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Ecoshack designs and builds small-scale, modular projects that invent new ways to live lightly on the earth. The Nomad Yurt was recently nominated for a Cooper-Hewitt “People’s Design Award." Other projects include ecovillages, beekeeper’s huts, tipis and tent cities. Check our blog for the latest.
We call the ongoing off-the-grid experiments at Ecoshack’s Joshua Tree design lab “Unplugged.” Jonathan Odom's 'Ungloo' under construction, left.
Ecoshack began in 2003 as an experimental design lab in Joshua Tree, CA. Today it's also an LA-based design studio inspired by the ad hoc, indigenous and archetypal typologies typically found at the fringes of society.
Ecoshack founder Stephanie Smith is a champion of light and nomadic lifestyles. Her ideas on low-impact design, mass production and alternative forms of community have made her “one to watch” in the worlds of architecture, design and culture.