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Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere (Paperback) /anglais
'Addictive ... a charter for wistfulness' Observer
'An enchanting rabbit hole of handmade houses' The New York Times
'The Bible of pared back, natural living' Der Spiegel
'Take a deep breath and let the inspiration sink in' GQ
Cabin Porn began as an on-line project created by a group of friends to inspire their own home building. As they collected more photos, their site attracted thousands of submissions from other cabin builders and a passionate audience of more than ten million people. This book is an invitation to slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy the beauty and serenity that happens when nature meets simple craft.
'An enchanting rabbit hole of handmade houses' The New York Times
'The Bible of pared back, natural living' Der Spiegel
'Take a deep breath and let the inspiration sink in' GQ
Cabin Porn began as an on-line project created by a group of friends to inspire their own home building. As they collected more photos, their site attracted thousands of submissions from other cabin builders and a passionate audience of more than ten million people. This book is an invitation to slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy the beauty and serenity that happens when nature meets simple craft.
320 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2015
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December 1, 2015
everyone who built a cabin was a man.
December 20, 2017
Very beautiful photos but not very diverse - seems like every person who built a cabin was a white man with a beard. Lovely to flick through and choose your favourites though.
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September 13, 2016
Description: Many people yearn for their own quiet space. Somewhere remote - a place to write a novel or compose an album of love songs. A new book celebrates the work of those who have realised their dreams.
We live this dream.Source
June 3, 2018
I don't know if cabins are as much an offshoot of white male privilege as this book suggests. Some bros compiled a book about bros, news at 11. If you turn your brain off and just look at the pictures, it's fairly soothing until you get about halfway through and realize the book is completely the wrong size and shape for the content. It's becoming hard to read the text in the crack because the book doesn't open as far as it needs to, meanwhile the crackling plastic dustcover makes a racket while you're trying to read in bed. If you think these details are not relevant... are we talking about aesthetics or aren't we?
October 22, 2015
Great narratives and fascinating cabins around the world. The website (cabinporn.com) seems better than the book as the site contains so many more photos of cabins to puruse. The book is limited in the number of cabins photographed and discussed.
April 2, 2018
Czytajcie, oglądajcie, podziwiajcie ♥
August 14, 2017
Zbiór pięknych zdjęć i inspirujących historii ludzi, którym udało się zrealizować marzenie o życiu prostym i zgodnym z otaczającą ich przyrodą.
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January 18, 2022I really enjoyed reading this, but I mostly enjoyed the photos. I didn't realise there would be quite so much reading involved in this book - but it was really interesting to see a) the categorization of cabins, b) the worldwide distribution of the ones featured, and c) the sustainability factor. I wish there had been more diversity in contributors - I think this book was 100% white men, and 90% white men with a beard. Which, I guess, makes up a key demo in cabin life. Either way, I feel like I'll be using this book as inspo for every vacation I plan in the future!
January 10, 2020
This is not an architecture book—glossy paper, bright photos, lots of white space, and featuring immaculate interior design.
Cabin Porn walks its own path. A darkened photograph of a cabin ensconced among fir trees covers the front and back covers. No title marks the front. The unfinished, matte paper matches the cabins’ textures and natural surroundings. The hardback’s heft reminds readers cabin-building is serious, hard work.
Read it to:
Feed a dream
Acknowledge our green-craving natures
Peer at tiny abodes that slip unobtrusively into wondrous surroundings.
Each cabin materializes Man’s desire to Make and find peace.
Behold.
Cabin Porn walks its own path. A darkened photograph of a cabin ensconced among fir trees covers the front and back covers. No title marks the front. The unfinished, matte paper matches the cabins’ textures and natural surroundings. The hardback’s heft reminds readers cabin-building is serious, hard work.
Read it to:
Feed a dream
Acknowledge our green-craving natures
Peer at tiny abodes that slip unobtrusively into wondrous surroundings.
Each cabin materializes Man’s desire to Make and find peace.
Behold.
December 10, 2018
Beautiful and inspiring book. The stories went into enough detail to give you an overall view of how each kind of cabin/structure came into being. It doesn't go into how they are built, it is more of inspiration into starting the process and backstory of the builders. A downside for me was the lack of diversity of builders. Where are the women and other minority groups?
January 8, 2018
I have an entire board on Pinterest dedicated to isolated cabins around the world, and thus, Cabin Porn looked like a book I would very much enjoy. It is peaceful to read, and provides a step up from the craze of hygge. The photography which has been included is stunning, and the placement and layout of the entire book are great, and work effectively. Cabin Porn has provoked rather strong wanderlust within me, and I will definitely be booking a couple of cabins to stay in in the future.
January 31, 2016
printed version of the popular tumblr.
DREAMY.
DREAMY.
January 23, 2023
The best kind of porn. 😉
January 5, 2020
Vizuálně přenádherná knížka. Obsah sice nenáročný, ale o to více inspirativní - hned bych si šla nějakou boudičku taky postavit. Pokud si chcete udělat na podzim hezké odpoledne či večer, silně doporučuji zachumlat se s kakaem a touhle knížkou do peřin a kochat se.
November 29, 2017
That's my kind of porn!
Chatičky jsou fakt boží. A já si užívám okamžiky na naší chalupě (která by tam podle mě též zapadla, možná ji submitnu na webovky), jsem milovník tohohle života, takže bylo celkem jasné, že se mi to bude líbit.
Trochu škoda, že příběhy jsou snad všechny z jůesej a fotek domečků je na můj vkus málo evropských, ale ještě nemám prohlídlý web, třeba je to tam lepší, i tak jsem narazila na dost chlaloupek, ve kterých bych chtěla bydlet.
A je to děsně inspirující! Chci u chalupy stavět saunu a kdyby tam tekl potok, udělám tam průtokovou hot tub v kádi.
Chatičky jsou fakt boží. A já si užívám okamžiky na naší chalupě (která by tam podle mě též zapadla, možná ji submitnu na webovky), jsem milovník tohohle života, takže bylo celkem jasné, že se mi to bude líbit.
Trochu škoda, že příběhy jsou snad všechny z jůesej a fotek domečků je na můj vkus málo evropských, ale ještě nemám prohlídlý web, třeba je to tam lepší, i tak jsem narazila na dost chlaloupek, ve kterých bych chtěla bydlet.
A je to děsně inspirující! Chci u chalupy stavět saunu a kdyby tam tekl potok, udělám tam průtokovou hot tub v kádi.
June 4, 2016
Gorgeous photos and nice organization. The feature stories were pretty boring, though. Could've been a lot more interesting.
August 23, 2016
Great book with people's stories and pictures that make me want to buy some land and build a cabin.
February 20, 2017
Love love love ❤️ it's made me itch to find that plot of land and get started!
January 21, 2018
Beautiful design, layout and photo documentation of several categories of small domiciles. This loaded magazine of retirement alternatives proves, once again, a condo in Florida is sooooo drab. :)
January 20, 2019
Much more a collection of photographs and vignettes of people that reviews on the cabins an building processes. Enjoyable for what it is, but doesn’t require much thought.
October 25, 2022
An easy “read.” The mini stories highlighting selected structures are interesting and give perspective into the designers intent. The real focus of this book is the photos of the cabins. I mostly spent time studying the photography (light, color, contrast, some composition) as a style I like to emulate in my own work.
A fun book for coffee tables, guest rooms, and aesthetically pleasing bookshelves.
A fun book for coffee tables, guest rooms, and aesthetically pleasing bookshelves.
July 20, 2019
Kilka ciekawych historii i dużo inspiracji w formie zdjęć niesamowitych chatek. Dokładnie tego od tej książki oczekiwałem. Polecam w formie papierowej.
January 5, 2020
A gift from my bffs who know I’m practically a cabin hermit already.
October 25, 2021
A lot of inspiration drawn from this book. Nice diversity of cabin types with beautiful imagery and stories that immerse you in a world in only a few pages. Highly enjoyable!
July 18, 2024
Fin bok å lese på hytta! Mange bilder av flotte hytter, men det beste er historiene bak hvorfor og hvordan hyttene ble bygd
March 31, 2025
I wish there were more interior shots of some of the cabins, but I thought it was beautiful overall. Makes me wanna move into the woods into a cabin in the ground
November 27, 2020
I read this for the articles.
July 19, 2024
Κυλήστε, δάκρυα μου, είπε ο σιδεράς..
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January 3, 2018"Cabin Porn: Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere" is part a photography collection in book-format, part stories of individuals who have made their own sanctuaries surrounded by nature of hospitable and less accessible kinds alike. The photographs takes us all the way around the world, from Greenland to Norway to California to Quebec, to Romania and Chile, and beyond. What holds the photographs and stories of a select few together is the wish for someplace to rest, to connect, and to find a piece of heaven on earth.
The book is divided into sections; that reflect the various kinds of 'cabins' included and showcases the breadth of what might be considered a home or a house. We go from the more traditional cabins to the salvaged structures made into something new with hard work, imagination and will. There's a section on modern; which shows some of the ideas of the current generation in architecture and design, as well as a section on 'rustic' that contrasts with the history of our lands and legacies. One of my favorite chapters was the one on tree-houses, a concept I have always loved and am certain I will one day make happen even if it takes many years to get there. This section is not only filled with beautiful photography of some of the buildings that fall into the category (some close to the ground, others high up in the tree tops), but includes a story of a man who built his own tree house using innovative techniques he made himself, to avoid risking damage to the trees. I loved his story because to me it showed not only the interest for making something non-intrusive in nature (as can be seen in many of the other stories as well), but also the imagination and creativity that goes into building something like a house with one's own hands, especially if the place in which one builds it is hard to reach or has no electricity. Imagination might be the only way to get around these limitations.
The stories are well-chosen, especially in showing the many different reasons one might build a house like this - to get away or quite the opposite, to have a place to gather all one's friends and family. The different designs, purposes, ingenuity, budgets, time-frames, etc. is shown well both through the choice of story-tellers and photographs that open the mind up for all the possibilities out there. While the writing itself is far from prose-like (as well as there being a frequent use of terms and tools I was not aware of, nor is there a thing like a dictionary to guide the reader who is not familiar with building), the people in them often speak for themselves. A delight to read and look at, and a book to return to again and again.
The book is divided into sections; that reflect the various kinds of 'cabins' included and showcases the breadth of what might be considered a home or a house. We go from the more traditional cabins to the salvaged structures made into something new with hard work, imagination and will. There's a section on modern; which shows some of the ideas of the current generation in architecture and design, as well as a section on 'rustic' that contrasts with the history of our lands and legacies. One of my favorite chapters was the one on tree-houses, a concept I have always loved and am certain I will one day make happen even if it takes many years to get there. This section is not only filled with beautiful photography of some of the buildings that fall into the category (some close to the ground, others high up in the tree tops), but includes a story of a man who built his own tree house using innovative techniques he made himself, to avoid risking damage to the trees. I loved his story because to me it showed not only the interest for making something non-intrusive in nature (as can be seen in many of the other stories as well), but also the imagination and creativity that goes into building something like a house with one's own hands, especially if the place in which one builds it is hard to reach or has no electricity. Imagination might be the only way to get around these limitations.
The stories are well-chosen, especially in showing the many different reasons one might build a house like this - to get away or quite the opposite, to have a place to gather all one's friends and family. The different designs, purposes, ingenuity, budgets, time-frames, etc. is shown well both through the choice of story-tellers and photographs that open the mind up for all the possibilities out there. While the writing itself is far from prose-like (as well as there being a frequent use of terms and tools I was not aware of, nor is there a thing like a dictionary to guide the reader who is not familiar with building), the people in them often speak for themselves. A delight to read and look at, and a book to return to again and again.
March 21, 2018
Kniha plná nápadů na krásné a přitom jednoduché chaty, které si dokážete postavit sami. Příběhy lidí, kteří si splnili svůj sen být o kousek blíže přírodě. K tomu všemu fotografie, které vás inspirují a uklidňují už jen samotným pohledem.
Cabin Porn je inspirativní kniha plná zajímavých nápadů na nevšední bydlení v přírodě
Nakladatelství Grada nám přináší opět jednu velmi zajímavou knihu nejen pro kutily.
Cabin Porn je inspirativní a plná zajímavých nápadů na nevšední bydlení v přírodě. My Češi jsme byli ve své době chalupářskou a chatařskou velmocí, kdy se každý těšil na víkend, aby mohl vyjet mimo město, kde měl ten svůj malý kousek přírody. Pokud nebyla chata, byl aspoň maličký pozemek v zahrádkářské kolonii. I zde lidé touží po klidu, a nebo se snaží postavit účelový příbytek v souladu s krajinou, kde se domek nachází. Někdo touží po bydlení na stromě, jiný jako hobit pod zemí.
Poznejme příběhy lidí, kteří se toho nebáli a pustili se do stavby či opravy na vlastní pěst. Někdy to trvá jen chvilku a skoro nic to nestojí, jindy si s tím člověk hraje celý život a stále je to málo. Díky úchvatným fotografiím, kterých je kniha plná, poznáváme tyto odvážlivce a tiše jim závidíme jejich mnohdy prostá obydlí. Jenže ten klid kolem za to stojí.
Tahle kniha mě zaujala už od začátku, kdy se objevila na fb stránkách Grady. Žiji na vesnici a tak nápadů na zvelebování našeho domečku není nikdy dost. Domeček se snažíme zachovat v původním dřevě, které je zastoupené přiznanými trámy ve stropech a snažíme se žít v souladu s přírodou. Díky knize jsem zase objevila nápady, které by se daly zrealizovat i u nás. Ne vše je možné, ale s trochou šikovnosti a umu se dá přiblížit některým nápadům.
Velice mě nadchly nádherné barevné fotografie, které provází celou knihu. Ocenila jsem odvahu lidí, kteří se pustili do vlastních projektů, aby si splnili své sny.
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