max @seoul.systems · 17/08/2026Maybe it's my own environment shaping my thinking here, but I see high rising buildings wherever I look and new ones in construction in perpetuity. Going high seems cheap, but spreading out not 110
max @seoul.systems · 17/08/2026The same holds true for the microcosm of our interiors: living space is precious so furniture that takes up a lot room is rather scarce. The classic coffee table is something that does almost not exist here, and not only for cultural reasons 100
Chenoe Hart @chenoehart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I realize coincidentally the other day I was reading something that covered a related idea, at least at the building/urban scale. The book Apartment Stories talks about how early-mid 1800s French apartment housing seemed anomalous from an English perspective because it stacked occupants vertically. 000
