Though very happy with our camping trailer and certainly not in the market for a new second-home, we were very much enamoured with this collaboration between the aerodynamic caravan company known for its distinctive aluminium coachwork and Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to bring the design approach and aesthetic of the architect to mobility and travel, courtesy of Nag on the Lake. Not inspired by a single property, the unit was designed by teams from both organisations at Wright’s Taliesin West studio in Arizona, the eight-and-a-half metre model is certainly informed by the Usonian ideal—a unified vision for landscaping, civil-engineering, typified by the middle class ranch-style home, interiors exposed to the outside, free of previous architectural conventions.
Although the term was popularised by Wright in a 1927 manifesto—around the same time as the introduction of the Airstream, its first use preceded the architect’s by a couple decades with a Scottish writer called James Duff Law proposed that, in deference to indigenous people, Canadians and Mexicans, inhabitants of the US had no exclusive right to the title Americans—suggesting adopting the alternate style, “Usonia”—for the United States of North Independent America, though sort of a retronym, losing nationalistic flavour in later use. The kitchenette and overall floor plan matches ours pretty closely. Much more at the links above.
Sunday, 15 June 2025
usonian airstream (12. 537)
Saturday, 31 May 2025
hohenwartetalsperre iv (12. 500)
Friday, 30 May 2025
hohenwartetalsperre iii (12.497)

one year ago: a US supreme court justice flies provocative flags (with synchronoptica), a WWII battle for an Aleutian island, the anatomy of a limerick plus Trump found guilty of falsifying business records
seven years ago: all about Ostheim
nine year ago: a wearable, in-ear translator plus giving Tumblr a try
ten years ago: Swiss cheese goes blind plus Alf’s hip-hop album
eleven years ago: mourning a ruined laptop, semi-conducting cement plus getting ready to travel to Lake Como
catagories: ๐️, ๐ฐ, ๐บ, Thรผringen
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
hohenwartetalsperre i (12.495)
catagories: ๐️, ๐ง, Thรผringen
Saturday, 3 May 2025
taubertal: rundweg (12. 428)
synchronoptica
one year ago: foreign movie titles in Norway (with synchronoptica), an AI beauty contest from 1964, steaming footage from the International Space Station, wistful nostalgia for a a time and place one has never known plus a banger from Robert Palmer
seven years ago: transit fare-strikes plus the Swiss cheese cartel
eight years ago: an executive order to protect bigotry, crossing paracosms plus the unacknowledged privilege of not having to sit to pee
nine years ago: US-EU trade accords plus bursts of activity
twelve years ago: the European Space Agency explores Jupiter’s moons
Friday, 2 May 2025
taubertal: rothenburg ob der tauber (12. 427)
synchronoptica
one year ago: the beautifully dissociative nature of the Japanese language (with synchronoptica), Saturation 70 plus the US National Day Reason
seven years ago: commemorating the Berlin Airlift, humorist Grant Snider plus animated sketching lessons
eight years ago: the origins of the .mp3 format, disaster capitalism, the matte paintings of Star Wars plus the geographic centre of the EU shifts
nine years ago: an animated filmography plus food colouring’s unqualified reputation
ten years ago: an avatar-making app, Fearbook! plus divided America/divided Germany
Thursday, 1 May 2025
taubertal: detwang (12. 426)
synchronoptica
one year ago: Carl Linnaeus’ binomial nomenclature (with synchronoptica), the BASIC programming language (1964) plus assorted links worth revisiting
seven years ago: ancient debt-forgiveness, a roasting in the press, more links to enjoy plus Witchcraft through the Ages
eight years ago: no lapse in appropriations, five decades of IKEA catalogues, more Brexit omnishambles, an animated version of the Rex Factor plus Trump’s Diet Coke buzzer
nine years ago: film set crossovers, strategic cheese stockpiles, a weasel sabotages CERN, WiFi rustico, letter-carriers lend a helping hand in Finland plus a history of trademark applications
ten years ago: comment is free, a stationary bike for washing up plus universal