkaforMira Okafor
Sep 21, 2026
2 min read
Why we keep the shirts we never wear
Why we keep the shirts we never wear

Closets are archives. The garments we cannot give away are footnotes to the people we were.

Mira OkaforMira Okafor
Sep 17, 2026
1 min read
In defence of the second-best chair
In defence of the second-best chair

The most comfortable seat in the house is rarely the one a designer would choose.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Sep 11, 2026
1 min read
Typography is a way of being polite
Typography is a way of being polite

Good type does not ask to be noticed. It makes a long page feel like a short walk.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Sep 8, 2026
1 min read
The last honest button
The last honest button

On the quiet disappearance of things you could press, and what replaced them.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Sep 1, 2026
1 min read
Cooking with the wrong tools
Cooking with the wrong tools

A year in a rented kitchen with one pan, one knife and no scale.

Tomas LindqvistTomas Lindqvist
Aug 30, 2026
1 min read