Ground Condition is a newsletter that explores today's design terrain. Consider it your terra firma for all things design, from the biggest idea to the smallest detail. IG: @kelseykeith
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More feelings about buildings
GIFT BONANZA 2025
Hi and welcome! A note of introduction for any new readers who may have arrived here via a really lovely Cup of Jo feature a few weeks ago. I’m a longtime writer and editor on design and architecture, known for having feelings about buildin...
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Breaking down the costs of constructing a custom backyard sauna, plus a shopping list of accessories for the heat aesthete
Earlier this year, my husband and I launched into a backyard project: overhauling what I’d been affectionately calli...
The state of design writing
This issue is a quick one, in between SAUNA MONTH dispatches. Next week I’ll finally be sharing the details on just how far down the rabbithole I went when my husband and I decided to build a sauna, from the ground up, in our backyard.
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Welcome to Sauna Month
Today is a special edition of Ground Condition featuring Sami Reiss, a New York-design-writer-by-way of Ottawa with a rabid newsletter following of his own. A few of my personal favorites from Sami’s SNAKE archive include: “There is the Bar...
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