Our newest residential project, is a remodel of a Southport Corridor / Lakeview house, which we transformed from a disjointed series of rooms into a light-filled, cohesive and comfortable living space. Our renovation began with a rethinking of the layout of the existing building, which made the unit feel too much like an apartment. The kitchen […]
Moss Projects
In the Woodshop: Reclaimed Bowling Lanes: UPDATED 1/18/13
We recently acquired some reclaimed bowling lane wood for our furniture projects. Come see what we’ve created with it in our woodshop!
Bar Pastoral Featured in Hospitality Design Magazine
Our latest project Bar Pastoral, a wine and cheese bar, is covered in Hospitality Design magazine! See the original article here. Read more about design development here, and watch the gorgeous video of the interior put together by the talented Nick Martin Film here.
A Little Bit of Loire Valley in Chicago: Bar Pastoral Opens
Our latest project, Bar Pastoral— the new wine and cheese bar of Pastoral founders, Ken Miller and Greg O’Neill—opened on November 12, revealing dishes inspired by the partners’ obsessively good collection of cheeses and wines. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/54676807] Ken and Greg’s vision was for the space to be a natural extension of their Pastoral retail stores, inviting customers […]
Andersonville Parklet Wins CS Interiors Best In Design
We, and collaborators Studio Murmur, snagged CS Interiors Best In Design for Outdoor Space. Check out the full mag here, snippets below. More on the parklet here.
Link-asaurus #3
Ah, that crisp autumn air (or is that just in London, where I’ve been for the past couple months?) Sharp no.2 pencils, creaseless paper, brand new highlighters that will never get used up. It’s back to school season, and whether you’re a student or not, the energy crackling forth is infectious. Fittingly, we have a […]
Chicago’s First Parklet in Andersonville
The Andersonville Parklet is unveiled. We have added a robust .006 acres to Chicago’s park system. Expanding on our one-day PARK(ing) Day installations, moss and Studio Murmur co-designed Chicago’s first parklet / people spot, a small urban park, that will transform former parking spaces into a semi-permanent, seasonal urban oasis. The parklet, which will be […]
moss Begins Construction on Bar Pastoral
moss started construction on Bar Pastoral today, the latest addition to the Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine family, an intimate 45-seat cheese and wine bar flanking their original Lakeview retail location.
moss' Parklet in Inhabitat
Our parklet is featured in Inhabitat! See the article here. Check out our project progress report here from just last week.
Andersonville Parklet Wrapping Up
The Andersonville Parklet (or People Spot, according to CDOT) is just wrapping construction now. We have added a robust .006 acres to Chicago’s park system. Details and progress photos inside.
Begyle Brewing Co. Launches Kickstarter to Save Lost Beer
Our client Begyle Brewing Co., Chicago’s first Community Supported Brewery (think CSA, but with subscriptions of beer), has just launched a kickstarter to end beer shrinkage. Beer shrinkage is the loss of beer that occurs when filling a growler; to prevent Oxygen from entering the unit, a constant flow of liquid must be maintained, resulting in the tragic wasting of […]
X Task Desk
All over the world, trees are being felled to clear space for agriculture and to produce all kinds of wood and paper products. As recently as 2005, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that over 13 million hectares of forest are removed every year. Domestically we have managed to wipe out almost all […]
LAX Task Desk
There’s a newer version of this post: Read it here! Maybe it was The Jetsons 1960’s interpretation of futuristic furniture or my time in Southern California that explains my affinity for Googie style architecture. Unfortunately for the popularity of Googie architecture, it sounds strikingly similar to the world’s number one search engine. Nonetheless, the style was a continuation […]
Native Plants and Companion Planting in the moss Garden
It’s that time again! Lots of lovely spring and summer produce is slowly revealing itself to sunnier days. The moss loft is flanked by a variety of plants native to Illinois. Why native plants instead of turf? Of the 26 billion gallons of water consumed daily in the United States, approximately 7.8 billion gallons is […]
moss and Studio Murmur’s parklet in Treehugger
Our Andersonville parklet project is featured in Treehugger. Check out the full article here. Read more about the parklet on our original post, and view renderings here.