The design philosophy of Ara is based on a blend of traditional and modern design, expanding artisans’ markets to contemporary homes and travelers…
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I’ve always had a love affair with Mexico. When I was 15, my family moved from New Guinea to Southern California, from remote mountain villages and wild nature to gridlock traffic and organized grocery stores. I found this to be overwhelming, to say the least. Baja Mexico was my “out”…
I’m watching the fog out of the corner of my eye as it starts rolling in over the mountains. “Please, we must go,” my usually relaxed taxi driver says for the fifth time in an hour. It’s the coldest and most rainy time of year in Guatemala right now and that means fog…
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