2023 Blog

HABITUS LIVING ONLINE: MCPHAIL HOUSE

The design of a new extension at McPhail House doesn’t harshly define a beginning and end to the home’s chapters; rather it runs on its own harmonious continuum, along the connected interior views and sweeping curves of bespoke finishes.

A Project Profile: October 2023

Photography: Tatjana Plitt

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Caitlin LeishmanDesign
Changing over time

Some artists leave the womb with a compulsion to create, driven by necessity. It’s all they can do, and nothing else will do. For others the need to create isn’t as obvious but it emerges more gradually from a restlessness.

An interview with maker and artist Trevor Neal.

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Caitlin LeishmanEssay
Joan Didion: A unique sculptor of essays

I borrowed a bundle of books from a former colleague, the kind of sunny person who leaves David Sedaris’ ‘Naked’ on your desk. Her taste in other books was also very much to my liking. Yet, I returned them all…except one—a collection of works by Joan Didion. On the spine are the words ‘We tell ourselves stories in order to live.’

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Caitlin LeishmanReviews