Dear internet friends,

I’m straight into the links this week (because there’s a lot of them) but I just wanted to say hi, and that I hope you’re having a really great weekend. Don’t forget to take a little time for yourself.

Much love,

Marty

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☼ I’ve just realised that one of my favourite artists, Hayden Clay sells both super affordable prints and limited edition prints of his mesmerising pieces.

☼ Rapper Lupe Fiasco teamed up with Google to create TextFX: “AI-powered tools for rappers, writers and wordsmiths”. Now I’m blasting Kick Push all weekend 🛹🛹🛹.

☼ UK pre-fab home/cabin companies Koto and Out of the Valley have teamed up to create a beautiful, minimal £45k (~$56k) outdoor sauna. Koto also make a wood burning hot tub. I’m all about these modular builds where you can expand and add on to your home/cabin over time. Also love this one by Stockholm’s Manta North (get ready to lose some time on their home configurator).

☼ Thailand’s homemade rocket festival is extremely cool and almost definitely worth any injuries sustained while attending the event. Should we all just go next year? This YouTube channel, Great Big Story, is worthy of a subscribe. Some other bangers: The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel, Pounding Mochi With the Fastest Mochi Maker in Japan & This German Castle Has Been One Family’s Home for 850 Years.

☼ Just in case you haven’t seen the greatest movie scene of all time…

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☼ Another week another perfect tiny home surrounded by nature, built with a ~$90k budget on placed on leased farmland. I love this approach of building a cost effective tiny home and finding a friendly farmer or landowner who’ll rent you a plot of land to sit it on. The key seems to be building a structure which can be moved if required in future; I believe this also helps with zoning/planning permissions in a number of countries. Have any of you or your friends done this? Would love to hear about it in the comments

☼ Useful Books provides the knowledge, community, and tools to help you write great nonfiction

☼ Phaidon’s new monograph The Atlas of Car Design: The World’s Most Iconic Cars chronicles 130 years of automotive art

☼ I’m really enjoying following Hans Lorei on Twitter who gives thoughtful interior design tips & ideas (like this, this and this)

☼ Discover Chair1987: A website and store for a single, beautiful chair assembled using Japan's traditional woodworking method and without the use of metal fittings or plastics. The best part? You build it youself: “We firmly believe that the act of creation adds an inherent value to the product that cannot be matched by a piece of assembled furniture”

☼ Ever felt the sudden urge to purchase a tiny vintage computer? Well great news, Miniatua creates extremely detailed scale models and replicas of vintage computers and mainframes. I think we may need to discuss commissioning a tiny clear Macintosh Portable M5120 which plays Poolsuite FM…?

☼ On the subject of clear Apple products… this guy on YouTube 3D printed his own transparent AirPods case (full guide on his site if you’re up for the challenge)

☼ Honestly I don’t know what this site is but I’m 100% here for the chaos… (see also: Lings Cars)

☼ Cars are banned in this Swiss town! (Except tiny electric ones)

☼ I can’t recall if I’ve written about this before, but it’s worth featuring again if I did… Ca’n Terra is the result of a family stumbling upon an abandoned quarry in Menorca, then having the absolutely excellent idea to turn it into a holiday home. Take a tour here.

Until next time!

See you online ☼

Marty