«For in times to come, we will have to find a responsive and sensitive balance between the still-usuable skills and wisdom of the past and sustainable products and inventions of the 21st century.»

Lloyd Kahn, 1973, The Book of Shelter
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Brick history under the stronghold

Brick history under the stronghold

How to growing your own printing ink

How to growing your own printing ink

Preparation for the fine willow skeinwork

Preparation for the fine willow skeinwork

‘Braiding is watching with your fingers’, says Esmé Hofman one of the few professional basket weavers in Europe practicing the very fine type of basketry called willow skeinwork. The material for this work is obtained by cleaving a long willow rod in three or four with a special wooden cleave. The long strips of willow...
How to get goat milk from a mama goat?

How to get goat milk from a mama goat?

What sound does a goat make?

What sound does a goat make?

How to create space in cities for nature?

How to create space in cities for nature?

Ecoloog Harmen Venema laat zien in een korte wandeling door de wijk Rotsoord, hoe het natuur eigen gang vind als er ruimte en simpele conditie voor worden gemaakt. gedocumenteerd door Dima Stefanova
Taking care of birds

Taking care of birds

Documented by Lisa Kläver, Sylvain Georget and Pihla Raevaara (students from designLAB)
Floral arranging

Floral arranging

Jdocumented by Bob Vos en Mark Wiechmann (students from designLAB)
Making cloth from tree bark

Making cloth from tree bark

Tree bark fleece from Uganda is said to be the most ancient textile in the history of humanity. Until the end of the 19th century, the most precious bark clothes have exclusively been reserved for the monarchs of the nearly millenial kingdom of Buganda. In 2005, UNESCO declared the artisan production process of bark cloth...
Replacing a battery

Replacing a battery

 
Mounting a plug

Mounting a plug

 
Making a haybox

Making a haybox

Haybox

Haybox

This is a story of an elderly man in Amsterdam who is still using a haybox for kepping his food warm. His wife had brought it into their mariage. The box is splendidly decorated and a good energy saver.
Bulgarian funeral traditions

Bulgarian funeral traditions

While talking about the rituals performed during the grief and preparation for burial of the dead, the women of the village Zahari Stoyanovo (located in the northeast Dobrudja, Bulgaria), reveal a range of knowledge and wisdom. Like after the burial procession leave, the last man left the house, stuck a nail in the threshold of...
Jewish tradition around knife gift

Jewish tradition around knife gift