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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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Articulate and Refined
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Camila: design by Matthew Kroeker for HutJ
Camila is an elegant and fresh reinterpretation of the rocking chair. Covered in exclusive Kvadrat fabric by Maharam, the armless black walnut structure and wide seat allow the chair to be engaged from the front or the side.
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Matthew Kroeker is an independent industrial designer based in Winnipeg, Canada. He studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and has since developed a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from transit buses and medical products to seating, textiles and leather upholstery. His work has been exhibited in Toronto, New York, Chicago and in Milan for *Wallpaper's Global Edit exhibition in 2006.
Matthew’s work has already earned several distinctions including a silver award at NeoCon in Chicago and a Best Of Canada award in Toronto this year. Favourable press has also been received for his work from international publications including Metropolis, *Wallpaper, Interni, The Globe and Mail, Azure, and The New York Times.
His work is articulate and refined, at once exuberant and restrained. Informed by a common narrative, his striking, sculptural forms command one’s attention without becoming ostentatious. Matthew creates smart everyday products and furniture that give a sly nod to the past yet are completely rooted in the present...and the future.
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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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