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A collection of 60 short essays by best-selling author and culture and design critic Akiko Busch, in her classic style of observation, that reflect on the human condition and offer the promise of calm and insight.

Akiko Busch writes on the topics of culture, design, and nature. She was a contributing editor at Metropolis magazine for 20 years and has also written regular columns and essays for such publications as The New York Times, House & Garden, Architectural Record, Dwell, New York Magazine, and Travel & Leisure, among others. 

She offers intimate, reflective observations of the human condition in this collection of short works, touching on themes of faith, love, loss, disaster, anticipation, obscurity, and utility. These sixty short pieces explore the mystery of place, memory, and what it is about domestic life that is both settling and unsettling alike. In a world of text messages and instant information, Busch’s style of observation reminds the reader to slow down, take in, and live in the moment.

Akiko Busch writes about design, culture, and nature for a variety of publications. She was a contributing editor at Metropolis magazine for twenty years, and her essays have appeared in numerous national magazines, newspapers, and exhibition catalogues. Currently she is on the faculty of the MA Design Research program at the School of Visual Arts. Aurore de La Morinerie is a French artist and illustrator who works and lives in Paris. She first began taking calligraphy and Chinese painting classes while studying Fashion design at the Ecole supérieure des Arts appliqués Duperré, in Paris. She collaborates with world-renowned brands and is a regular contributor to the New York Times' T Magazine, the American and British issues of Harper’s Bazaar, AD Magazine, ELLE France, as well as Le Monde’s weekly supplement issue.