Any time I encounter the word design the aperture of my attention opens a little wider. I’m fascinated by what the act of designing is exactly all about. I’ve always thought that designing was the ordering of materials and mechanics toward a specific end: working lines and curves to design an expressive typeface, marrying fabrics and cuts to...
Last week, several interns and Executive Director Kate Stephenson represented Yestermorrow at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's annual conference in Boston. Among the high-performance building and renewable energy presentations and workshops were two presentations co-led by Kate, and several others led by Yestermorrow instructors and...
In exchange for our time, skill and efforts, we interns can request to have a place in classes that relate to our personal pursuits. For three weeks starting in late January, I was in the core class for the Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design. This course pans out to be three separate, intense one-week classes that take the students...
Introducing The Tiny House! Built by former Yestermorrow student and wood shop intern Gillian Davis. Gillian designed her tiny house at Yestermorrow's Home Design class and, over the course of 2011, built the structure using a variety of recycled and surplus materials. An experiment in creating an affordable yet comfortable space without being...
