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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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From idea to reality.
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Corona Solar Light
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About the designers
SHANE KOHATSU, Industrial Design
Shane Kohatsu was born in Tokyo and moved to Southern California as a child. Starting out in the design world at an Orange County (California) sport design consultancy, Shane has also freelanced for various clients including Compaq Computers and The J. Paul Getty Museum. In 2002, Shane joined Nike’s advanced innovation group in Portland, Oregon where his work (and ego!) has been recognized with top awards from I.D. Magazine, Business Week, and IDSA; his work has been exhibited at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and featured at Moss Gallery New York.
EMI FUJITA, Environmental Design
Emi Fujita was born and raised in Japan. After finishing Art Center College of Design, Emi joined IDEO in San Francisco in 2007.
JEREMY WILKENS, Prototyping
Jeremy Wilkens is the principal of ID Group of Huntington Beach, California. His firm was founded in 1997 with a passion for combining all elements of the product development process under one roof. Ten years and hundreds of projects later, they are still guided by that same passion.
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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