+ Reading Room / Holdings & Dispatches
Documents that shape the House.
Holdings, dispatches and a running reading list. These are the texts we return to when deciding what culture is worth holding.
Holdings Deck
The full framework: thesis, criteria, process and terms for shop owners and writers.
The Culture as Infrastructure Thesis
Why tattoo shops, barber shops, galleries and bookstores are the load-bearing walls of a city.
Writer Residency Brief
$5k, a desk, an editor and a print run. Terms, timeline and what we look for in a manuscript.
Reading List
The books, essays and records that shaped how we think about patronage, place and long-term holding.
+ Reading List / What We Return To
Books on place, patronage and making things last.
A living list. Some are about cities. Some are about craft. All of them inform how we think about holding culture for the long term.
- Jane JacobsThe Death and Life of Great American Cities
- Walter BenjaminThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- Patti SmithJust Kids
- Luc SanteLow Life
- Rebecca SolnitA Field Guide to Getting Lost
- John BergerWays of Seeing
- Teju ColeKnown and Strange Things
- Sarah ThorntonSeven Days in the Art World
- David ByrneHow Music Works
- Annie DillardThe Writing Life
- Robert CaroWorking