Here’s the bike Seth built. I believe this experience was a birthday gift from Cindy (his wife).
hanging stairs (alternating tread)
In the early nineties, some friends were building a set of these (not nearly as minimal) in Fayetteville AR - ever since, I’ve wanted to incorporate some into a small cabin or tiny house.
NOTE: You can almost picture a disaster at the bottom…maybe a soft landing? I could imagine a dense shag white strip from the (L) corner all the way to the peninsula (same width as stairs).
Brick
I love that this is what it can do, or…this is what can be done with it.
One sheet of plywood boats
Piper (our 14 yr old) wants some help building one of these - full scale.
Amidst Texas Blackout, Ford F-150 Hybrid Owners Power Their Homes & Help Neighbors
I love this kind of story: People using electric vehicles as mobile generators to solve power issues for others in crisis. More here.
Memorial Idea
First pass at site specific memorial for Seth, Adam and Andy. I’m thinking it could be 3 large cairns (markers) and a long line of rocks/sticks between the Opus hut and where these friends last skied. The materials would be from the avalanche detritus. I image it being restacked/aligned over time or just evolving into something else potentially.
Ecological Pavilion - Studio 1984
Love when you can see how things are made, especially when made like this. Check out the wood interior here.
MU50 modular cabin (Teke Architects)
A prefab prototype that’s low-impact, recyclable, and adaptable enough to be built virtually anywhere. More here.
Aeroslider (Manyone)
Another creative idea for moving people and things using magnetic propulsion. More here.
DIY Sailboat
This is my new favorite down and dirty quick boat made from off-the-shelf materials. Here’s more info. on Instructables.
Happy Valentines Day
Nook Architecture & Interior Design ( Barcelona)
Love the minimalism, textures and strong plan (see before/after).
No Pulls
I like how the notches in the frames serve double duty for doors and drawers. Nice touch.
Monkey House - Atelier Marko Brajovic Architects (Brazil)
Always loved A-frames. This one’s set among the trees, as a retreat for the architect’s family/friends during the pandemic. More here.
Art
I was planning to make some pieces again. Now it feels like therapy, in a good way.
The Alice: Camera in the Front, Your Smartphone in the Back
Love the idea of this. More here.
Minimum/Maximum - Punch
This is a bit bigger than is probably necessary, but very nice material palette, details and analysis. More here.
Greg Burns, Nico Brooks, me and Seth Bossung
Emily and I were married on June 21, 2003 up in Tabernash CO. Seth and Greg were my best men and Nico (Emily’s cousin) officiated. We explored seeing if we could make Nico a ship captain but settled on some universal minister certification for the day, I believe.
Seth had said to me years earlier (when we both were working at a Sanborn (summer camp ‘89) where we met) …”Just laugh, no matter what.”, just before he did a skit with another counselor (which was actually super funny). At our wedding, just as I had started my speech, I heard Seth laughing (very loudly and in support) in the crowd - it made me remember what he had said at camp and consequently made me lose my place, which turned out to be momentarily unfortunate and soon after quite funny.
I’m not sure how many times he was in the role of best man at friends’ weddings but I’ll wager to guess it was at least 5 times.
Always sharp, always funny, always encouraging, always thoughtful and always the best. Here is tribute article that helps explain even more the kind of guy he was.
Andrew Goldsworthy
Seth and I had conversations (not infrequently over the years) about the power of ephemeral art. My initial thoughts about how to memorialize Seth, Adam and Andy is to make something Goldsworthy-esque (over the summer) in the area where he and his close friends died. Something that will require revisiting over time to either reassemble or make anew. Something that will surely be a group project. Something subtle. Something beautiful.
Seth Bossung, Andy Jessen and Adam Palmer
I expect our hearts will be tender for some time.
Here’s an article from the Vail Daily about Seth Bossung, Andy Jessen and Adam Palmer. It also has links to GoFundMe drives to help support their families.
“The red line marks descent and the blue lines mark the avalanches. The large avalanche on the left caught the group of skiers and also caused the small avalanche on the right to release sympathetically.” [Photo] CAIC/Telluride Helitrax
