Inside Out: Domesticity at Burning Man

Name: Citizen of Burning Man
Location: Black Rock City
Size: between 16 sq ft and 1000 sq ft
Years Lived in: maximum of 7 days

While I have attended many a Burning Man, it is only since last year that I've begun to take note of the domestic side of things on the playa.

Enter some desert homes!

Like last year's Part I and Part II, I wanted to see how people lived when they weren't creating mayhem in the larger community.

Do you have an idea for a house tour? Let me know! jill@apartmenttherapy.com

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Like a good costume, a great sculpture, or a fun event planned for your neighbors, a well designed home can also contribute to the overall positive impact of the ephemeral city known as Burning Man.

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Comments (7)

Way to go, woo hoo! And a little remorseful tear ... ;)

posted by olga on September 5th 2007 at 7:44am
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Thanks so much for this! My husband and I have been to Burning Man several times, but have had to give it a miss now that we're procreating. (I know other people bring kids, and kudos to them, but I'm not THAT organized.) I love seeing the types of temporary homes people create for themselves -- and actually, the Burning Man aesthetic is helping inform the design of the year-round cabin we're in the process of building.

posted by TammyE on September 5th 2007 at 2:38pm
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I love the complicated but elegantly understated geometry of the dwelling in pictures 23, 24 and 25. The design ideas on which it's based would be easily transferable to a more permanent dwelling.

Presumably the meditating hippies are optional ;)

posted by Blandwagon on September 5th 2007 at 3:43pm
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awesome show jill... thanks for taking me inside!

posted by amy on September 5th 2007 at 5:17pm
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i dunno what these ppl are doing out there in the desert but i like the bed on wheels at the beginning, the mini houses 'cause i love anything miniature, and the green parasol tent was pretty to look at. p.s. my mother has those same cardboard drawers used by someone for clothes storage in their tent "closet" only she doesn't live in a tent town in the desert, she lives in the suburbs, go figure! she keep old bras in there and silky nightgowns! TMI lol

posted by SD913 on September 12th 2007 at 8:19am
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Love this "homes" tour!

posted by gregory on September 13th 2007 at 7:48am
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Thanks for reminding me of why I went. Nice slideshow.

posted by Joseph Dunphy on December 20th 2007 at 7:21pm
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